Asia

Our coffee footprint in Asia spans all the major producing countries, from India’s entire coffee belt to Papua New Guinea. In Indonesia and Vietnam, we process fresh cherries at our wet mills to produce high-quality washed and semi-washed arabica beans. Premium quality arabicas are also carefully selected and hand-picked from certified estates in Laos and specialty operations in Medan and Bandung, Indonesia.

Laos

The climate and landscape in Laos provide the right growing conditions to produce some of the finest estate-specific certified specialty coffee in the world. Sitting at an altitude of 1,250 meters, the four estates set across the Bolavens Plateau in South Laos were established to supply niche coffee markets worldwide. In the surrounding communities, we work hand-in-hand with 2,500 coffee farmers through AtSource to improve production.

Vietnam

Vietnam is the world’s second largest coffee producer, with robusta as the traditional bean, although the growth of the specialty coffee industry has sparked farmers’ interest in growing higher quality and venturing into arabica cultivation.

India

Grown in one of the 25 biodiversity hotspots in the world, Indian coffee is uniquely cultivated under a two-tier canopy of evergreen leguminous trees, entirely handpicked and completely sun dried. We source from 125 certified estates and process beans in country at our three mills.

Indonesia

From the popular brew Kopi Tubruk, to the specific aromatic taste of Kopi Sereh, Indonesia’s coffee is well known for its strong and exotic cup profiles. We are the largest exporter of green coffee in Indonesia with an unrivalled presence across its islands.

Papua New Guinea

Around 30% of the population of Papua New Guinea is involved in coffee, which is mostly grown by smallholders in garden plots alongside bananas, papaya, legumes and other crops. The island’s stunningly fertile soil produces beans that have a crisp citrus acidity and are rich with flavors of chocolate and tropical fruits. Sourcing from the Highlands and Morobe, our coffee operations engage smallholder farmers and industry participants through 4C and UTZ certification.

Close up shot red coffee beans in Vietnam

East Timor

East Timor can claim its fame as the origin of the Hibride-de-Timor, a natural hybrid cross between arabica and robusta varieties. Coffee producers in this region are typically smallholder farmers and concentrated in areas like Ererea, Manufahi and Liquica. Our team on the ground covers all areas of coffee operations from sourcing and processing to exporting.

Close up shot of a man holding a single timor coffee bean

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Assessing Natural Capital costs in coffee operations

How do you differentiate between the environmental impacts of organizations across different geographies, local conditions, products, local regulations etc.?

For several years, ofi has been working towards assessing the true value (cost or benefits) of some of our operations on the ground. Our latest case study on Natural Capital Valuation: Assessing Natural Capital costs in coffee operations, delves into year-on-year monetary impact of our select coffee growing operations in five origins.

Globally, an estimated 12.5 million to 25 million smallholder farmers depend on the coffee industry for their livelihoods, according to figures from Fairtrade¹ and the FAO². However, the majority of these farmers face significant challenges including limited access to formal agronomy training, inadequate resources, small farm sizes and insecure land tenure. These factors often hinder the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices, which are crucial for preserving Natural Capital over the medium and long term. As a result, coffee production often imposes a cost on nature in the form of GHG emissions, degradation of soil structure and fertility, depletion of ground and surface water, and loss of natural ecosystem services critical to agricultural production.

To address these challenges, we employ Natural Capital valuation techniques, which leverage environmental economics to assign a monetary value (US$) to our impacts and dependencies, encompassing carbon emissions, water usage and ecosystem services. Quantifying Natural Capital in this way enables us to assess and mitigate risks while fostering investments that promote a positive impact on landscapes and ecosystem.

We evaluated twenty AtSource+ coffee farmer groups sourced from five different origins³ to assess their GHG emissions and water use related Natural Capital Costs (NCC). Reporting on the NCC is based on each metric tonne of product which makes the cost intensities very sensitive/ dependent on farm level yields. Thus, understanding the underlying yield dynamics is also crucial for interpreting these NCC footprints effectively.

Articles Apr 24, 2024

Helping farming communities meet their own health and nutrition needs

The combined expertise of our local sustainability teams with partners such as Funcafé, TechnoServe, Côte d’Ivoire's National Nutrition program, USAID (United States Agency for International Development), and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) delivers solutions to improve access to clean water, healthcare services and supplies, and nutritious food.

Initiatives range from using geo-location to identify and screen for infant malnutrition in farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire - where one in five children experience stunted growth and development - to fortifying key staples with vitamins and minerals in our processing facilities.

Articles Apr 23, 2024

Child labor monitoring and remediation

Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) have become increasingly valuable in helping us understand and tailor our interventions. They help us identify children at risk of, or in a situation of child labour, so that we can engage with families to improve and enable school attendance through training and facilitation of necessary certificates for example.

Drawing on best practices by the Fair Labor Association and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), CLMRS has been scaled up to cover all nine of our direct cocoa sourcing countries, coffee in Guatemala, cashew in Nigeria and 100% of our hazelnut sustainability programmes in Turkey. To date, our CLMRS systems covers over 260,000 farmer households.

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