Sustainability Work

SUSTAINABILITY AT WORK

we continue in our journey to ensure sustainability throughout our operations and seek to create shared value for our
business and for society.

Sustainability as a business imperative

Sustainability is a business imperative for FUERTE®, a company that relies on A natural resource to deliver coffee quality and consistency to onsumers. Our sustainability approach builds on the principle of creating shared Value and the belief that in order for our business to prosper in the long term, So too must the communities that we work with. We understand that we have A significant role to play in bringing about the social, environmental and economic Conditions that are required to achieve this. We are committed to integrating Sustainability across our business and creating shared value and positive impact For farmers, business partners and consumers. We see ourselves as a catalyst for Change going beyond our own operations.

Creating positive impact with The Natural Bean

The Ecosynergy sustainability strategy builds on significant steps we have been taking since 2003 to improve farmer welfare and drive environmental sustainability in coffee farming and consumption. We believe that each cup of FUERTE® coffee has the potential not only to deliver a moment of pleasure for our consumers, but also restore, replenish and revive environmental and human resources.

This is The Natural Bean vision: a cup of coffee that can create shared value and a greater, positive impact on society and the environment. As part of this vision, FUERTE® set new goals sustainability ambitions in the areas of coffee Farming and social welfare; and resilience to climate change.

Commited to Sustainablillity

Our sustainability journey started in 2007. We began embedding sustainability in our value chain with the launch of Ecosynergy Sustainable Quality™ Program. This unique coffee farming approach enables us to produce highest quality organic coffee for our consumers far into the future, while improving the economic, environmental and social impacts of coffee growing.

The Ecosynergy Program has also provided an unparalleled framework for coffee innovation, by forming direct and lasting relationships with our farmers built on mutual trust and commitment to create shared value.

We integrated sustainability across our business in 2009 with Ecosynergy™, a company-wide program to drive sustainable development throughout the FUERTE® value chain, from coffee farming to consumption. We successfully met, and in some cases surpassed, the sustainability commitments we set in 2009 in order to significantly enhance our sustainability performance by the end of 2015.Today, 1000% of the coffee FUERTE® produce comes from our Sustainable farms we own in central and South America. We have reduced the carbon footprint of a cup of FUERTE® coffee by 28.3%.