Sustainability

ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON DC - December 6, 2007 - Ethiopia is demonstrating that a producing country can reach globally to create a network of licensed distributors and co-promoters of its fine coffees. In 2004 Ethiopia began the process of seeking trademarks for some of its f...

NEW YORK, NY - December 5, 2007 - On 5 December, 2007 the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution "Towards Global Partnerships" recognizing the importance of voluntary initiatives and partnerships toward the achievement of internationally agreed development go...

ADDIS ABABA/JERSEY - December 5, 2007 - A long-standing member of the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe and active in the Fairtrade Federation, the coffee and tea merchant Cooper & Co. has joined Ethiopia's network of licensed distributors. The company is based in J...

ADDIS ABABA/LONDON - December 4, 2007 - As the birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia has a unique coffee heritage and many of its coffees hold the reputation of being best coffee in the world. Yet the farmers who produce and harvest this crop do not receive much in comparison to wh...

SPRINGFIELD, MA - December 3, 2007 - CSRwire.com has been accepted into the United Nations Global Compact - the world's largest corporate citizen initiative, with 3,800 business participants and other stakeholders l...

December 3, 2007 "“ Fred Cohen, the Chairman of PCI-Media Impact, a global not-for-profit producer of innovative TV and radio shows featured in over 25 countries, today announced that Louise Kantrow, Noble Kumawu and James Makawa have joined its Board of Directors. The appoi...

CHICAGO, IL - December, 3, 2007 - /PRNewswire/ - The Better Business Bureau of Chicago & Northern Illinois (BBB) announced Feldco Factory Direct as a 2007 winner of the Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics.

"The Torch Award for Marketpl...

NEW YORK, NY - December 3, 2007 - The Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to supporting factory compliance through the sharing of factory audit information, today announced that four leading companies are participating in the FFC's Sha...

KIGALI, RWANDA and SEATTLE - December 1, 2007 - Starbucks (Nasdaq: SBUX) chairman Howard Schultz announced today that the company will open a regional Starbucks Farmer Support Center in Rwanda. The facility will provide an opportunity for Starbucks to collaborate with farmer...

November 29, 2007 - Coffee is more than just a drink. It is about politics, survival, the earth and the lives of indigenous peoples."¦He has a rich knowledge of the people and places of coffee, and knows how to tell our stories in a sensitive, insightful and often humorou...