LESLY NASSILA spoke with COLLEEN ANUNU, Senior Advisor for Coffee at Fairtrade International, the non-profit winner of the Specialty Coffee Association’s (SCA’s) 2025 Sustainability Awards. Lesly and Colleen discussed how the organization places farmers at the center of its model—empowering them through decision-making power and control over how Fairtrade premiums are used. While Fairtrade is best known for providing coffee smallholders with an economic safety net, it also supports their transition toward deforestation-free and more sustainable agriculture through an EUDR-focused partnership with Satelligence. Anunu emphasizes that relational value chains and pricing premiums are not mutually exclusive, reminding the coffee industry that both can coexist to build a more equitable and resilient sector.

SCA Publications Manager Laurel Carmichael and Sustainability Director Andrés Montenegro were delighted to speak with Willy Foote, founder and CEO of Root Capital, the winner of the non-profit category of the 2024 SCA Sustainability Awards.

In the second interview of this Sustainability Awards winners’ series, SCA Publications Manager Laurel Carmichael and Sustainability Director Andrés Montenegro spoke with Fabrício Andrade, the CEO of Sancoffee.

The Specialty Coffee Association is proud to present the Non-Profit and For-Profit companies awarded the 2024 Sustainability Awards, recognizing excellence in sustainability across the industry.

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the 2024 Sustainability Award finalists.

We’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2024 Sustainability Awards! The deadline to submit an application is January 31, 2024. The 2024 Sustainability Awards will recognize for-profit and non-profit organizations that advance sustainability in the coffee sector while inspiring others to design and initiate similar endeavors innovations.

For 2023, the Sustainability Award Business Model Category winner is Primavera Green Coffee. Primavera Green Coffee is a coffee exporter and importer specializing in excellent coffees from Guatemala, along with new coffees from other origins such as Colombia.

Learn all about the 2023 winner of the Sustainability Award in the Project Category, RENACER Coffee Training School by Catholic Relief Services.

Meet one of the two 2023 Sustainability Award Individual Category winners: José Rivera.

Meet one of the two 2023 Sustainability Award Individual Category winners: David Griswold.

The Specialty Coffee Association is proud to present the 2023 Sustainability Award Winners, recognizing excellence in sustainability across the industry.

The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) are proud to announce the 2023 Sustainability Award finalists.

We’re thrilled to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Sustainability Awards! The deadline to submit an application is January 13, 2023. There are three categories in the 2023 Sustainability Awards: Business Model, Individual, and Project.

For 2022, the Sustainability Award Individual Model Category winner is David Browning.

For 2022, the Sustainability Award Business Model Category winner Caravela Coffee.

Learn all about the 2022 winner of the Sustainability Award in the Project Model Category, the Jimma Agro-Biodiversity Project.

The Specialty Coffee Association is proud to present the 2022 Sustainability Award Winners, recognizing excellence in sustainability across the industry.

Learn all about the 2021 winner of the Sustainability Award in the Project Model Category: the Alto Mayo Landscape Peru REDD+ Project. The project creates incentives for the local community to conserve the forest and reduces their reliance on unsustainable farming practices.