The Pledge:
A common code for transparency reporting in green coffee buying
Our Intentions
- Give any participant in the coffee supply chain the opportunity to sign on and help create a transparency movement.
- Help signatory individuals and companies create a “community of best practice” and set an example for the entire coffee industry.
- Avoid co-optation by non-committed actors by requiring participants to state the percentage of transparent coffees in relation to the total business volume.
- Signatory individuals and companies must commit to a goal of increasing transparency reporting until all coffees bought by an individual company are reported with all information stated in this Commitment.
Our Vision
- Ensure a sustainable supply of coffee by working towards a living income for producers so they will continue to invest in the future of their businesses.
- Transparent reporting enables actors along the supply chain to make informed choices. This will help the industry to raise prices paid to farmers and provide living incomes in coffee producing countries.
- Transparency about Free On Board (FOB) Prices is a first step. We encourage all companies and actors along the supply chain to make prices transparent at every step of the supply chain.
- Transparency is a tool to ensure that marketing claims are backed by actual facts.
Our Commitment
- We will create transparency data that is publicly available and easily accessible;
- state the producer/producer organization the coffee was purchased from;
- state the Free On Board (FOB) price paid for the coffee;
- indicate the quality of the coffee, for instance by using the SCA score in order to indicate cup quality;
- state the lot size (volume) of the coffee purchased;
- state the length of the relationship between producer/producer organization and buyer;
- state the percentage of transparent coffees in relation to the total volume of coffee (in lbs/tonnes) sold in the stated year.
Companies that sign this pledge publish the required information about at least one of the coffees they are selling. If the published information is called into question, companies that signed this contract agree to share a randomly selected number of green coffee contracts with other participants in order to verify information published in the transparency reports (peer review).
Our Signatories
Highland Park, NJ, USA
Berlin, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Portland, OR, USA
Szczurowa, Poland
Victoria, BC, Canada
Cologne, Germany
Lodz, Poland
Marysville, CA, USA
Gainesville, FL, USA
Tokyo, Japan
Portland, OR, USA
Munich, Germany
Howick, South Africa
Wallisellen, Switzerland
Arona, Teneriffa, Spain
Frederiksberg, Denmark https://coffeecollective.dk
Melbourne, Australia
Singapore, Singapore
Cape Town, South Africa
Hückeswagen, Germany
Saint-Denis, France
Hildesheim, Germany
Jonquière, Quebec, Canada
Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Au, Germany
La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción, Guatemala
Manchester, UK
Edmonton, Canada
Sussex, UK
Penticton, BC, Canada
Emmerich am Rhein, Germany
Rogers, OK, USA
Americus, GA, USA
San Francisco, CA, USA
Chico, CA, USA
Melbourne, Australia
Vienna, Austria
Stuttgart, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Weissach, Germany
Cornwall, England United Kingdom
Mainz, Germany
Berlin, Germany
Odder, Denmark
Lüneburg, Germany
Barcelona, Spain
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Haigerseelbach, Germany
Hannover, Germany
Delgany, Irleand
Olympia, WA, USA
Gateshead, United Kingdom
Lüneburg, Germany
Burgebrach, Germany
Villeurbanne, France
Montreal, Canada
Vancouver, Canada
Seattle, USA
Langnau, Switzerland
Berlin, Germany
Oslo, Norway
Munich, Germany
Carlsbad, CA, USA
Copenhagen, Denmark
Lancaster, PA, USA
Durham, NC, USA
Bern, Switzerland
St. Georgen am Walde, Austria
Frechen, Germany
Oakland, CA, USA
Dresden, Germany
Stockholm, Sweden
Upper Cloosh, Ireland
Americus, GA, USA
Portland, OR, USA
Hamburg, Germany
Utrecht, Netherlands
Antwerp, Belgium
Kiel, Germany
Long Island City, NY
Freiburg, Germany
Bremen, Germany
Kaarst, Germany
Saarbrücken, Germany
Dresden, Germany
Bielefeld, Germany
Strasbourg, France
Münchenstein, Switzerland
Montreal, Québec, Canada
Leysin, Switzerland
Our Supporters
Authors of The Pledge:
Jonas Lorenz
Andreas “Pingo” Felsen
Meredith Taylor
Peter Dupont
Geoff Watts
Nadine Heymann
Alexandra Urban
Sebastian Simsch
Individual Supporters:
Sven Ostendorf – Germany
Laura LaPlante – United States
Eleonora Ignazzi – Italy
Thomas Riethmüller – Germany
Poh&KY, Lonely Crowd – Malaysia
Sadek Ghossein – Egypt
Ole Kristian Bøen – Norway
Zekeriya Kagan KAYA – Turkey