Economic well-being equals a better life for our farmer partners.
We provide an opportunity to build your brand success and create a brighter future for farmers, their families, and their communities. When you partner with Westrock Coffee, you become part of something bigger-join us in making a real and positive impact on the world.
From 2021 to 2023, Westrock Coffee has worked diligently to increase our responsible sourcing year over year. We are well on our way to 100% responsibly sourced by 2025.
Farmer access to training, argonomists, and other services
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Focused on farm continuous improvement
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2nd-party verified baseline environmental and social requirements for farmers
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Digital traceability on coffee from farm to roaster
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Cost of production analysis provided to farmers
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3rd-party audited environmental, social, & economic farm standard
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100% of farms visited twice per year (in addition to audits)
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Guaranteed farmer premium
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Program Benefits
A responsible foundation for coffee sourcing
Establishes social and environmental accountability
Digital traceability from the farm forward
Economic transparency
Farmer payment accountability
Sustainable coffee
Traceable supply chain
Farmers are guaranteed to receive premiums paid
The global need for a more equitable, sustainable, and transparent coffee industry is as much an economic concern as it is a humanitarian one. In 2009, we embarked on a journey to fill this need for ethically sourced coffee from farmers in Rwanda. What started with the hope of helping a few, now provides global market opportunity and purposeful work to 1.5 million farmer partners in 35 origin countries around the globe.
Farmers visited by the Westrock Coffee team.
Data points captured to inform FDVÂ supply chains’ current sustainability status.
Social, environmental, and economic indicators collected on every farm.
Regions with comprehensive cost-of-production analysis shared with farmers.