At Julius Meinl, 'Responsibly Selected Coffee' means that the green coffee beans we source for roasting in our production plants in Vienna and Vicenza comes from farmers complying with sustainability schemes recognized by the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) as aligned with its Coffee Sustainability Reference Code. The Code establishes a common baseline for more sustainable coffee production across environmental, social and economic dimensions. It includes critical requirements that all aligned sustainability schemes are expected to meet, covering areas such as protecting forests and other natural ecosystems, prohibiting child and forced labour, safeguarding workers’ health and safety, and complying with applicable laws. In addition, the Code includes continuous improvement practices, encouraging efforts in areas such as soil health, responsible water use, biodiversity conservation, farm management and record-keeping. Through its Equivalence Mechanism, GCP assesses whether sustainability schemes align with the Reference Code and meet additional criteria on governance, assurance, traceability, data management and claims.

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As part of our ongoing due diligence process, we collaborate with the non-profit organization Enveritas to conduct regular field assessments across a sample of our coffee supply chains. These assessments focus on identifying remaining challenges and areas for improvement.