The score that assesses the sustainability of your coffees.


This tool serves a dual purpose: helping you easily integrate sustainability into your purchases and enabling us to identify agro-environmental, socio-territorial, or economic projects at the source. Discover the methodology used to construct this score, the list of indicators we consider, and how to highlight it to your customers.

An initiative to support women coffee producers.

Women play a vital role, taking part in every stage of the supply chain but often handling the most time-consuming, most seasonal and lowest-paid tasks (like sowing, harvesting and sorting). Studies show that when women manage household income, there are many benefits: better child education, health, economic stability and overall family wellbeing.

For 10 years, we have been taking practical action to protect and develop forests through our Forest Coffees® brand

Forest Coffees® are ultra-high-quality coffees grown in well-preserved environments. Our trademark recognizes the know-how of local farmers and their in-depth knowledge of coffee agroforestry techniques. It illustrates the model’s environmental, social and economic merits.

Agroforestry allows farmers to diversify their income: agricultural production, timber and firewood, fodder, fruit, honey, etc. And thus reduce the vulnerability of the producer with less dependence on a single crop. The impact on biodiversity and soil quality is also considerable.

Fresh Coffee Clean Ocean: Our brand that guarantees you a decarbonized sea transport by 70 to 90% for your coffees.

This coffee is classified as Level 1 (HNV 1) out of 3.Our partner FAF has implemented an indicator called High Nature Value (HNV) to assess the sustainability level of each farm across three tiers. Their teams use this tool to support farmers in transitioning toward more regenerative agriculture.HNV 1 means that the farm preserves its soil by implementing cover cropping.

Coffee at the centre of a project for life

Brazil is the world’s leading coffee producer, ahead of Vietnam and Colombia. It supplies around one third of global production. Suffice to say, it calls the shots on the stock market.&nbsp;
Brazil boasts a light intensity and regular rainfall that allow crops to be grown in full sun. Most regions are flat, some are irrigated. Widespread introduction of mechanical harvesting and farming operations have more than doubled yields over the last 10 years, without increasing the planted surface area.​&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;The 4 main production areas are:​&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<li>Minas Gerais (Cerrado, Sul de Minas, Minas Gerais, Mountains and Minas Chapada)​&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>State of Bahia&nbsp;</li>
<li>State of Espirito Santo&nbsp;</li>
<li>State of Sao Paulo&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
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&nbsp;Brazil is huge, covering a total surface area of 8,547,877 km², which is 15 times the size of France. It spreads over almost half of the South American continent. It shares borders with Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname. Brazil’s size, landscape, climate and rich soils make it an extremely rich and diverse country.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Its coffee plantations cover some 27,000 km², mainly in the southern states of Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Paraná, whose environment and climate offer ideal growing conditions.&nbsp;&nbsp;

The state of Sao Paulo is home to one of Brazil's best-known coffee-growing regions: Mogiana. The Mogiana region is named after a railway company, Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro, which created the "coffee railway" in 1883. This improved transport and, above all, increased coffee production in the region. Mogiana has altitudes of between 800 and 1100 m, constant temperatures of around 20°C throughout the year and hilly terrain that is ideal for coffee production, for a well-balanced, sweet cup.
This region is mountainous and hilly. It is a transitional region from Atlantic Rainforest (wet areas) and Cerrado (dry plains) and this region gets a lot of sun. The high amount of sun provides high levels of photosynthesis for the plant’s solar panels (its leaves). In the cup you will taste lots of sweetness and a long finish however also big, creamy, fatty body, mouthfeel. This is because the polysaccharides created are in high amount and as the roast, they break down into shorter sugar chain structures which in the mouth provide the feeling of thicker texture. Fruit tones are present but unless fermentation is pushed, they will appear more like dried fruits.
Mogiana is a traditional coffee region with long tradition and families working in big coffee farms over several generations. As an early region being explored for coffee production, one can find many historical fazendas (some of which still produce coffee, while others changed to cattle or sugarcane today). Another combination easily found in the region is the typical Brazilian combination of coffee and milk production.

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The most traditional method, where the cherry remains whole throughout the drying process. Prolonged contact between the cherry and the bean produces full-bodied coffees. During this type of drying, microbial and enzymatic degradation of the cherry compounds takes place.

High Nature Value: FAF Coffees has developed an indicator to measure the level of sustainability of farms.

More than 2 tree species per hectare and at least 1 shade layer

More than 5 species per hectare and at least 2 shade layers

More than 10 species per hectare and at least 3 shade layers

Agroforestry combines trees and crops on the same plot of land. From shade and improved soil fertility to better ripening of cherries, the benefits are numerous.

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Coffees grown in well-preserved environments.

Forest Coffees® are sourced from preserved environments. This brand is built on promoting the expertise of farmers who have mastered the art of coffee agroforestry. It demonstrates the strength of this model through the environmental, social and economic benefits it generates.

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Well sourced coffee combined with carbon-neutral shipping is the future of coffee. Sailing reduces pollution, protects marine life, uses 100% renewable energy and lowers the carbon footprint of your coffee.

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Women play a vital role in the coffee industry.

They make up 80% of the workforce, yet only 20% hold positions of responsibility or own land. Support them by buying Women's Coffee.


Customer services (data collection, marketing tools, quality control, training), operating costs (tax, salaries, rent, service charges) and net margin.

Customer services (data collection, marketing tools, quality control, training), operating costs (taxes, salaries, rent, overheads) and net margin.

Financing sourcing at origin and supporting our local subsidiaries. These enable us to support producers in adopting more resilient agricultural practices and to set up social and environmental projects.

Financing of sourcing activities at origin and of our local subsidiaries, enabling us to support producers in their transition toward more resilient agricultural practices and to implement social and environmental projects.

Insurance and transport from the production areas to the port of Le Havre, as well as coffee storage and financing costs.

Insurance and transportation from the production areas to the port of Le Havre, as well as storage and financing costs for the cacao.

Costs linked to the purchase of coffee, which remunerate all the players involved, from the producer to the exporter.

For coffees purchased at fixed prices, only storage and financing costs and the €/$ exchange rate will affect the price of coffee from one quarter to the next within the same crop.

For coffees bought at a differential price, the price fluctuates according to market trends, storage and financing costs and the €/$ exchange rate.

Costs related to the purchase of cacao that remunerate all the actors at origin, from the producer to the exporter.

For cacao purchased at a fixed price, only storage costs, financing costs, and the EUR/USD exchange rate will influence price variations from one quarter to another within the same crop.

For cacao purchased with a differential-based pricing model, the price fluctuates according to market movements, as well as storage costs, financing costs, and the EUR/USD exchange rate.

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History and traceability

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