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Driving down the carbon footprint of coffee

The company is taking a Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership (mKTP). The mKTP is a two and half year business innovation project that provdies Falcon with subsidised access to work with a university academic team and employ an experienced graduate, Dr Mandi Caudill, pictured, known as the Associate.

As part of the company’s positive social impact ambition, they wanted to get their carbon footprint down. But first, they needed to understand their current footprint.

With the support of a university academic team and mKTP associate, the company is developing a methodology to measure carbon emissions associated with coffee beans, from farming them in countries such as Costa Rica and Peru to roasting them in the UK. They’ll then investigate opportunities for carbon mitigation, sequestration and offsets.

The project will give the company new expertise and knowledge that can drive their long-term sustainability and growth. 

Specifically, the KTP project will: 

• Review how the coffee industry approaches carbon offsetting
• Explore and develop solutions for mitigating carbon emissions, investment, and certification.
• Model supply chains based on different customer scenarios, to ensure the methodology can flex to suit different needs
• Create a communication strategy to promote the great work 
• Make the tools developed open-source across the coffee industry, cementing Falcon’s sector-leading approach to sustainability.