{"id":94063,"date":"2026-06-29T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/94063\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T15:00:09","slug":"nescafe-boosts-regenerative-coffee-sourcing-as-farmer-support-programmes-expand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/94063\/","title":{"rendered":"Nescaf\u00e9 boosts regenerative coffee sourcing as farmer support programmes expand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nestle.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-06\/nescafe-plan-2030-progress-report-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nestle.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2026-06\/nescafe-plan-2030-progress-report-2025.pdf\">Nescaf\u00e9 Plan 2030 Progress Report 2025<\/a>, which prioritises regenerative agriculture to enhance farming practices and coffee supply resilience, the increase from 32% in 2024 was driven by a higher volume of green coffee received from those farmers and the expansion of Nescaf\u00e9\u2019s field programs which cover more than 400,000 hectares. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">The progress report showed that in 2025, more than 1,600 Nescaf\u00e9 agronomists and field staff supported 100,000 coffee farmers in 15 countries through training and technical support on regenerative agriculture. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">The plan covers  practices such as agroforestry, cover crops and optimised fertilisation that aims to help improve soil health and support long-term yields. a<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Nescaf\u00e9 said it had also adapted its procurement approach to source more coffee from farmer units adopting regenerative practices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">In 2025, Nescaf\u00e9 reported an 18.3% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from its green coffee compared with its 2018 baseline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">\u201cWith more than half of our green coffee sourced from farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices in 2025, Nescaf\u00e9 has reached a major milestone,&#8221; said Antje Shaw, Head of Sustainability for Nescaf\u00e9. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">\u201cThis shows how we are working with farmers to scale regenerative agriculture across our coffee supply chain. We aim to support farmers in this transition, strengthen resilience to climate change and help secure Nestl\u00e9\u2019s long-term access to coffee, a key growth driver for the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Beyond farming, the 2 progress report also covers manufacturing, distribution and packaging across Nescaf\u00e9\u2019s value chain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">The coffee company said that within its operations, the three main sources of carbon emissions are manufacturing, logistics and packaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">In 2025, 98.6% of the electricity used in Nescaf\u00e9 coffee manufacturing sites was renewably sourced, contributing to GHG emissions reductions, the company confirmed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">It also unveiled it had co-developed the Nescaf\u00e9 Plan Child Protection Framework with its strategic partner, Terre des Hommes, to strengthen child protection systems in coffee supply chains. This year it said it had extended its partnership with the International Labour Organization (ILO) to advance labour rights in coffee supply chains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">The report said that this year the partnership with Nescaf\u00e9 Plan expands to Latin America with the launch of a new two-year project, From Fair Recruitment to Worker Protection in Coffee Supply Chains, focused on promoting labour rights in Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the Nescaf\u00e9 Plan 2030 Progress Report 2025, which prioritises regenerative agriculture to enhance farming practices and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[126],"tags":[46989,18676,1308,17120,29036,46990,3035,33921,3036,982,46991,2191,5901,18680,46992,2660,46993,5490,2197,2198,2199,1915,46994,12103,8034,46995,28861,46996,199,3047,3008,2202,8764,46997,46998,1106],"class_list":["post-94063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nestle","tag-35-39-years","tag-abundance","tag-aroma","tag-beginnings","tag-brown","tag-caffeine","tag-caucasian","tag-checking","tag-close-up","tag-coffee","tag-coffee-bean","tag-color-image","tag-copy-space","tag-cupping","tag-examining","tag-food-and-drink","tag-food-and-drink-industry","tag-fresh","tag-holding","tag-horizontal","tag-human-hand","tag-indoors","tag-inspecting","tag-large-group-of-objects","tag-man","tag-mid-adult","tag-mid-adult-men","tag-morning","tag-nestle","tag-one-person","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-quality-control","tag-roasted","tag-surrey","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116833997437186222","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}