The future. We do not know that much about it or what it will look like. But there is one thing we know for sure; it is coming. Faster than we imagine. Actually, there is one more thing. We know that the decisions we make and what we do today affect the future and how it will be. I believe it is an opportunity we have to make the most of.
Today, it is impossible not to think of Greta Thunberg w
During the Specialty Coffee Association’s World of Coffee in Berlin, International Coffee Partners (ICP) representatives from Swedish roaster Löfbergs and trading house Neumann Gruppe (NG) of Germany discussed together with coffee farmers from Honduras and Uganda how to align industry and farmer needs in the coffee sector.
The coffee roaster Löfbergs starts using recycled PET in its bottles for Caffeine Water as a part of the company’s efforts to only use recycled or renewable material in its packages by 2030.
Coffee Particle Analyzer (CPA) is a Swedish innovation that guarantees the good flavour of coffee – and has attracted interest all over the world. The development work is now being recognized at home as well through the regional SKAPA award.
The coffee roaster Löfbergs receives the Genius Award 2019 that acknowledges successful equality work. Löfbergs is awarded for its fine work for social sustainability within its own organization and in the surrounding world.
Today the Swedish coffee roaster Löfbergs won a prestigious Bronze Award in the SIAL Innovation competition 2019 for its assortment of iced coffee. The prize was awarded at the SIAL Fair in Toronto. The fair is one of North America's largest fairs for the food industry with over 1,000 exhibitors and 18,000 professional visitors.
It is Tuesday morning and the mist is slowly lifting in the small mountain village of Heliconia in Antioquia in northwest Colombia. We are on our way home to Emilio Gonzalés, one of the participants of Next Generation Coffee, Löfbergs' initiative for the next generation of coffee farmers.
In stores now: The new climate-smarter packaging from Löfbergs. By replacing some of the fossil plastics with a plant-based alternative, the climate impact is initially reduced with about 30 per cent.
Löfbergs was first in Europe to remove aluminium from coffee packaging 25 years ago. The family-owned coffee roaster is now taking the next big climate-smart step in the packaging field. This autumn, Löfbergs is starting to phase out fossil plastics to replace it with a plant-based alternative, green polyethylene.
