Reuse the coffee grounds
Reuse, refine and enjoy one more time. Coffee grounds can be used for a lot of good things. Here are some of them.
Topics: Sustainability/CSR
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A circular game changer
The Löfbergs group is working to close the packaging loop and contribute to a circular economy. The family-owned company recently conducted a successful test of producing fully recyclable packages made of 50% bio-based polymers. The new packaging will be used by the Danish brand, Peter Larsen Kaffe, and is approved for recycling in Denmark. It is a truly game changing package.
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Change in management at Löfbergs – Lars Appelqvist moves onto another job
After 22 years at Löfbergs, of which 12 years as CEO, Lars Appelqvist is moving onto a new job. By the turn of the year, he will take up the position as Executive Vice President for HKScan’s operations in Sweden. Lars will remain at Löfbergs until then, which gives the company plenty of time to find his successor.
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We remain committed to support smallholder coffee farmer families
Together with our friends within International Coffee Partners (ICP) we are concerned about the possible short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smallholder coffee farmer families. Coffee regions in which the organization is implementing projects are increasingly affected as well.
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Have a Coffee Break with International Coffee Partners
Löfbergs believes in creating and learning together with others. In 2001, Löfbergs co-founded International Coffee Partners together with a number of other family-owned coffee companies. In a new serie of videos International Coffee Partners shares the motivations and aims behind the work.
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Is blockchain our missing link for a fairer, greener coffee trade?
While worldwide coffee consumption is growing, the inequalities in the supply chain are becoming even more significant. Smallholder farmers, who do most of the work, earn the least money, while large companies capture most the profit. This coffee paradox is well-known, but we still haven’t seen the solutions for a real change.
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New coffee from Löfbergs for equal value
A coffee for everyone. With the new Equality Light Roast, Löfbergs takes a stand for the equal value of all people. Löfbergs donates SEK 1 for every sold package to the Rainbow Fund, which works for a world where everyone is treated the same, no matter who you are or who you love.
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Anna predicts the coffee trends for 2020
What´s brewing in the coffee industry? What´s hot and not? Anna Nordström, Specialty Coffee Manager at Löfbergs, predicts the hottest trends for 2020.
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Löfbergs's sustainability work – Because we want, can and have to
There are many reasons why sustainability work is high on the agenda at Löfbergs Coffee Group. That it permeates everything we do and our entire value chain – from bean to cup. The past year was no exception.
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The development of Löfbergs’s sustainability work in 2018/2019
Löfbergs adopted its first environmental policy back in 1992. Since then, the company has worked with concrete targets and measures in the sustainability field, in the producing countries as well as at home. The company is now presenting its sustainability report for the most recent financial year.
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Löfbergs predicts future trends in a new podcast
What will the world look like in 2030, and how will new impetus and trends affect the companies’ role in society? These questions kicked off a two-year foresight work that has engaged group management, managers as well as co-workers at the Swedish coffee roaster Löfbergs. In the podcast “The Future Starts Here", the company’s CEO Lars Appelqvist shares the results.
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Löfbergs has halved its climate impact
The goal was to cut the company’s emissions of greenhouse gases with 40 per cent by 2020. Löfbergs has now reached that goal. Less travelling by air and an increase of the share of Bio LPG are two of the adopted measures that have been contributory factors for Löfbergs’s decrease of its emissions with 50 per cent per produced ton of coffee compared to the base year of 2005.
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For the next generation
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.
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“Stop using flipcharts, start digging”: Industry Leaders and Coffee Farmers Pledge to Work Closer Together to Overcome Inequalities
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.
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Löfbergs starts using recycled PET
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.
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Swedish coffee innovation awarded
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.
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Löfbergs receives newly instituted equality 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.
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Löfbergs won the Bronze Award at SIAL Innovation 2019
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.
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"Now I am a passionate coffee farmer"
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.
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New climate-smarter coffee packaging
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.
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