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SCAA Sustainability Statement
Inspired by the inherent power and role that the coffee industry can play in leading sustainability in commerce for the world, and motivated by the belief that sustainability is a critical issue that must be addressed with significant consciousness, focus and resources, the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) formed a special Task Force in 1997. This working group, which included representatives of the SCAA International Relations Committee and Environment Committee (now the Sustainability Committee), recommended an expansion of SCAA’s Mission Statement to include sustainability and a list of supporting attributes and actions related to coffee and sustainability… read more.
> SCAA Sustainability Award Information & Application
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SCAA Fair Trade Position Statement
The SCAA recognizes the Fair Trade business model as being consistent with our mission and how we accomplish it. We endorse the Fair Trade model as one way to effectively:
- Improve the lives of the coffee producers on whom we rely for our own livelihoods
- Encourage a consistent, long-term supply of the high quality Arabica coffees on which our industry depends
- Create environmentally and socially sustainable prosperity in the developing world… read more.
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SCAA Statement on Geographical Indications for the Origin of Coffee
The Specialty Coffee Association of America’s perspective on registration of geographical indications of origin and recent efforts by Ethiopia to trademark the names of coffee growing regions….read more.
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Comparing Coffee Certifications & Codes
In order to facilitate constructive and realistic communication regarding coffee certifications and codes the 2005 SCAA Sustainability Committee has created a comparison matrix. The matrix provides summarized information on the following certifications and codes:
- Organic
- Fair Trade
- Rainforest Alliance
- Smithsonian Bird Friendly®
- Utz Kapeh
- Common Code for the Coffee Community
> Download comparison matrix now
For more information about coffee and sustainability, see our listing of Suggested Reading
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