C.A.F.E. Practices

Coffee and Farmer Equity (C.A.F.E.) Practices evaluates, recognizes and rewards producers of high-quality sustainably grown coffee for Starbucks stores. C.A.F.E. Practices is a green coffee sourcing guideline with third-party evaluation. C.A.F.E. Practices seeks to ensure that Starbucks sources sustainably grown and processed coffee by evaluating the economic, social and environmental aspects of coffee production against a defined set of criteria, as detailed in the C.A.F.E. Practices Guidelines. Starbucks defines sustainability as an economically viable model that addresses the social and environmental needs of all the participants in the supply chain from farmer to consumer.

Learn more: C.A.F.E. Practices website

Conformity assessment | How is compliance with this ecolabel's standard ensured?

Conformity with C.A.F.E. Practices's standard is verified by an independent organization (third party) following SCS (Scientific Certification Systems)

Certification / registration required

Applicants are certified against the ecolabels’s criteria before using the label