STiR coffee and tea magazine

STiR coffee and tea 43 Enjoy with confidence Vertrauen in Genuss PROUDLY OFFERING THE FINEST TEAS & HERBAL INFUSIONS SINCE 1881 We are excited to announce our newest regional support center, located in Seattle, WA – supporting United States & Canada. Our success depends on our customer's success, and we are committed to: 1. Providing world-class customer support from our team of experts 2. Bespoke product design and portfolio consultation 3. Reliable supply chains off ering safe, quality ingredients Jason and the team are passionate about tea – let us know how we can help today! Tea North America Inc. - Contact: Jason Adams - jason.adams@wollenhaupt.com NEWS www.wollenhaupt.com pacts worsen, any carbon credit schemes attached to tea and coffee must factor in how to help farmers not just reduce emissions but also survive a rapidly changing climate. Adaptation strategies, like climate-smart agriculture, are as criti- cal as reducing carbon emissions in this context. The fate of the farmers and the crops they nurture depend on it. Hopeful Value Chains Here's where things start to look bright- er: carbon insetting. Unlike offsetting, where companies fund external projects to reduce emissions elsewhere, insetting integrates emissions reductions directly within a company's supply chain. This isn't just about reducing emissions. It's about reshaping relationships between companies and the farmers they rely on. Take Nespresso's agroforestry proj- ect, for instance. Nearly three million trees have been planted across Colom- bia, Guatemala, and Ethiopia, not only sequestering carbon but also improving soil health, boosting biodiversity, and helping the farmers themselves. These types of insetting initiatives go beyond the typical corporate responsibility initia- tives, creating tangible, local benefits that directly touch the lives of the people in the value chain. In an age when millennials are will- ing to pay a premium for sustainably pro- duced goods—41% according to Cap- gemini Research—there's a real market opportunity here for carbon-neutral tea and coffee. To attract major developers, projects must reach a critical size—often over 50,000 carbon credits (or tons of CO2). Moreover, carbon insetting can significantly enhance the resilience of tea and cof- fee crops against climate change. Techniques such as the ones Jalinga Organic Tea implements and helps out-growers implement can improve soil health and provide additional income streams for farmers while helping achieve carbon-neutral supply chains. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) suggests that these carbon- neutral methods can not only help tea and coffee farmers adapt to climate change but also meet the growing demand from climate-conscious consumers. Through insetting, companies can reduce their carbon footprint, control carbon offsets, and support the sustainability of their own supply chains while creating a stron- ger, more resilient future for their industries. But more importantly, they offer hope to millions of farmers whose lives are intertwined with the fate of these crops, bringing sustainability and resilience to the very heart of their communities. Carbon Credit Projects Conservation: Avoided Deforestation Reforestation Soil Use Improvements and Protection Agroforestry AFOLU: Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use Processes Improvements Biomass Management Carbon Credit Projects Residue Management Silvopastoral Systems and Plantations REDD and REDD+ Voluntary Carbon Market VCM Clean Energies Projects Solar and Eolic Energy Capture and Use of GHG

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