IDH Coffee program

The IDH Coffee program is committed to finding ways in which the increasing world demand for coffee can be met sustainably. The program fosters global multi-stakeholder alignment on key sustainability issues, and seek to embed socially and environmentally friendly production techniques into the coffee supply chain. IDH convenes a multi-stakeholder platform across the coffee sector (the Global Coffee Platform , bringing together a range of industry players in a pre-competitive environment. This is a global partnership model that has the potential to bring sustainable coffee production to scale, and to improve the livelihoods of millions of coffee farmers worldwide. Working alongside partners from industry and trade, from governments, NGOs and standard-setting organizations across the sector, IDH promotes an approach that is both collaborative and bottom-up. The program focuses on applying local experience gained from field-level projects to the whole global sector – aiming to create a favorable environment for all key players, and to align investments in producer support programs. This emphasis on sector alignment, innovation, and local knowledge is reflected in the broad public-private partnership agenda. Collaboration at every level offers the best means of embedding socially and environmentally friendly practices into the global supply chain. This in turn offers the best means of meeting the rising global demand for coffee on a sustainable basis, and helping 4.3 million coffee producing families across the globe to become more resilient.