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- Title
Sustainable coffee: A review of the diverse initiatives and governance dimensions of global coffee supply chains.
- Authors
Wright, Dale R.; Bekessy, Sarah A.; Lentini, Pia E.; Garrard, Georgia E.; Gordon, Ascelin; Rodewald, Amanda D.; Bennett, Ruth E.; Selinske, Matthew J.
- Abstract
With a global footprint of 10 million hectares across 12.5 million farms, coffee is among the world's most traded commodities. The coffee industry has launched a variety of initiatives designed to reduce coffee's contribution to climate change and biodiversity loss and enhance the socio-economic conditions of coffee producers. We systematically reviewed the literature on the sustainability and governance of coffee production and developed a typology of eleven sustainability initiatives. Our review shows that coffee sustainability research has focused primarily on the economic outcomes of certification schemes. The typology expands our knowledge of novel sustainability initiatives being led by coffee farming communities themselves, allowing for an improved consideration of power dynamics in sustainability governance. Sustainability initiatives governed by local actors can improve sustainability outcomes by empowering local decision makers to assess direct risks and benefits of sustainable practices to the local environment, economy, and culture.
- Subjects
SUPPLY chains; COFFEE industry; LITERATURE reviews; SUSTAINABILITY; COFFEE plantations; ENVIRONMENTAL degradation; COFFEE; ECOLOGICAL impact
- Publication
AMBIO - A Journal of the Human Environment, 2024, Vol 53, Issue 7, p984
- ISSN
0044-7447
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13280-024-02003-w