Overview:
The Sustainability Awards recognise excellence in sustainability across the coffee industry.
A Ugandan beverage company Endiro Coffee has been named among the finalists for the prestigious 2023 Sustainability Awards, which are organised by the Specialty Coffee Association (SCA).
The Sustainability Awards recognise excellence in sustainability across the coffee industry.
Endiro Coffee is listed under the Business Model category alongside Guatemala’s Primavera Green Coffee, USA’s Dean’s Beans Organic Coffee, Black Baza Coffee Co. from India, Steeped Coffee, in Calfornia, US, and Bellwether Coffee, also in US.
“Very proud to be putting Ugandan coffee on the map in this way!” Endiro Coffee tweeted.
Endiro Coffee CEO Gloria Katusiime said the company that started operations in 2011 now boasts of 11 shops in Uganda, and one in the United States. These include; Kisementi, Naguru, Muyenga, Standard Chartered Bank Head Office, MTN Head office, Bugolobi, Shell Buwama along Kampala-Masaka road as well as in Iganga, Mbale and now Kapchorwa at Sipi.
The 2023 Sustainability Awards consist of three categories, Individual, Business Model, and Project, recognising outstanding work in the field of sustainability, promoting sustainability within the coffee world while inspiring others to initiate similar endeavours.
After receiving 16 Project, 27 Business and 14 individual submissions this year, a committee comprised of SCA staff selected the finalists in each award category. The other 2023 Sustainability Award Finalists (by category) are:
Individual:
- Ricardo Oteros Sánchez-Posuelo
- David Griswold
- Jose Rivera
- Grayson Caldwell
- Mahdi Usati
- Andre Hamboer
Project:
- Project D.I.R.E.C.T. by Farmer Brothers
- The Cooperation On Fair, Free, Equitable Employment (COFFEE) Project by
- Verité
- NKG Bloom by Neumann Kaffee Gruppe
- RENACER Coffee Training School by Catholic Relief Services (CRS)
- The Technological Park of Innovation in Coffee and Coffee Farming by
- TECNiCAFÉ
- Low-Carbon coffee value-chain project in Kenya by Moyee Coffee, Agriterra,
- Fairchain Foundation, KDCU, KALRO (Consortium)
Winners will be announced in March 2023, and recognised at Re:co Symposium, taking place from 19 to 20 April.
The projects, business models, and people receiving these awards are not only dedicated to confronting the enormous challenges facing the specialty coffee industry—from climate change to gender inequality—but also collaborating across geographies, cultures, and value chain roles, and sharing the lessons they have learned for the benefit of the entire coffee sector.