Sustainability

“A Goal in Every Cup” is our sustainability strategy, which is also the title of our Sustainability Report. It captures what has always defined the way our Group does business: valuing people, local areas and communities wherever we operate, combined with a strong focus on the environmental impact of our activities.

This strategy connects the environment, people, communities and the value chain to generate shared value. To further strengthen its role as a key driver of development and competitiveness, sustainability has been fully integrated into the Group’s five-year strategic plan since 2025 and is structured around three fundamental pillars: Climate & Nature, People & Community, and Value Chain.

Climate & Nature: aims to make a tangible contribution to the climate transition and the protection of biodiversity. It seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net-zero emissions across the value chain through the Roadmap to Net Zero 2050. This roadmap is based on a progressive decarbonisation pathway, grounded in a science-based approach, with the active involvement of the supply chain and a strong focus on innovation and circularity. The Roadmap to Net Zero follows the methodologies established by the Paris Agreement, the legally binding international treaty adopted in 2015 by the member states of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
People & Community: focuses on caring for the people who work within our Group by ensuring equal opportunities and a healthy, safe, fair and inclusive working environment. It also supports the communities where the company operates and where coffee is grown, helping to foster social, environmental and economic development.
Value Chain: promotes a responsible value chain based on respect for human rights, labor rights and the environment, engaging all stakeholders to integrate our values into the ethical governance of every process.

The approach to the SDGs

In 2015, we signed up for the United Nations 2030 Agenda, with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and joined the United Nations Global Compact, a programme in which businesses work together to achieve its objectives.

For even more effective integration of the SDGs into our corporate objectives, we have identified the Sustainable Development Goals on which our operations have most impact. The four Priority Goals to emerge from this process are the four main SDGs directly connected with the company’s objectives, which we work to develop in our business strategy and all sustainability programmes.

Finally, common to all these Priority Goals and essential for their achievement is ‘Goal 17 – Partnerships for the Goals’, which is a tool designed to strengthen sustainable development programmes.

Sustainability: A Goal in Every Cup