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UTZ Certification and the Sustainable Future of World Coffee

UTZ certification organization has a strict traceability system for every link of the supply chain and insists on providing consumers with the most complete product production resume. Compared with the demand of today's consumers, I am more concerned about the conditions of 'safety' and 'protection' that products should have.

The only way to be sustainable

Years of abnormal climate, nature counterattack and other varying degrees of environmental impact, for us, perhaps anything can change overnight. Around the world, more than 82000 coffee farms have more than four years of UTZ certification, and consumers in more than 100 countries are enjoying UTZ certified products, so the UTZ certification organization is known as the world's largest certified coffee supplier.

In the supply chain of coffee, cocoa and tea, UTZ certification can be carried out at every step. Many well-known multinational companies, such as IKEA IKEA in Sweden, Mars Group in the United States, Migros in Switzerland and Tchibo Coffee in Germany, are UTZ partners, shouldering the responsibility of sustainable management and mode of production, giving back to small farmers, but also giving consumers better products and absolute protection.

After Taiwan, UTZ launched cooperation in China, Hong Kong and other regions in 2014 to improve the income and living standards of farmers around the world, which has become an indispensable force for the sustainable development of coffee in the world.

In the first quarter of 2011, sales of UTZ-certified coffee reached nearly 40, 000 metric tons, an increase of 25% over the same period in 2010, and a total of 189, 000 metric tons in 2012.

UTZ exclusive responsibility badge

"UTZ certification" refers to the responsibility mark approved by UTZ after the independent environmental, social and economic audit of the product production, and each link of the supply chain is jointly responsible for the output and production source mechanism of the product. Through close third-party monitoring GIP (Good Inside Portal), UTZ ensures that all participants produce and trade in accordance with this criterion, and log on to the traceability system built by GIP one by one to create a complete production resume for agricultural products.

UTZ's response to Climate change

In order to reduce the impact of climate change, UTZ has two larger cultivation reform programs implemented in Vietnam and Central America, which not only improve local soil and water conservation problems, but also actually bring benefits to local farmers.

Coffee Climate Care Program The Coffee Climate Care project

In 2013, UTZ and the DE Foundation launched a cooperative project in Lintung Province, Vietnam, providing the following plans and implementation projects to protect the future income of local farmers' families in addition to dealing with the impact of climate change:

Establish a local coffee industry zone to enhance the flexibility of the ecosystem.

Enhance the resilience of the coffee production system to climate change.

Establish a data system to record the extent of greenhouse gas emissions.

Set up an education and training center to teach local farmers technical and management knowledge and ways to cope with climate change.

Note 1: the DE Foundation is a related company of D.E. Master Blenders, which is the third largest coffee roaster in the world.

In Central America, UTZ uses the waste water from coffee production to improve drinking water quality, create new ways of energy use, and reduce water consumption by half, bringing a lot of benefits to coffee farmers through the following treatment methods:

First, the waste water produced by the coffee fruit in the washing process contains methane, which is discharged into the river after special treatment to ensure that the drinking water is not polluted.

Second, a large amount of waste water after washing, through the treatment process in the biogas digester, can convert methane into biogas fuel, which can be used to run machines or even stoves in farmers' homes, which can not only reduce the waste of excess water resources, but also use waste water to create new energy sources.

Third, this plan has been tested for three years in 19 agricultural areas of different sizes, including Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, and the results show that within only two seasons of harvest, water demand has dropped from 24 litres per kilogram of raw beans to only 10 litres per kilogram, thus proving that technology can effectively reduce water consumption.

Fourth, the use of recycled biogas fuel in daily life can reduce the time spent by farmers in collecting firewood and protect more trees. And compared with the use of firewood, recycled fuel not only produces less smoke, but also more friendly to the human body.

5. This experimental project will be used in all UTZ-certified coffee producing areas. Relevant teaching materials, training courses and other resources are currently under development, and are expected to help more farmers set up, operate, and maintain these natural and ecologically friendly equipment in the future.

Why choose UTZ?

Recently, with the recent wave of food safety storm in Taiwan, with the rise of national awareness, consumers are no longer only concerned about flavor and price. Many chain operators have noticed this trend and have begun to choose products certified by UTZ in order to provide more reassuring food and better service. We can tell you why these enterprises choose UTZ:

Because there is a stable product supply chain.

Because there is a complete traceability system to provide a reassuring food production resume.

Because it can be responsible for the mode of production and give consumers a reassuring commitment.

Because it can not only create brand value, but also enhance corporate image.

Because it can build a sustainable future for the coffee, cocoa and tea industries.