The #SustyTalk sequence is all about retaining edie’s loyal readers linked to sustainability leaders the world over, while reminding us all that sustainability and local weather motion should go on by means of the present price of dwelling disaster and past. It launched within the early phases of the pandemic in 2020 and has continued since then, retaining us linked to the leaders who’re persevering with to drive sustainable enterprise and local weather motion.
This new episode sees edie’s content material editor Sarah George in dialog with Veronica Rossi, senior sustainability supervisor at Lavazza Group and supervisor on the Lavazza Basis.
She is available to share her learnings on successfully strategising and collaborating for local weather motion and social sustainability in advanced multinational provide chains equivalent to these seen within the espresso sector. The Basis now works with 180,000+ espresso staff throughout greater than 20 nations, Rossi says.
There’s a specific concentrate on supporting and empowering feminine espresso growers on this interview. Ladies account for up to 70% of the workforce on coffee plantations but continue to be under-represented when it comes to decision-making and business leadership. Working with these ladies, Rossi argues, is essential to delivering provide chains which are extra resilient to environmental challenges and which have a decrease environmental footprint.
She says: “Women are present in the industry fundamental for the industry to be thriving… but they are not the ones taking the decisions on how to manage the coffee fields. There is that gap but there is also a big opportunity.”
Lavazza just lately showcased its work with women in coffee supply chains at the UN headquarters in New York. The showcase included the Basis’s newest annual charity calendar – a key device for its communications on these points with most people.
WIth that in thoughts, this interview additionally gives recommendation on how companies can be part of up their work on environmental and social sustainability with their core technique, and the way this advanced work may be conveyed to prospects.
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