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... sara lee corp has announced a new five-year initiative aiming to triple its purchases of sustainable coffee, expand partner programs and support the market for sustainable tea ... the company, currently divesting itself of many of its product lines to focus on its coffee business, is speculated to be considering splitting its coffee and processed meats businesses ... “sara lee’s long-term goal is to use only certified coffee and tea in all products worldwide, and this new aggressive five-year plan is a very important step in accelerating our progress,” said frank van oers, chief executive officer of sara lee’s international beverage and bakery businesses ... “by providing coffee growers visibility five years out and publicly committing to buy very large quantities of certified coffee we can contribute to improve sustainability in the mainstream coffee market worldwide ... ” by 2015 sara lee said it will have more than 20% of its entire annual coffee volume certified sustainable ... sara lee ranks third worldwide in coffee volume behind nestlé and kraft foods, and ahead of other leading firms such as the j ... sara lee announced also that it plans to expand the number of sustainable certification partners with which it works ... although the company reiterated its committment to its main partner for sustainable certification, the utz certified foundation, sara lee said they will liaise occasionally with other programs such as certified organic or rainforest alliance ... in the past five years sara lee has become the world’s largest buyer of utz certified good inside coffee, with cumulative purchases of more than 110 million kilos of the commodity ... the utz certified foundation is an independent non-profit organization that runs one of the most popular and respected agricultural commodity sustainable certification programs ... the foundation is dedicated to achieving sustainable agricultural supply chains that meet the growing needs and expectations of farmers, the industry and consumers

... nestlé, the world’s biggest buyer of coffee, will invest more than half a billion us dollars (chf 500 million) in a wide-ranging plan, endorsed by the rainforest alliance, that will address responsible farming, sourcing and consumption across its coffee supply chain ... nestlé, which purchases around 780,000 tonnes of green coffee a year, or 10 per cent of the world’s supply, unveiled the nescafé plan in mexico city today ... the nescafé plan is a global initiative and builds on the us$220 million (chf 200 million) the company has already invested in the coffee industry over the past 10 years ... double the amount of coffee nestlé buys directly from farmers to 180,000 tonnes over the next five years ... in addition 90,000 tonnes of nescafé coffee will be sourced according to rainforest alliance principles by 2020 ... ensure all directly purchased green coffee will meet 4c sustainability standards by 2015 ... reduce the environmental footprint of its coffee producing factories around the world ... increase the number of agronomists from 24 to 96 and field technicians to 350 who will provide technical assistance and advice on farming and harvesting to 10,000 coffee farmers a year ... “the nescafé plan is about looking ahead, to the future of coffee farming,” ms whelan said ... ” nestlé ceo paul bulcke who announced the plan in mexico city said: “we are proud that nescafé, the world’s leading coffee brand, gives its name to this global initiative which creates value across the supply chain, from farmers to consumers, to us

... with buhler’s stake in petroncini, the two companies are focusing their joint research and development resources on the development of novel, environmentally friendly coffee roasting systems and are thus contributing to sustainable coffee processing ... in this effort, buhler will act as a project management partner along the entire process chain – from handling, cleaning, and storage of the green coffee to roasting, blending, and grinding of the roasted coffee and packaging of the finished ground coffee ... in addition, buhler now is the exclusive global partner for the sale of petroncini products for industrial coffee processing ... stefan schenker has been appointed as the new head of the coffee market segment ... stefan schenker has a long and excellent track record from a large coffee corporation and will thus strengthen the specialist and leadership competence of this coffee unit ... petroncini specializes in the industrial-scale manufacture of drum roasting systems for the coffee industry and has to date installed over 2000 coffee roasters across the globe

... sara lee announced on february 23rd that it has sourced the first sustainable tea approved by its partner us certified ... sara lee already sells uts certified coffee, having recently announced plans to source 40,000 tons of of sustainable coffee in 2010 ... “at sara lee we’re very happy to be able to bring sustainable tea to our leading pickwick and honimans brands in the european market ... “our long term vision is to source all our tea from sustainable sources, and we plan to steadily increase the proportion that we buy ... ” to enable the sourcing of sustainable tea, sara lee has supported certification for major estates in indonesia and malawi, and secured certification also for its tea factory in joure ... sara lee’s sustainable tea programs are part of the tea improvement program of the dutch sustainable trade initiative ... this program enables the major stakeholders in the tea sector to join forces in stimulating sustainable trade

... sara lee, global manufacturer and marketer of consumer products, announced last week that in 2009 it expanded its lead as the world’s largest buyer of utz certified® coffee by exceeding target of 26,500 tons ... for 2010, sara lee steps it up, and will source more coffee from sustainable sources, 40,000 tons, than in any previous year ... utz certified is one of the most respected coffee certification programs worldwide, dedicated to achieving sustainable agricultural supply chains that meet the growing needs and expectations of farmers, the industry and consumers ... the program gives independent assurance of sustainable production and sourcing and offers online real-time traceability of agricultural products back to their origin ... the program is based on the utz certified code of conduct: a set of social and environmental criteria for responsible coffee growing practices and efficient farm management ... a web-based track and trace system follows the utz certified coffee through the chain from grower to roaster ... this gives buyers insight into where their coffee really comes from ... “at sara lee we’re very proud of our role in making the mainstream coffee sector more sustainable,” said frank van oers, ceo international beverage and bakery at sara lee ... “our long-term vision is to source all of our coffee sustainably, and every year we are moving the bar higher ... ” sara lee is the world’s third largest coffee roaster and sells its coffee blends under flagship brands such as douwe egberts®, senseo®, merrild®, maison du café®, and marcilla®, will source 40,000 tons of sustainable coffee in 2010 ... sara lee has worked in partnership with utz certified since 2004, buying utz certified coffee and helping farmers achieve certification ... farmers with an utz certificate are trained and checked to ensure that they are growing coffee in a sustainable way ... org) in 2002, to improve living conditions of, in particular, small coffee farmers in the main countries of origin