CEOs of Fairtrade organisations across the globe have written to the Chair of the G20, His Majesty Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, to call on G20 leaders to help protect farmers and workers in developing countries from the worst effects of the COVID-19 crisis. Read more
La Marzocco has announced Hannah Newhall the winner of a Linea Mini home espresso machine in its #lamarzoccosharing Instagram competition. Read more
The Specialty Coffee Association (SCA) has announced an #ExpoWeekend virtual event from 30 April to 3 May. Read more
Keurig Dr Pepper has launched its Fueling the Frontline initiative to provide Keurig brewers, coffee, and other beverages to healthcare workers across the United States. Read more
Transparency-driven mobile platform creator iFinca has worked with the USAID-sponsored Coffee for Peace initiative to allow American coffee buyers to purchases coffee from Cooperativa Nuevo Futuro in Colombia’s Cauca Department. Read more
Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE) and IDH are partnering with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Green Invest Asia to measure the impact of the organisations’ joint sustainable coffee activities in Vietnam. Read more
Following the success of web shop platform shipsbeans.com, software solutions provider Cropster has launched shipsbeans.com/getcoffee, a free, open directory customers can search to find coffee in their neighbourhood or across the world. Read more
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) has released the first issue of its new economic publication, the ICO: Coffee Break Series No 1. The report analyses the impact of COVID-19 on the demand side of the coffee sector. Read more
The Melitta Group is switching parts of its production operations in a contribution to the supply of urgently needed face masks in the wake of COVID-19. Read more
The International Coffee Partners (ICP) has announced concern over the short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on smallholder coffee farmers and their families. Read more