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As a part of the B Corp movement, sustainability and
responsibility guide everything we do – and we put that
into our STōK cold brew from the start. We’re on it.
To make our coffee dreams come true,
we start with the beans. We go where the
best beans are, primarily to countries in
Central and South America, like
Colombia, Nicaragua and Brazil.
We believe in coffee beans grown and harvested in a
more responsible way. That means working with farmers
and partners who do right by people and the planet. We
pay a premium for our coffee to support initiatives for
healthy soil, saving water and lifting communities up.
Our coffee is Rainforest Alliance Certified - and our
beans are traceable from coffee region, to roaster, to you.
While we work with partners who share our commitment to responsibly grown
coffee, we’re also proud that our coffee is Rainforest Alliance Certified. The
Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organization working at the
intersection of business, agriculture and forests. When you choose Rainforest
Alliance Certified STōk Cold Brew, you are supporting the farmers who are
looking after their workers and our natural resources. Find out more at
www.rainforest-alliance.org. The Rainforest Alliance works to:
Learn more at www.rainforest-alliance.org.
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Thanks for asking — keeping single-use packaging out of nature is an issue of our time. That’s why STōK is committed to circularity — keeping our packaging in the recycling stream and out of the waste stream.
We choose bottles that are highly recyclable, and count on you to help close the loop. Our glass bottles are ready to go. For our 48 oz. plastic bottles, remove the plastic label and replace the cap before recycling. We partner with GreenBlue to raise the awareness of recyclability and include a how2recycle.info label on every bottle.
STōK is also joining our corporate team on the commitment to be 100% reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2030.
We’re constantly on the lookout to improve our packaging and increase the amount of reused materials in our bottles. Thanks for pitching in.
The majority of our high-quality Arabica coffee beans are sourced from Central and South America.
We believe in coffee beans that are grown and harvested in a more responsible way. Along with our coffee supplier partner, we support initiatives for healthy soil, saving water and lifting communities up.
Our coffee is Rainforest Alliance Certified, which means farmers follow a rigorous standard for sustainable agriculture and responsible business practices, and commit to improving over time.
For more info, check out https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/
Absolutely not. Our coffee comes from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms which are audited annually regarding their treatment of workers and any issues, like forced labor, must be addressed immediately or the farm’s certification will be canceled. Farmers also receive training on issues like child labor, non-discrimination, and promoting gender equality.
No coffee farmers, no coffee, no STōK. A passion for coffee connects us all, which is why we go the extra mile to support coffee farmers and their communities.
STōK pays a premium for our coffee beans to support hands-on training for farmers, fair wages and decent living standards. We recently completed a trip to Colombia to see a few of the farms and farmers in action.
We’re in this for the long haul, and are working to build long-term, win-win relationships with the people and places that make coffee possible. Our coffee is Rainforest Alliance Certified, which means it is grown with more care for people and the planet.
Through our investments and commitment to buying our coffee from Rainforest Alliance Certified farms, STōK works with farmers to reduce their impact on deforestation and climate change. The Rainforest Alliance will not certify any farms on land that has been deforested in the last 8 years.
We support hands-on training for coffee farmers to learn more sustainable farming practices, and have backed projects to plant trees on coffee farms, reduce coffee farm impacts on water resources, and promote climate-smart agriculture. To date, we’ve helped plant over 7,000 native trees on coffee farms to support shade, soil health and biodiversity. We also supported 25 small projects to promote water conservation and treatment.
Finally, we aided the planting of over 16,000 new coffee seedlings to replace varieties that are less adapted to the likely impacts of climate change.
STōK is always pushing to bring more sustainable practices into our work and our products. We take the extra steps to buy coffee that is Rainforest Alliance Certified — a program that takes a holistic approach to sustainability, balancing social, environmental and economic considerations.
It includes everything from better quality crops and higher yields to better working conditions and protection of the environment.
Onward! We’re just getting started on our journey of continuous improvement. In the near term, we’re strengthening our relationship with our coffee suppliers and farmers, continuing our efforts to support soil health and water conservation. Long term, we recognize global issues in the food supply chain.
Similar to our approach to sourcing coffee beans, we see more potential to have a positive impact on people and the planet by making thoughtful, more sustainable choices in all of our ingredients, packaging and partnerships.
With our coffee supplier partner and Rainforest Alliance Certification, we can trace our coffee beans from the origin region, to coffee roaster to the consumer. It’s about transparency, trust and our contribution to a coffee bean that is grown more responsibly — helping support farmers, their families and the planet.
UTZ was a leading program for more sustainably grown coffee but the UTZ organization merged with the Rainforest Alliance in 2018. In July 2020, the newly merged organization launched a new Sustainable Agriculture Standard (SAS) for coffee production and the associated supply chain that combines the best of the former Rainforest Alliance SAS and the former UTZ standard.
Our coffee supplier and farmer partners have been actively working to become certified to the new standard which is why we are now calling our coffee Rainforest Alliance Certified. Going forward, our products will begin to display the new Rainforest Alliance logo which will replace the UTZ logo but there may be a few products that haven’t fully made the switch yet!
More details on the merger and the new standard the Rainforest Alliance launched can be found at https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/tag/2020-certification-program/
B CorporationsTM are leaders of the global movement of people using business as a force for good™. B Corporations™ meet the highest standards of verified overall social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability and aspire to use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems.
STōK is a brand of Danone North America, a Certified B Corporation™.
