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At any one time, there are hundreds of coffee-related sustainability projects on the go globally (we’ve told you about some of them). But knowing exactly what is going on where, who is in charge, and who might benefit is hard to keep track of.
The International Coffee Organization (ICO) is looking to change that with the relaunch of an initiative formerly known as the Coffee Sustainability Initiatives Map, and now called the Coffee Sustainability Support Database. As Nick Brown reports for Daily Coffee News, the redesigned database features 440 sustainability initiatives, more than 600 organizations, and 170-plus donors. It is all visible from a navigable world map that is filterable by country, donors, goals, and area of focus.
The ICO hopes the database will be used by donors, NGOs, coffee companies, and other organizations to foster collaborative sustainability efforts; the map makes it easier to identify possible funding gaps and overlaps in priorities. Each project in the database includes detailed information on location, scope, budget, and external links to official websites.
“Since its inception, the goal of the Coffee Sustainability Support Database has been to consolidate scattered information and make it accessible to key stakeholders,” ICO executive director Vanúsia Nogueira said in a press release. “This relaunch marks a major step forward in that mission, offering enhanced tools for decision-making, collaboration and strategic funding.”
Read more about the sustainability database here and see it in action here.
