Despite Scomo claiming that café’s aren’t going to contribute to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, we’re just not ones to sit around and wait for politicians to take action on climate change.

Quite the contrary. Maybe it’s got something to do with our caffeine levels, but we’ve been working double-time on our carbon footprint. We’ve just achieved Carbon Neutrality. And since January this year, have been 1% For The Planet members. You see, Scomo, even though we’re a tiny speck of a business on this earth, we’ve all got to do our bit and make this climate change thing as top of mind as coffee is each morning.
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We’re roasters not mathematicians but know bad stats when we see them. Like the finding from IUCN Red List of Threatened Species that, due to climate change, at least 60% of coffee species are at risk of disappearing. And, from the 2016 report by The Climate Institute, that coffee production could be cut in half by 2050. Then there’s this - only 3% of philanthropy goes to environmental causes. Of that, only 5% comes from corporations.
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UPDATE: FEB 2021

WHAT IS PURA CEPA?

The word “sustainability” is thrown around like it’s goin’ outta fashion, but Pura Cepa is the real McCoy when it comes to the “s” word. They’re using science in next level ways to improve the quality of coffee & of lives at every point of the supply chain.
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Well, it’s been one hell of a year for all of us, and before we ask 2020 to kindly leave, we have come up with a few ways to counter act the year that was.

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It’s no secret that a good cup comes from a good crop. Even the best roasters in the world – yes exactly, like Single O’s Ed, Stu and Dan – are at the mercy of the quality of the green bean. Which is why, along with meeting sustainability criteria, rewarding with fair prices, supporting a range of producer organisations including entrepreneurial individuals, co-ops and progressive estates, and buying to meet our desired flavour profiles, we meticulously search for high quality.

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