Coffee transported by cargo sailing ship
Food and drink
- Solution type
- Product
- Theme
- Food and drink
- Sector:
- Haut-Rhin
- Products concerned:
- Café Tierra Prometida / Café La Palma
Its features
Environmentally friendly
The positive impact of this service rests on the use of cargo sailing ships, a rare and virtuous innovation that harnesses the power of the wind rather than fossil fuels to drastically reduce CO₂ emissions. This decarbonisation approach extends to other products such as cocoa and green coffees from Colombian or Salvadoran terroirs, all coming from agroecological and social initiatives. The life cycle of this service involves players committed to the environmental cause, notably the sourcing company Belco for sustainable import, local producer cooperatives and the shipowner TOWT. This low-carbon transport model protects the oceans and offers a credible alternative to conventional global trade while respecting a logic of reasoned carbon impact.
Second life
After use, coffee grounds can be added to your compost: they are a source of nutritious, soil-structuring humus and can be added as freely as you like.
Community solidarity
This service generates concrete social impacts by directly supporting producer communities in Colombia and El Salvador, thereby improving their incomes and living conditions. By promoting fair trade, it values the local agricultural work of coffee growers and strengthens social cohesion through supportive collaboration with local cooperatives. This approach makes the sector more attractive to younger generations by offering a rewarding and motivating model, which helps keep local jobs in these committed terroirs.
Life cycle of this solution
Step 1: The producer
Produces the coffee
Step 2: The transport provider
Transports the product from the producer to the distributor.
Take this placeStep 3: The distributor
Roaster
Step 4: The transport provider
Delivery by bicycle to the city centre of Colmar
Step 5: The committed consumer
Consumes the product
Take this place
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Selected members (2)
- TORREFACTION SCHREIBER CAFEMunster
- COLMAR LIVRELOColmar