Importer and roaster margin structure
How importers and roasters build margins into coffee pricing, balancing costs, risk, and profitability across the supply chain.
Coffee chain
Cross-functional feedback loops
How to design cross-functional feedback loops that connect producers, roasters, baristas, and customers in a continuous cycle of quality improvement.
Carbon accounting and offsets
How carbon accounting applies to the coffee supply chain, methods of calculating emissions, and the role of offsets in achieving sustainability goals.
Packaging sustainability and recycling
The environmental impact of coffee packaging, challenges with recycling, and innovations that aim to make packaging more sustainable.
Modern trends: traceability and transparency
In this topic we explore how modern coffee culture emphasizes traceability and transparency, why these values matter to consumers, and how technology and direct trade practices are reshaping the coffee supply chain.