Global Coffee Platform

The Global Coffee Platform’s mission is to promote farmers’ prosperity, improved livelihoods and conservation of nature. GCP believes that sustainability is a shared responsibility. This is why GCP convenes and enables its members – coffee producers and their organisations, exporters, traders, roasters, donors, and NGOs – and partners to align and multiply their efforts and investments, collectively act on local sustainability priorities and critical issues, and scale successful sustainability initiatives across the sector. Through Collective Action Initiatives on pressing issues, GCP is increasing investments, efficiencies and local ownership to address sustainability gaps and inspire progress towards Sustainable Coffee Regions. GCP advances local action for global results in 10 countries representing over 70% of global production.

Donors/Partners:

All GCP members contribute to the activities of the organisation through membership fees. In addition, GCP counts IDH, BMZ & GIZ, Rainforest Alliance and ISEAL Alliance’s Innovation Fund as strategic co-funding partners. The complete list is available here: https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/membership/#global-map-of-members

Key activities:

GCP convenes public and private sector stakeholders to create a common understanding on the most critical sustainability challenges at producing country level. GCP enables local action by facilitating public-private collaborations through National Coffee Platforms and National Coffee Sustainability Curricula. National Coffee Platforms bring public and private sectors together to align on priorities, address the biggest local sustainability issues and multiply impact and farmer profitability through an improved enabling environment for sustainable coffee production. The GCP Collective Action Initiatives optimize private and public sustainability investments through local ownership, pooling resources, knowledge, and networks to collectively address sustainability issues in coffee production. GCP facilitates measurement of sustainability progress through common metrics and tools at local and global levels, and encourages its members to increase and report on their sustainable coffee purchases.

Signature projects/tools:

• Improving the Economic Viability of Coffee Farming (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/resources/a-quick-scan-on-improving-the-economic-viability-of-coffee-farming)
• Brazil Platform & Sustainability Curriculum (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/resources/curr%C3%ADculo-de-sustentabilidade-do-caf%C3%A9-csc)
• Kenya Coffee Sustainability Platform (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/latest/2019/kenya-sets-aim-for-improved-farmer-profitability-with-launch-of-kenya-coffee-sustainability-manual#)
• Pre-competitive GCP Collective Action Initiative on Agrochemicals in Brazil, co-funded by major brands and Brazilian coffee organisations (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/latest/2019/empowering-brazilian-farmers-through-gcp-members#newsheader)
• Global Coffee Data Standard (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/latest/2019/a-common-language-for-sustainable-coffee-the-coffee-data-standard#)
• Vietnam Farm Data Pilot for sustainability measurement (https://www.globalcoffeeplatform.org/latest/2019/5-key-learnings-from-the-data-collection-pilot-in-vietnam)

Priority Countries and corresponding areas of activities:

Brazil: Labour conditions – Living Income – Access to inputs – Extension services – Producing country policies

Ethiopia: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Access to inputs – Extension services – Producing country policies

Honduras: Labour conditions – Access to inputs – Extension services – Producing country policies

Indonesia: Climate change – Conservation – Access to inputs – Access to finance – Extension services – Producing country policies

Kenya: Gender, youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Access to inputs – Extension services – Producing country policies

Uganda: Gender, Youth & indigenous peoples – Climate change – Access to inputs – Extension services – Producing country policies

Vietnam: Climate change – Water conservation – Access to inputs – Access to finance – Extension services – Producing country policies