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Olam International Ltd Slovenia began operations in Ljubljana in 2011 as a marketing office for green coffee. We support regions in the Balkan, parts of Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Over the past 8 years, we have built strong relationships with both large- and small-scale roasters. We continue to support our customers in choosing the best quality product from more than 15 origins. We offer excellent quality, price, and great service.
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4th Feb, 2021
Global Coffee Platform recognises two tiers of Olam’s AtSource programme as sustainability schemes
London
In a move by the Global Coffee Platform (GCP) to advance transparency and sustainability in the coffee value chain, two tiers of Olam International’s sustainability insights platform AtSource – AtSource Entry Verified1 and AtSource Plus - have been added as new sustainable sourcing schemes to the GCP Reporting on Sustainable Coffee Purchases programme2.
Launched in April 2018, AtSource provides Olam customers with a verified social and environmental footprint for their product supply chains, calculated from farm-level data, which then informs continuous improvement programmes.
Responding to the recognition, Juan Antonio Rivas, Senior Vice-President & Global Head, Sustainability & Business Development at Olam Coffee, part of Olam Food Ingredients, said:
“We are very pleased that two tiers of our AtSource programme have been assessed as being “equivalent” to the Baseline Coffee Code. This, in addition to other benchmarking studies that have been concluded in the rec
1st Oct, 2020
Coffee kiosk gives Brazilian smallholders direct access to global markets
Olam is experimenting with technologies that reach remote coffee farmers and empower them to sell to the company directly, thereby giving them access to global market prices.
Its first kiosk in Ibicocara - Brazil's Bahia region, allows farmers to drop off coffee samples and then Olam manages the testing and pricing negotiation via its digital platform, Olam Direct. The company has received more than 50 samples in July, its first month of operation, and farmer feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Olam hopes to roll out the kiosks to serve additional farmers in 2021 and the locations may offer other value-add services for farmers and their communities.
Edmilson Rocha Aguiar, who farms 140 miles away from the closest Olam facility in Vitoria da Conquista, was one of the first participants in the kiosk test.
9th Dec, 2020
A ‘Landscale’ Approach to Powering Coffee Sustainability in Mexico
Olam Coffee, part of Olam Food Ingredients, is working with the Rainforest Alliance in Mexico as part of the Alliance for Sustainable Landscapes and Markets, funded by USAID, to conserve biodiversity and provide sustainable farmer livelihoods in the biological corridor of the “La Frailescana” region of Chiapas.
Perhaps the most unique aspect of this multi-stakeholder initiative, is the approach to assessing and evidencing sustainability impact at landscape scale, as Jeremy Dufour, Sustainability Projects General Manager, at Olam Coffee and Sophie Persey, LandScale Senior Manager at the Rainforest Alliance, explain...
What is the original idea behind the partnership?
Chiapas is one of Mexico’s key coffee growing regions - producing over 41% of the nation’s coffeei - and supports the livelihoods of over 100,000 families. However, the impact of climate change and land-use dynamics in the region are reducing the suitability of growing areas, with productivity suffering under tradit
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