Cafe Imports Sustainability Profile

What do our labels mean?

Cafe Imports is an independent importer and developer of specialty green coffees, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with warehouses in Australia, Europe, and the United States. Its sustainability content states that the company has been a carbon neutral coffee importing company since 2008 and says it is dedicated to progress in environment, social responsibility, and coffee quality development. The company also describes work on traceability, coffee education, and support for coffee producers through price premiums, repeat business, and exposure to roasters. Its 2025 progress report highlights emissions accounting, offsetting, pay equity analysis, and a stated mission to reduce negative impact on the earth through responsible business practices.

About Cafe Imports

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
25 - 100

Country
United States

Cafe Imports Sustainability Actions

Carbon neutral since 2008

We have been a proudly carbon neutral coffee importing company since 2008, and are dedicated to coffee progress in the areas of environment, social responsibility, and coffee quality development.

Offset emissions with Trees, Water, People

What we can’t reduce or eliminate it, we offset in partnership with Trees, Water, People.

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Support producer partners

We started telling their stories to coffee roasters, supporting them with price premiums, repeat business, and exposure to the people who roast their life’s work of coffee.

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Conduct wage checkups

Every year we conduct a wage checkup based on position, employee tenure, and the employee’s location. We use these three factors to ensure that each employee is compensated fairly and equitably.

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Calculated a new baseline in 2024

In 2024 we calculated a new baseline that we can use moving forward to better understand if our employee support programs and professional development incentives are leading to pay equity.

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Cafe Imports Sustainability Commitments

2025

Improve carbon accounting

We continue to improve our carbon accounting methods as we see more employee travel, increased renewable energy sources, and new research on the emissions profile of coffee.

2025