The Guayaki Yerba Mate Co. Sustainability - SustainabilityTracker.com

What do our labels mean?

The Guayakí Yerba Mate Co. is built around a regenerative business model called Market Driven Regeneration™, which it says aims to create a net positive impact on people and the planet throughout its operations and supply web. Its sustainability focus includes climate, water, waste and packaging, forests and biodiversity, regenerative agriculture, human rights, livelihoods, equity, inclusion, health, nutrition, and working conditions. The company reports annually as a Social Purpose Corporation and has been certified as a B Corporation since 2011. Its sourcing model is centered on long-standing relationships with producers and communities in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.

About The Guayaki Yerba Mate Co.

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
100 - 500

Country
United States

The Guayaki Yerba Mate Co. Sustainability Actions

Regenerative sourcing model

Market Driven Regeneration™ influences the ingredients we source and products we make, distribute, and sell in order to have a positive impact on people and the planet throughout our business. This is a long-term aspiration and a collaborative journey which relies on the principle of interdependence between people and planet that guides all of our actions.

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Focus on ecosystems and packaging

We take responsibility for our footprint throughout our operations and supply web, starting with supporting the regeneration of the priority ecosystems from which we source our key ingredients. Our focus areas include climate, water, waste and packaging, forests and biodiversity and regenerative agriculture.

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Support for communities

We support the livelihoods and well-being of the producers we source from, the communities where we work, and the customers who sustain us. Our focus areas include human rights, livelihoods and well-being, yerba mate culture, justice, equity, diversity, inclusion, product quality, health, nutrition and working conditions, health and safety.

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Annual impact reporting

As a registered Social Purpose Corporation, we are proud to report on our social and environmental performance every year. Our annual Impact Report reflects the progress we made on our impact strategy and programs for the previous year, and is a combination of long-standing, ongoing projects as well as new initiatives and progress updates.

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Shade-grown yerba mate

Guayakí sells canned beverages and loose leaves of yerba mate, a traditional plant found in the South American Atlantic rainforest. The company develops long-term partnerships with indigenous producers and smallholder farmers that harvest yerba mate or grow it under the shade of native trees, a method that requires less water than conventional agriculture and helps to regenerate and conserve the land.

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