Thomas Morf

🌿 Nature is our greatest ally! This is one of our strategic beliefs at Nespresso, and I am pleased to share the case study "Building Bird Friendly Coffee Landscapes - Colombia and Peru," featured in the IUCN publication "Applying the IUCN Global Standard for Nature-based Solutions™." This vital work underscores our commitment to a sustainable future for high-quality coffee while addressing the pressing issues of biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation. By enhancing our understanding of tree species that benefit both coffee producers and the surrounding biodiversity, we can gain insights into how forest distribution influences bird diversity. 🐦 Birds play an integral role in coffee cultivation, and studies like this one are crucial in helping us evaluate how our regenerative agriculture efforts impact both the environment and the quality of our coffee. Regenerative agriculture is the only way and together, we can cultivate a thriving landscape that benefits all! IUCN Nestlé Nespresso SA Nestlé Ruth Bennett #naturebasedsolutions #coffee #regenerativefarming #regenerativeagriculture #biodiversity

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Last week, Environmental Commissioner Jessika Roswall announced that the EU Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR) will be delayed by a year once again. Today we are still in the dark what will happen.   📶 Nestlé has prepared intensively and was ready for compliance by the end of 2025. End of 2024, 93.5% of the total global volume of our key ingredients – cocoa, coffee, meat, palm oil, pulp and paper, soya and sugar – are assessed as deforestation-free. These efforts have been made in good faith that the European legislative framework and timeline are reliable.    HOW?! The essential starting point for EUDR compliance is to create transparent supply chains. This is a key element of the Nestlé Cocoa Plan, our longstanding plan for building a more responsible cocoa supply chain. For this, we are partnering with the Rainforest Alliance. Under this certification scheme, cocoa farmers get a unique ID allowing them to be clearly identified. Starting from there, every transaction of the produced cocoa can be tracked along the value chain – from the field to the gates of our factories. This shows how credible voluntary sustainability schemes make a difference in uncertain times ISEAL   ❌ We regret the European Commission’s decision to propose another delay of the EUDR application date. The delay jeopardizes the efforts and investments of all committed supply chain partners involved and undermines trust in Europe’s regulatory commitments. While we agree that a stable European IT system is necessary and that there is still a need for greater clarity around some technical details, we believe this could have been achieved by pragmatic enforcement approaches and updated guidance.    🔎 We urge the European Commission to provide asap clarity on the intended changes and keep the objectives of the law intact. We call on European lawmakers to swiftly finalize the necessary co-legislation process in order to avoid additional uncertainty.    European Commission, European Parliament Council of the European Union   #WeAreNestlé #EUDR #Deforestation #DeforestationFree  

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🌟 Rockstart invested in Agcurate via AgriFood Fund II 👏 Agcurate (NL) is built for agribusiness and agri-finance players to enable data-driven operations, reduce input and labour costs, cut water and energy use, and increase traceability and sustainability across supply chains. We invested in Agcurate because of their mission to bring greater transparency to agribusinesses by bridging the information gap through accurate yield forecasting and actionable insights. They do this via a SaaS platform, FieldOps, combining satellite imagery with proprietary machine learning to generate 360° crop intelligence, from growth stages and irrigation needs to pest risks and yield forecasting. 🎁 Extra insight to unpack -> In Q2 2025, precision farming technologies surpassed agri-biotech in funding raised for the first time since 2017 (PitchBook) 🧐 Founded in 2020 by Metin Emenullahi and Berk Ulker, Agcurate is transforming how agribusinesses access and utilize field-level data. #netherlands #agritech #startups

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A coffee market without coffee? Tune in to our first-ever episode of The Food Economy podcast featuring Raphael Studer, CEO and co-founder of the direct-sourcing coffee platform Algrano. Raphael discusses the unprecedented state of the coffee market including raw product shortages, record-high prices, and rising demand. These issues affect the whole supply chain – from the farmer who grows green coffee to the end consumer who enjoys a cup in the morning. Listen now and discover more ➡️https://deloi.tt/45DvF2u This episode is part of the #TheFoodEconomy podcast series hosted by #DeloitteSwitzerland where we explore food's future, systems, and market trends, with experts from the food industry. Season One: The Coffee Chronicles explores the trends, innovations and personalities of the coffee industry.

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