Carblecast: Coffee, Cocoa, & Climate

In episode #15 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, explores what peatlands are, why they matter in our fight against climate change, and which GHG Protocol reporting requirements are mandatory for commodity companies. Sander also elaborates on the data sources that are available and gives a three-step process to report emissions. Learn more about how Carble helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation: carble.co and follow us on LinkedIn.

In episode #14 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, explains why we do what we do in layman’s terms. He discusses the enormous challenge of deforestation for coffee and cocoa supply chains and tells how Carble’s approach intends to mitigate land-use change drastically. Learn more about how Carble helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation: carble.co and follow us on LinkedIn.

In episode #13 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, shares three observations on the Chocoa exhibition in Amsterdam: from the EU Observatory base map to why cocoa companies are abandoning offsetting and embracing methodologies that focus on reducing emissions in their supply chains.  Learn more about how Carble helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation: carble.co and follow us on LinkedIn.

For this third and final EUDR episode, we talked with Lena Schweighoëfer and Reena Eddiks from the Sustainability team at Tchibo. Lena specializes in everything related to EUDR, and Reena oversees the sustainability strategy on a country level. Lena and Reena talked about the: -Awareness throughout the industry, but also how the industry is highlighting the uncertainties within the regulation. -The threat that the EUDR could push the already disadvantaged smallholders from the supply chain, -And how Tchibo is developing methodologies that address multiple dimensions within the supply chain: from mapping plots and remote sensing to human rights violations. #EUDR #deforestation #deforestación #coffee #supplychain #coffeeroaster

In Episode #11 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, explains the Carble methodology for rewarding carbon storage in shade-grown commodities, which describes the procedures for rewarding the protection of existing shade canopies in coffee and cocoa agroforestry farms. Learn more about how Carble helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation: carble.co and follow us on LinkedIn. #remotesensing #carbonaccounting #cocoa #coffee

For this second EUDR episode, we talked with Camila Olmedo, who is the Regional Sustainability Manager at ECOM Latin America. Camila specializes in cacao supply chains and fulfills a leading role in shaping the sustainability initiatives of ECOM Latin America. Camila talked about: The strong partnerships she sees unfolding within the cacao industry to tackle deforestation, The supply chain-wide initiatives that help ECOM to analyze deforestation more closely and filter out the false positives of deforestation, And how future deforestation regulations put forward by the EU Commission should involve all stakeholders within the supply chain. #eudr #deforestation #EU #cocoa #supplychain

The EU deforestation regulation brings monumental changes within the coffee and cocoa industries. Companies importing coffee and cocoa into the EU will need to provide evidence that their products were not produced on lands that were deforested after 2020, or face hefty fines. And because we’re only 12 months away from the regulation coming into place, we decided to make three episodes about the industries' response toward the EUDR. For this first EUDR episode, we talked with Michael Wienhold, Trader & Sourcing Professional at Rehm & Co. Rehm is a specialty coffee importing company based in Hamburg that sources throughout the coffee belt. Michael talked about the negative response from the coffee market, the struggles to locate smallholder farmers, and the complex flow of coffee in origins like Ethiopia or Uganda. But we also talked about the industries’ concern for smaller companies downstream that might not be able to comply with the EUDR. And, although Michael sees many challenges, he can spot the opportunities and ways the industry can move forward too.

In Episode #8 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, talks with remote sensing expert Courage Kamusoko, who explains the basics of remote sensing. Courage answers questions like how remote sensing works and what you can and cannot measure. Learn more about how ⁠⁠⁠⁠Carble⁠⁠⁠⁠ helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation.

In Episode #7 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, talks with Kathleen Draper, Chair Board of the International Biochar Initiative. Kathleen shares her extensive knowledge and experience within the biochar industry and unveils how biochar could help carbon challenges within the coffee and cocoa industry. Learn more about how ⁠⁠⁠Carble⁠⁠⁠ helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation.

In Episode #6 of the Carblecast, Sander Reuderink, CEO at Carble, tells how climate policy has developed over decades and what the coffee and cocoa industries can expect on policy moving forward. Learn more about how ⁠⁠Carble⁠⁠ helps tropical commodity buyers measure, model, and mitigate carbon emissions and deforestation.