United Baristas / Carbon Emissions in the Coffee Industry
A new pilot study makes it increasingly clear how the coffee industry can reduce its carbon footprint
More The key cause of a coffee shop’s carbon footprint is (you guessed it) lattes
United Baristas starts a new series exploring the carbon footprint of coffee businesses. We want to equip the industry to reduce its impacts and build a more sustainable future.
More Here’s how coffee businesses can tackle climate change
Dear Green founder Lisa Lawson explores how the industry can be more sustainable and why it’s not always easy having ‘green’ in your name
More Lisa Lawson – Coffee’s sustainability journey can be supported by the B Corp framework
The United Baristas ❤︎ Coffee campaign shows baristas meaningful ways to lower coffee’s carbon footprint
More United Baristas encourages baristas to share their love of coffee
United Baristas analysis shows how we can get better environmental outcomes and enhance shop viability by updating our coffee menu pricing
More Is the price right? Let’s make the alt-milk surcharge fit-for-purpose in 2021
From Barista League’s High Density conference 2021, this video is packed full with information to reduce your coffee’s carbon footprint
More Tackling Coffee’s Carbon Footprint: the 101 video
World Barista Champion Gwilym Davies explains some of the energy efficiency technologies in Victoria Arduino’s Eagle One
More The role of technology to make more energy-efficient espresso machines
It just doesn’t stack up. United Baristas fact checks KeepCup’s claims about their Thermal cup.
More Why KeepCup can’t save the world
Reducing coffee’s carbon footprint by tackling the energy consumption of espresso machines
More Hot Stuff: How espresso machines cause global warming
When lockdown lifts to permit coffee shop trade, we should end the customer discount for reusable cups. Here’s why, how we should use the money instead, and why this is the best moment to implement this change.
More Strengthening the coffee industry by eliminating the reusable cup discount
Want to reduce your coffee’s environmental impacts? Milk is responsible for the majority of a cup’s carbon footprint, so lower your impacts in 2020 by making informed decisions
More Milk Matters: Small changes can dramatically lower your coffee’s carbon footprint
Originally presented at Caffè Culture 2019, this Keynote explores financial and environmental sustainability with a focus on propositions and carbon emissions
More Running a Sustainable Coffee Shop
Carbon dioxide is colourless, tasteless and odourless, but it’s everywhere and causing global warming. So how do we work out how much carbon is emitted to make a cup of coffee?
More Calculating the Coffee Industry’s Carbon Emissions
Let’s be aware of our online carbon footprint, and how United Baristas is offsetting your use of our services.
More Our Digital Carbon Emissions are part of the Coffee Industry’s Environmental Impact
With environmental pressures continuing to mount, United Baristas starts a series on how the coffee industry can lower its impacts.
More With so many crises, what do we focus on?
