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Milk Matters: Small changes can dramatically lower your coffee’s carbon footprint
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 footprintHow to get the coffee job you want
Originally presented at Caffè Culture 2019, this Keynote explores how to build a career in the coffee industry.
More How to get the coffee job you wantUpdated on 12 January 2020
Running a Sustainable Coffee Shop
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 ShopUpdated on 12 January 2020
Calculating the Coffee Industry’s Carbon Emissions
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 EmissionsUpdated on 25 July 2020
Our Digital Carbon Emissions are part of the Coffee Industry’s Environmental Impact
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 ImpactUpdated on 9 August 2020
With so many crises, what do we focus on?
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?The United Baristas Guide to Buying an Espresso Machine
With hundreds of espresso machines available, finding the right one can be a challenge. Follow these principles to get the right machine for your business.
More The United Baristas Guide to Buying an Espresso MachineUpdated on 9 February 2020
Celebrating the kaleidoscope of coffee
As Allegra Strategies launches a magazine on the business of coffee, called 5th Wave, United Baristas examines coffee industry trends
More Celebrating the kaleidoscope of coffeeNot introducing the Latte Levy is a victory for common sense
We now need a massive win for the environment
More Not introducing the Latte Levy is a victory for common senseThe proposed Latte Levy isn’t fit-for-purpose. Here’s how we can make it better.
Back-of-the-napkin maths explains why many coffee shops would break planning law — and be forced to shut up shop.
More The proposed Latte Levy isn’t fit-for-purpose. Here’s how we can make it better.Wasting Less, But We’re Still Left Wanting More From The Proposed Latte Levy
How the Latte Levy, combined with other legislative changes, can tackle takeout coffee cup waste. A summary for the specialty coffee community and a response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report, ‘Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups’.
More Wasting Less, But We’re Still Left Wanting More From The Proposed Latte LevyUpdated on 30 October 2018