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ofi highlights steps toward 2030 climate and social goals for coffee supply chains
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Saturday, 08 November, 2025, 12 : 00 PM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Mumbai
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The ingredients firm ofi (formerly Olam Food Ingredients) has published its 2024 “Coffee LENS” Impact Report, underscoring significant progress toward its 2030 climate and social ambitions in its coffee operations. The report highlights that tailored support programmes reached 57,000 coffee farmers, helping boost farm yields and incomes, while the number of children in farming-communities receiving educational assistance doubled versus the prior year.
ofi has also generated greenhouse-gas digital footprints for nearly half of its direct coffee volumes, leveraging a digital footprint calculator (DFC) certified by the carbon trust. This tool, integrated into the company’s AtSource sourcing platform, enables customers to examine precise environmental data tied to their coffee purchases and better align with scope 3 reduction targets.
From an emissions perspective, ofi’s regional interventions delivered notable results in 2024. On-farm emissions in Brazil and Peru fell by approximately 19% and 30% respectively (relative to 2021 baselines). In Vietnam, around 1,300 farmers were trained in climate-smart practices as part of a strategy to reduce emissions by 39% by 2028.
Social investments are also ramping-up. ofi reported that nearly 100,000 farmers benefitted from agronomy training and access to inputs via its field teams, and more than 50 partnerships involving customers, NGOs and donors are active in key growing regions. In Honduras, a living-income pilot with ALDI south group concluded after four years, showing that each dollar invested generated five?dollars of social value via better productivity, market access and certification support.
According to ofi Coffee business CEO Vivek Verma, “Our digital tools are helping us refine our approach and deliver targeted interventions. However, real climate action happens when the world’s 12 million coffee smallholders have the means to adopt and apply more sustainable practices on the ground.”
Verma emphasised that transparency and traceability are key. Over 224,600 farmers are now registered in ofi’s direct-sourcing network, including 22,000 in Brazil connected via its direct app to buyers 24/7, bypassing traditional middlemen.
As coffee markets face volatility and growing climate-change pressure, ofi’s latest report indicates that its sustainability strategy “Choices for Change” is gaining momentum across scope, geography and stakeholder engagement.
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