The European Coffee Federation (ECF) released the Comprehensive Environmental Footprint Guidelines for Coffee.
The guidelines offer a clear and precise set of rules for calculating the environmental impact of a black coffee beverage across its entire life cycle鈥攆rom cultivation and processing to packaging and end-of-life. It provides sector-specific life cycle methodology based on Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) principles.
Across the coffee sector, companies rely on a variety of tools to measure the environmental footprint of their products. While some of these approaches are well established, the lack of common guidelines makes it difficult to compare results and undermines transparency. This guidance document seeks to provide that common and unified approach.
The ECF invites all coffee stakeholders to adopt the new methodology within their operations and corporate reporting. By establishing shared metrics, this improved alignment in environmental reporting fosters a common understanding that enables coordinated action, strengthens transparency and trust among consumers and partners, and supports the broader sustainability transition across Europe and beyond.
