Hey folks! Just wanted to hip you to our latest Sustainability Report. Full report here. https://www.nossacoffee.com/sustainability








EXCITING NEWS! Fresh off the press is our BRAND NEW Sustainability & Transparency Report 2018-19! This in-depth report takes a deep dive into Nossa Familia's approach to sustainability, including our B Corp (re-) Certification, environmental & carbon footprint, supply chain transparency, community engagement, staff equity & more! Swipe through the photos for a sample of the pages, and visit http://www.nossacoffee.com/sustainability to see the full 28-page report.

A few highlights:
• Our B Corp re-certification at 91 points, compared to the median business score of 51 points.
• Our Coffee Sourcing Philosophy and commitment to ensuring sustainable futures for stakeholders across the supply chain.
• Price transparency information: Nossa Familia's average green coffee price paid is over double the C-price and 50% more than Fair Trade.
• Company donations totaled over $55,000 in cash & product to nonprofits last year.
• Carbon footprint: Nossa Familia used 87% less energy by roasting on Loring machines-a carbon footprint savings equivalent to 54 cars driven for a year.
• Our Zero Waste café initiative has nearly tripled the share of customers bringing their own cup, and less than a third choose a disposable to-go cup.
• A look at various employee Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives and statistics. For example, we support a range of of LGBTQ+ equality programs; less than half of company employees identify as "straight;" and 100% of employees feel they can be their authentic selves at work.

You've presented some terms without definitions (e.g. define B-Corp etc.)
You've presented metrics without implications (you assume we understand the implication of the metrics)

I suggest providing some definitions and outlining the implications of your metrics in terms of actual impact. Otherwise, it's easy to draw some negative inferences from the metrics at first blush that would obscure your intended impacts.

Thanks for the feedback. I'd be happy to try to answer any specific questions you have around metrics and their implications. As for B-Corp, it's defined in the Sustainability Report on page 6 and on our website-you can also read more about what it is at https://bcorporation.net/about-b-corps.

Very cool, thanks for sharing.

so basically on page 12. you're claiming 22 cents in net profit per 12oz bag and the grocery store makes $6.54 gross? you're also grossing $6.18 (revenue - cost of goods sold ($3.27 ROASTED COFFEE). so with similar expenses, the grocery store would really only gross like 22 cents as well. ahh the middle man inflation.

lsun22 wrote:so basically on page 12. you're claiming 22 cents in net profit per 12oz bag and the grocery store makes $6.54 gross? you're also grossing $6.18 (revenue - cost of goods sold ($3.27 ROASTED COFFEE). so with similar expenses, the grocery store would really only gross like 22 cents as well. ahh the middle man inflation.

Close. We would include manufacturing labor, packaging, and some utilities related to roasting in COGS, so gross profit would be a bit lower. Fortunately, things are rosier for us when we sell directly to the consumer (online, not at our cafes-that's another equation entirely!).

And yeah, I think it's common knowledge that grocery profit margins are minuscule. We didn't have the data to show it, but while the grocery gross margin is good, their operating expenses are massive, so I wouldn't be surprised if their profit margin is similar or less than ours in this example. We should also note that New Seasons committed to the same donation giveback amount for sales on this bag.