Protecting people and the environment is a very important us and we’re constantly reviewing the different ways we can make improvements through ethical practices, waste reduction and recycling.
From sourcing through to production and paper cup recovery, we’re dedicated to having a positive social and environmental impact through the initiatives we lead.
We grew our existing partnership with KeepCup in June 2018, to ensure KeepCups are available in every single store. KeepCups are manufactured and assembled in the UK, so we’re thinking global, but acting local.
We also encourage the use of reusable cups by offering 2 stamps per coffee on our loyalty card or via our app.
As part of our commitment to reduce single use plastics, in June 2018, we replaced plastic straws with paper straws in all of our UK and ROI coffee houses.
This will remove at least 7 million plastic straws a year from entering UK waste streams.
From the beginning, we’ve embraced the values of fairness, decency, warmth and kindness in the pursuit of excellence. Our approach to coffee sourcing is no different.
If we’re to continue to create excellent coffee, we need to ensure our farmers are fairly rewarded. We owe our reputation to sourcing high quality beans, and we pay premium prices for those beans.
The vast majority of the beans in our unique blend are sourced from identifiable and traceable sources, and we’re working hard to ensure we purchase every bean this way.
We’re also working with the Rainforest Alliance on sourcing our beans from certified farms and on encouraging sustainable livelihoods for farmers and their families, taking responsibility not just for great coffee, but supporting communities and the environment where our coffee is grown.
Our development team constantly reacts and adapts, looking to where we can reduce salt, fat, sugar, or offer alternative products in response to allergies and the valuable feedback of our customers.
All the eggs used in our products in our UK business (both whole egg and as an ingredient) are 100% cage free and we are committed to ensuring every Caffe Nero territory has achieved the same status by 2026, with many of them on track to achieve it sooner.
