Does Nespresso offer organic coffee?

At the moment, Nespresso does not have organic coffee in its range. However, we do supply coffee that comes from our AAA Sustainable Quality™ Programme.

The AAA Sustainable Quality™ Programme is based on the following cornerstones: Quality (AA) and Sustainability (A) on economic, social and ecological levels.

We follow this programme rather than any other “organic” programmes as we believe that other dimensions of coffee production (e.g. economic and social aspects) are just as important for coffee growers, their communities and the further development of their plantations.

The AAA Programme follows the “Tool for the Assessment of Sustainable Quality” (TASQ™). TASQ™ categorises and assesses each plantation to determine how the quality of coffee beans and the social-economic wellbeing of the coffee growers can be improved.

At the end of 2010, over 60% of coffee used by Nespresso came from around 40,000 coffee growers which form part of this AAA Programme.

In the context of Ecolaboration™, Nespresso has set itself the following goals which must be achieved by 2013:

• To source 80% of its coffee from the Nespresso AAA Program
• To triple its capacity to recycle used capsules to 75%
• To reduce the carbon footprint of a cup of Nespresso by 20%

For further information concerning our initiatives, please go to www.nespresso.com/positive.