Australia Tracks Carbon Emissions in Coffee

Australia's Market Development Facility (MDF) is working with Sucafina, a leading sustainable, farm-to-roast coffee company to measure and minimise carbon emissions across its coffee value chain in PNG.

Australia's MDF partnership with Sucafina is part of a portfolio of work supporting climate change mitigation initiatives and sustainable business models.

Through the partnership Sucafina is developing a customised data template and calculator for qualifying the carbon footprint of its coffee supply chain - from smallholder farmers to export.

MDF said that this is a pilot project which if successful, will be available to any locally owned exporter in PNG working with Sucafina.

"Greenhouse gases (GHG), such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide,  can be emitted at various points in the coffee production cycle, including during sil preparation and the production and application of fertiliser, transport, and power generation for coffee processing."