A RESPONSIBLE COMPANY
The Lavazza family has always focused heavily on human, environmental and cultural assets — a focus which has been crystallised in concrete actions taken in Italy and coffee-producing countries, in which the coffee crisis has drawn the eyes of the world to the hardships faced by coffee growers.
As early as 1935, Luigi Lavazza adamantly expressed his disapproval of the practice of using unsold coffee as fuel ("I will not live in a world that destroys the riches of nature!" he used to say). Today, Lavazza is more committed than ever before towards promoting sustainable development, in areas in which it owns production plants and subsidiaries, as well as in coffee-producing countries from which it sources its green coffee.
What sustainability means to Lavazza
In its constant commitment to product quality, Lavazza engages in activities aimed at improving living conditions and social and production facilities in areas such as Africa and Central and South America, where coffee production plays a decisive role in the national economy.
Tierra
Conceived in 2004, this is the first sustainability project directly launched by Lavazza in three coffee-growing communities in Honduras, Colombia and Peru.
Save the Children
Lavazza is involved with Save the Children, a project which aims to protect disadvantaged children from exploitation, by creating educational and recreational facilities.
Lavazza Foundation
A charitable non-profit foundation set up in 2003 by the Lavazza family, named in honour of Giuseppe and Pericle Lavazza, which runs social and development projects.
International Coffee Partners
An association created in 2001 by several world-famous coffee roasters together with the Neumann Group. The Association works with NGOs and institutions to develop projects in support of coffee-growing countries.
Charitable activities
On a local level, Lavazza works to assist the Piedmont region and the city of Turin, where its corporate headquarters are located, by contributing to charities, supporting cultural activities and working towards developing the region. The most important initiatives involve Consulta, which promotes Turin’s cultural and artistic heritage and ADISCO, a group which encourages mothers to donate blood from their babies’ umbilical cords that would have otherwise been discarded.
