We are often asked by our customers if the coffee we sell is certified, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, organic etc. We are also asked if our products are packaged in recyclable or biodegradable packaging. We love responding to these questions personally, however, being sat in front of a keyboard answering queries is time we’d rather spend working on life-changing projects, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to spill the beans with you...

Yes, we proudly work with Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance Association and UTZ, supporting three projects around the coffee belt. The Cerrado region, in southwestern Minas Gerais, Brazil, best known for its homogeneous climate and altitude. The Kambata region of Ethiopia, which is known for the production of not only coffee but ginger too with our coffee coming from the Sidamo and Wolyata region, and most proudly in Vietnam, where the purchasing of our coffee has helped the farmers from the area to set up the producer group, Cudliemnong. The cooperative received Fairtrade Certification in 2009 and currently has 84 members.

The proceeds of the sale of this coffee has helped build a school, provide fresh running water, washing and sanitation facilities. We have also helped build a commercially viable supply chain that ensures Issac Muchomba’s children can carry on making a living from growing coffee for many years to come. Currently, our farm project produces approx 10% of the coffee we need to supply our customers, we’re working on making that 100%.

All Paddy & Scott's deliveries from orders from our website are now Carbon Neutral. We do this by working with Shopify to calculate how much Carbon each delivery will emit and then funding several world leading schemes which take Carbon out of the atmosphere, to make sure the same amount of Carbon is captured. We fund this ourselves and do not pass the costs on to our customers, as we believe this is the right thing to do and because we want our coffee to be a force for good in the world, not something that harms it!