Sustainability

Lavazza has always been committed toward conducting its business in an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable way. Making the most of human resources, territories and communities in which it operates and minimizing the environmental impact of its activities are the pillars of Lavazza’s approach to doing business.

This approach has allowed the Company to organize a program of coordinated initiatives in Italy and in the countries where it operates, in order to promote the integration of sustainability in all areas of the business.

We continue this sustainable development journey, involving the Group’s stakeholders more and more, because we understand that sustainability is a shared responsibility, maintained by constant innovation.

The Sustainable Development Goals

In 2017 Lavazza decided to participate in the United Nations Global Compact embracing the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations as part of its 2030 Agenda. The challenges posed by the UN are addressed to everyone, including the business world. It is for this reason that Lavazza decided to accept this proposal adopting the Goals as guidelines for its own sustainability approach and setting itself a further goal: Goal Zero, using its own power of communication to disseminate the United Nations messages, engaging its stakeholders in the commitment for a sustainable future.

Cooperating with coffee communities: the work of the Lavazza Foundation

Each year, the Company supports the projects of the Giuseppe and Pericles

Lavazza no-profit Foundation, established in 2004, which continues to operate in coffee-producing countries and to support cooperation projects focusing on economic and social development of the producing communities and especially promoting the environmental sustainability of coffee production. To date, the Foundation finances and cooperates in more than 25 projects in 17

coffee-producing countries.

¡Tierra!: the project that boosted our commitment

¡Tierra! Project started in 2002 from a social responsibility project to improve the social and environmental conditions and production techniques, involving more than 90.000 coffee growers across 3 continents and 17 countries.

Thanks to the ¡Tierra! Project, under the guidance of Lavazza Foundation, the living conditions have improved while respecting the environment. Today Lavazza offers a premium range of ¡Tierra! products sourced from 100% sustainable farms in a number of communities in Colombia, Honduras, Peru, Brazil, Tanzania, India, Ethiopia, and Vietnam.

Sustainability Report 2018: our results

3
Continents involved: America, Africa, Asia
24
Projects
17
producing countries
97,000
and more producer beneficiaries

Save the Children Partnership

Lavazza has been working with Save the Children for over 15 years. Through our donations of 3 million Euro, Lavazza has supported projects in India, the Ivory Coast and Myanmar as well as emergency support for the Emilia Romagna region and Nepal.

Our commitment to local areas

Lavazza Community Engagement is a local area activity program aimed at improving the social, cultural and environmental aspects of local communities. In order to succeed, Lavazza puts in place cooperative relationships within the communities in which it operates.