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Specialty Coffee Association
Coffee Sustainability Program
Your Coffee Career Starts Here!

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Climate & Coffee

Explore key environmental sustainability challenges and solutions in the coffee industry.

- Understand climate change, carbon footprint mitigation, and circular economy principles
- Learn about climate-smart agriculture, biodiversity, and resource management
- Explore strategies, standards, and innovations for sustainable practices

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Climate & Coffee 

 

In this course, learners dive more deeply into environmental sustainability in the coffee industry. Course participants examine key concepts and trends in climate-smart agriculture and adaptation and develop their understanding of carbon footprint measurement and mitigation strategies, and explore the interconnections between various environmental factors and the communities that depend on those resources.


Course Length: 16 Hours
Prerequisites: Coffee Sustainability Foundation

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Coffee Sustainability Foundation

During this course, learners explore key sustainability models and issues facing the coffee industry. The course examines environmental, economic, and social challenges in the sector while introducing opportunities and emerging tools to address them. After completing the Coffee Sustainability Foundation, learners will have the foundational awareness and mindset needed to start practicing sustainability in their context.

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Coffee Economics

In this course, learners will develop their understanding of the C market and coffee prices (and the role these play in sustainability initiatives), examine factors that influence costs of production and farm profitability, and discuss strategies for implementing more sustainable economic approaches like alternative trade models and living income.

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Complains, Governance & Reporting

In this course, learners will examine the shifting landscape of sustainability requirements and legislation, how decision-making occurs and the role of power in various systems, and guidance for reporting on an organization’s sustainability work.

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Meet The Trainer

A. Erhan Dizbay

Authorized SCA (Specialty Coffee Association) since 2016

 

Achivment:

  • 1st Place National Barista Championship 2026

  • 1st Place National Cup Tasters Championship 2026

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2023

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2022

  • World Barista Championship Competitor Melbourne 2022

  • Semi-Finalist at National Aeropress Championship 2022

  • Semi-finalist at National Cup Tasters Championship 2022

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2021

  • 2nd Place National Barista Championship 2020

  • 2nd Place NNBK Barista Championship 2019

  • 3th Best Coffee Bar Dutch Hospitality Award 2018

  • 1st Best Coffee Bar of the State Dutch Hospitality Award 2018

  • 1st Best Coffee Bar in a Hotel Dutch Hospitality Award 2018

  • Top 5 Entree Best Barista Competition of the Netherlands 2018

  • 1st place North Netherlands Barista Championship 2017-2018

  • 4th place National Barista Championship 2015

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