PeaceNexus is collaborating with Nespresso to strengthen the impact of its coffee sourcing programme
Nespresso is committed to maximizing the positive impact of their Reviving Origins Programme on peace. This programme sources coffee from conflict affected areas, including, among others, Columbia, Zimbabwe, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
In 2020 and 2021, we joined forces with Nespresso to explore the nascent DRC programme’s potential to contribute to social cohesion. An impact review concluded that Nespresso’s premiums and the governance of the partnering coffee cooperatives helped to revive the coffee industry in South Kivu and increase social cohesion by offering opportunities to demobilized fighters, youth, women and people from different ethnic groups to work alongside each other. It encouraged Nespresso to closely monitor potential grievances in the communities and tensions over payments. Building on this work, we are working to further integrate conflict-sensitivity across Nespresso’s global policies and procedures.
