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Topics: Climate issues

  • "We are convinced that a sustainable transition is necessary for the planet and crucial for companies that want to be relevant and competitive,” says Anders Fredriksson, CEO at Löfbergs.

    Löfbergs’ New Sustainability Report: "While Others Slow Down, We Want to Accelerate"

    Löfbergs’ sustainability report for 2024 shows that the Swedish-based coffee roaster continues to invest strongly in sustainability. 2024 was a challenging year for the coffee industry – but Löfbergs continues to prioritise sustainability. Development projects in the producing countries, fossil-free sea transports, packaging development, and full traceability were some of the focus areas in 2024.

  • Trina Törnqvist, Annika Wallin and Åsa Lindqvist from Löfbergs at the award ceremony.

    Löfbergs Receives McDonald’s Sustainability Innovation Award

    Löfbergs has been awarded the prestigious Sustainability Innovation Award by Food Folk, McDonald's licensee for the Nordics, recognising the company’s outstanding efforts in sustainability. This award highlights the hard work behind Löfbergs' commitment to improving traceability within the supply chain and comes amidst tough competition from McDonald's suppliers across the Nordic region.

  • "Certifications is an important piece of the puzzle for fair and sustainable development"

    "Certifications is an important piece of the puzzle for fair and sustainable development"

    There is a need for increased justice in the value chain and we work with that in several different ways. For instance, certifications. We imported the first container of organic coffee to Sweden in 1995. Today we are one of the world’s largest buyers and roaster of organic and Fairtrade coffee today.
    Working with certifications means that an independent party controls the farm, that the produ

  • One year of rescued coffee beans – how has it gone?

    One year of rescued coffee beans – how has it gone?

    The sustainability project Rescued Coffee began a year ago, a cooperation between Circle K and Löfbergs with the purpose to minimize unnecessary waste of coffee beans. Four batches of Rescued Coffee has been launched during the year, which means that 26 tons of coffee that risked being wasted has been drunk up instead.

  • Mattias Persson, Product Manager at Econova, and Annika Djurberg, Commercial Project Manager at Löfbergs.

    Circular cooperation gives coffee residues new life

    The Swedish-based coffee group Löfbergs is behind the initiative Circular Coffee Community with the purpose of eliminating all waste related to coffee. A unique test will now determine if residues from Löfbergs’s coffee roastery can be used to produce nutritious garden soil. If the test is successful, the coffee residues can replace fossil peat and decrease the emissions of greenhouse gases.

  • Kathrine Löfberg, chair of the board, and Anders Fredriksson, CEO, share their thoughts on Löfbergs´s sustainability work.

    Challenges and confidence in the future

    It´s about the power of doing things together. That goes for sustainability as well of course. Here Kathrine Löfberg, chair of the board, and Anders Fredriksson, CEO, share their thoughts on Löfbergs´ sustainability work.

  • Sustainability is the most important matter of our time according to Anders Fredriksson, CEO at Löfbergs Group.

    Löfbergs presents a new sustainability report “Sustainable development crucial for our existence”

    The financial year of 2020-2021 was characterised by challenges and new ways of working – and a strong belief in the future. Increased support for small-scale coffee farmers, more certified coffee, lower climate impact, and continuous investments in a circular transformation were some of the progress. That is what the new sustainability report from Löfbergs Group shows.

  • - This means that coffee packages waste can be used as a resource, says Madelene Breiling, Supply Chain Development Manager at Löfbergs.

    Coffee packages in fully recyclable mono-material about to become reality at Löfbergs

    By 2030, Swedish based coffee group Löfbergs strive to be 100 % circular, which includes only using packages that are recyclable and made from renewable or recycled materials. In a recent project, Löfbergs has reached revolutionary results – successful pilot tests of what likely is the world’s first high barrier soft plastic PE mono-material prototype for coffee.

  • - A real milestone, which significantly reduces Löfbergs´s climate impact, says Eva Eriksson, Head of Sustainability.

    Milestone for Löfbergs: Started roasting coffee with fossil-free bioLPG

    The roasting process has been one of the great sustainability challenges for the coffee group Löfbergs for a long time. Now, the family-owned coffee roaster has found a solution. The company started roasting with 100% fossil-free bioLPG at its facility in Karlstad, Sweden, last week, which significantly reduces Löfbergs’s climate impact.

  • Have a Coffee Break with International Coffee Partners

    Have a Coffee Break with International Coffee Partners

    Löfbergs believes in creating and learning together with others. ​In 2001, Löfbergs co-founded International Coffee Partners together with a number of other family-owned coffee companies. In a new serie of videos International Coffee Partners shares the motivations and aims behind the work.

  • - The solution is a bit more expensive than what we use today, but neither we nor the environment can afford anything else in the long run. The use of fossil plastics has to be reduced, says Madelene Breiling, development manager at Löfbergs.

    ​New climate-smarter coffee packaging

    ​In stores now: The new climate-smarter packaging from Löfbergs. By replacing some of the fossil plastics with a plant-based alternative, the climate impact is initially reduced with about 30 per cent.