Löfbergs

14 May 2024 06:34

The new sustainability report of Löfbergs: "Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time”

The world of Löfbergs revolves round coffee. The great taste of course, but also the genuine interest and the knowledge that we have built since 1906. But that is not worth anything if we do not take care of each other and our planet. Which is why sustainability is and always has been important to us.

7 May 2024 07:00

The new sustainability report of Löfbergs: “More important than ever to dare to act and take major steps forward”

The new sustainability report of Löfbergs for the prolonged financial year from July 2022 to December 2023 shows that the family-owned coffee roaster continues to make progress in the sustainability area. The company also presents a new framework for sustainable development, where the goal is to reduce emissions in the entire value chain (Scope 3) with 30% by 2030.

"More companies should choose fossil-free sea freight to reduce their emissions, says Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén," Head of Sustainability at Löfbergs, and Matilda Jarbin, Head of Sustainability & Communications at Scanlog.

3 April 2024 06:00

Fossil-free maritime freight – a low-hanging fruit more should pick

Maritime freight is a smart alternative to air freight, but often goes under the radar when companies map their Scope 3 emissions. The purchased goods often generate the most emissions, while the emissions of the freight, are proportionately low. But it is still good and important that there now are solutions to make maritime freights fossil-free. It is smart to pick a low-hanging first.

Löfbergs freights more than 36,000 tons of green coffee over the oceans every year. Transports that are now completely fossil-free according to Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén from Löfbergs and Matilda Jarbin from Scanlog.

27 February 2024 08:00

Löfbergs secures 100% fossil-free sea transport

The Swedish-based coffee company Löfbergs is now taking a new important step to reduce its carbon footprint. By cooperating with the logistics company Scanlog, the family-owned coffee company secures 100 per cent fossil-free sea transport – a measure that reduces the CO2 emissions with 1,800 metric tons.

"This is where it started, and this is where we have our future." says Kathrine Löfberg about the plans for continued investments in Karlstad, Sweden.

30 November 2023 12:00

Löfbergs continues to grow – plans to build a new roasting house

The sales figures of Swedish based Löfbergs reveal an upward trend, and to meet an increase in demand, the family-owned coffee roaster is planning to build another roasting house in Karlstad, Sweden.

"I am convinced, that if we really want to make a difference and ultimately save the future of coffee, we must create radical changes at farm level," says Lars Aaen Thøgersen, CEO of GrowGrounds.

14 November 2023 06:49

New company is set to reverse coffee's negative climate and environmental impact

Lead by experienced professionals and backed Löfbergs the new company GrowGrounds has set out to change a global coffee industry with major climate and environmental challenges. In collaboration with coffee farmers all over the world, the goal is to eliminate coffee's negative CO2 impact and restore nature, and simultaneously ensure income and better living conditions for the coffee farmers.

8 June 2023 10:12

Löfbergs concentrates its actions in the UK – sells the Percol brand

The coffee roaster Löfbergs sells the British brand Percol to India-based Continental Coffee. With this transaction, Löfbergs will fully focus on its own brand in the UK.

8 March 2023 20:29

Kathrine Löfberg hands over the ICP chairmanship to Rui Miguel Nabeiro

The non-profit partnership International Coffee Partners (ICP) has announced its new Chair: Rui Miguel Nabeiro, CEO of Grupo Nabeiro/Delta Cafés, Portugal. He is taking over the role from Kathrine Löfberg, Chair of the Board at Löfbergs, Sweden, who was in office for the past six years.

- We have already started using the new packaging and the feedback from our customers is very positive,” says Madelene Breiling, Head of Operational Development at Löfbergs.

22 February 2023 12:42

Löfbergs is first with a new kind of recyclable coffee packaging

After several years of development, the Swedish-based coffee roaster Löfbergs is now presenting a world first in the form of coffee packages in mono-laminate. The benefit of the new packaging is that it can be recycled instead of incinerated, which creates prerequisites for a circular economy. The climate impact is reduced with 55 per cent compared to previous packages.

16 December 2022 07:00

"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

14 December 2022 08:00

"The ambition is to transform the coffee industry and improve the farmers' opportunities"

The coffee industry faces great challenges, and many coffee farmers are struggling every day to survive financially. It is threatening the livelihoods and makes fewer young people see a future as coffee farmers, which in the long run can decrease the access to coffee. We work in many ways in our own value chain, for example through supplier follow-ups, development projects and certifications. But

Martin Löfberg Chief Purchasing Officer at Löfbergs.

7 December 2022 06:36

"Fair trade a driving force for sustainable development"

A fair growth on commercial terms, where fundamental human rights are respected, is a prerequisite for sustainable development, and to contribute to a more fair, performance-driven and transparent value chain is at core in our sustainability work. We aim to be a driving force when it comes to creating better possibilities for coffee farmers and their communities around the world.

Christina Singh Head of Circular Innovation at Löfbergs.

7 December 2022 06:36

"Open innovation creates new opportunities in the area of sustainability"

The circular transformation must extend outside of our own business to make a real difference. We want to involve both coffee farmers and consumers, and everyone in between, on our journey ahead. But we do not have all the solutions yet, and we have to work innovatively both internally and externally to find them.

5 December 2022 08:30

“We want to contribute to a world where both people and coffee can grow”

Sustainability has always been important for us at Löfbergs, ever since we started in 1906. It permeates our entire business and everything we do. We are proud of how far we have come in some areas, but there is still left to be done in others. Our aim towards continuous sustainability improvement characterises our whole culture.

“The climate change is already affecting the coffee industry to a great extent and something has to be done. It is about truly reducing the emissions in the entire value chain,” says Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén, Head of Sustainability at Löfbergs.

1 December 2022 09:45

The sustainability report of Löfbergs: “We cannot climate-compensate away the challenges in the coffee industry.”

Through purposeful efforts and large investments, Swedish-based Löfbergs has successfully reduced its climate impact with 90 per cent over the last three years. The results are presented in the sustainability report that the family-owned coffee roaster releases today.

13 October 2022 08:00

Löfbergs in new European collaboration

As the first Swedish-based coffee roaster, Löfbergs Group joins the European Coffee Federation (ECF), an industry organisation with focus on food safety, sustainability and international trade.

”It's time for a new era of coffee. Not least for the coffee farmers. We hope that together we can work towards creating the framework for a responsible and sustainable coffee trade, ” says Malin Helgman and Lars Aaen Thøgersen at Löfbergs Group.

14 July 2022 11:00

"Digitization is crucial for the quality coffee of the future"

"Era of We thus gives the coffee farmers a voice and enables them to differentiate themselves with independent brands. That way, they are also empowered to set the price of their products themselves. It fundamentally changes the rules of the game."

With Era of We, coffee farmers have the opportunity to set the price of their coffee beans themselves and market their products directly to both roasteries, consumers, and everyone who sells ready-roasted coffee.

12 July 2022 08:39

Löfbergs Group in the forefront to disrupt the classic coffee industry with a new, global initiative that gives hope to the world's coffee farmers

A transparent coffee industry for the benefit of the farmers who grow the coffee. That is the ambition of Era of We, a new digital platform that gives coffee farmers the opportunity to set prices and create their own brands, and everyone can participate. In 2021, Löfbergs Group joined Era of We as the first roaster, launching the platform in Sweden. Now the turn has come to Denmark.

"I look forward to continue to develop Löfbergs’s sustainability work together with the rest of the organisation and the world around us,” Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén says.

29 June 2022 05:30

New Head of Sustainability at Löfbergs

Kajsa-Lisa Ljudén has been appointed new Head of Sustainability at Swedish-based Löfbergs Group. Kajsa-Lisa has ten years’ experience of sustainability work and is currently working as sustainability strategist at the family-owned coffee roaster. She succeeds Eva Eriksson, who is retiring after 34 years at Löfbergs.

23 May 2022 08:03

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.

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