Nestlé buys more than half of coffee produced with regenerative agriculture
With an eye on more valuable markets, Nestlé invested in increasing the purchase of green coffee that comes from crops grown under a regenerative system. Through the Nescafé brand, the company announced that 53% of the grain purchased in 2025 came from farms that adopt practices such as agroforestry systems, crop intercropping, use of cover crops and more efficient fertilizer management.
As a result, more than half of the global raw material used by the brand originates from regenerative coffee farming, including Brazil, a milestone considered central in the company's strategy to make its supply chain more resilient to climate change by 2030.
This is what Nescafé's report highlights with its balance sheet for 2025 and the brand's plans for the next 4 years.
In 2024, this share was 32%, a percentage that had already exceeded in advance the intermediate target of 20% established for 2025.
The company claims to have trained more than 100,000 coffee growers in 15 countries over the past year, with support from more than 1,600 agronomists and field technicians.
The program also seeks to renew aging crops that are more susceptible to the effects of climate. In 2025, 20.3 million coffee seedlings were distributed, considered more resistant to diseases and extreme weather events.
The jump, added the company, reflected the participation of more than 100,000 coffee growers in 15 countries who received training in regenerative agriculture, economic management and social issues, supported by more than 1,600 agronomists and field teams linked to the "Nescafé Plan" program.
According to Nestlé, this is a trend that is consolidating among large international buyers. Link the supply strategy to the adoption of practices capable of increasing the resilience of crops in the face of climate change, which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The company states that the transition to regenerative models is seen as strategic to ensure the future supply of coffee, a crop that faces increasing challenges related to rising temperatures, extreme weather events and aging coffee plantations.
"With more than half of our green coffee coming from farms that adopt regenerative agriculture practices, we have reached an important milestone," said Antje Shaw, global head of sustainability at Nescafé, in a statement.
Among the initiatives is the renewal of crops with varieties that are more tolerant to diseases and adverse climatic conditions.
To this end, Nestlé invested in distributing 20.3 million coffee seedlings to partner producers around the world during 2025.
The company reported a reduction of 18.3% in greenhouse gas emissions associated with the green coffee purchased, taking 2018 as a reference.
In Brazil, considered one of the main hubs of the company's strategy, the program brings together more than 3,800 properties in Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Bahia and São Paulo. According to Nestlé, all participating farms are part of the company's regenerative agriculture journey and receive support from a team of 35 agronomists.
Launched in 2022, the Nescafé 2030 Plan envisages long-term investments to halve emissions associated with coffee by the end of the decade, increase producers' income and strengthen social conditions in coffee-growing communities.
Source: CNN