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Nespresso achieves B Corp certification

Nespresso achieves B Corp certification

Nespresso has today announced its global certification as a B Corp, as the brand joins an international movement of 4,500 purpose-led businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental responsibility and transparency.

“B Corp certification reflects a 30-year Nespresso commitment to sustainability, transparency and responsible business. We are immensely proud to be joining a community of like minds who share our belief that profit and purpose go hand-in-hand,” Guillaume Le Cunff, Nespresso chief executive, said.


“This certification brings added value for our customers and affirms to Nespresso fans that their favorite coffee brand is doing business the right way."

The certification recognises the positive impact the Swiss-based brand has made in the coffee industry and beyond, and key contributing elements include its unique approach to coffee sourcing – through the Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality Program, designed in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance – its strategic alliance with Fairtrade, and the brand’s global recycling scheme for its aluminium capsules.

Jonathan Normand, B Lab Switzerland Founder, said: “The B Corp process is a rigorous and independent assessment of a company’s impact on people and planet, from its carbon footprint to the way it empowers its employees. Achieving the B Corp certification is a key milestone in the improvement and collective action journey, and Nespresso is rigorously engaged to make it happen with the B Corp community.

“I congratulate Nespresso on its certification and hope that this will have a knock-on effect that will lead its value chain to join the B Corp movement. As a movement designed for system change, we are happy to support them on their path to accelerate and foster an inclusive, equitable and regenerative economy.”

Nespresso will be adding the B Corp logo to its products and communications to help spread the word about the movement, educate consumers, and help them make more sustainable choices in their purchasing decisions.

Nespresso scored 84 points out of 200 on the B Impact Assessment, with a minimum of 80 points required to achieve B Corp status. To date, more than 4,500 companies, spanning over 150 industries and more than 70 countries, have achieved B Corp certification.

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