The Rainforest Alliance is a leading international
non-profit conservation organisation operating in over 50
countries. It advocates the use of sustainable farming methods to
protect the environment, as well as helping the local workers and
their communities.
It collaborates with farmers, workers, business leaders,
governments and local communities to develop and implement
standards in tea and coffee farming that are socially and
environmentally responsible, as well as economically viable.
'Certification' by the Rainforest Alliance is a signal that a
farm has met rigorous standards that conserve biodiversity and
provide sustainable livelihood.
what is
certification?
Rainforest Alliance certification stands for a sustainable
future for tea and coffee farming, and is an independent guarantee
that high social, economic and environmental standards are being
met, without damaging their environment and without depleting vital
natural resources.
Coffee and Tea produced in line with the ideals of
sustainability conserve wildlife, protects farm workers, and helps
farmers improve their incomes and their quality of life.
Products from Rainforest Alliance sustainable sources carry the
distinctive Rainforest Alliance 'tree frog' logo.
For more information on the Rainforest Alliance, visit the
Rainforest Alliance
website.
autobar and kenco
Autobar supply many such products including the Kenco
Sustainable Development range and PG Tips tea products.
Kenco is committed to blending coffee from Rainforest Alliance
Certified™ farms. Kenco Sustainable Development is a range of
Kenco coffee products made entirely from coffee farmed on
Rainforest Alliance Certified™ farms.
The Kenco Sustainable Development range contains only high
quality Arabica beans, giving a rich, full aroma and a smooth,
distinctive taste. This range offers caterers and operators
the opportunity not only to serve coffee produced in a sustainable
way, but also coffee that meets exacting standards.
Autobar supply Kenco Sustainable Development fresh coffee beans and
Kenco Sustainable Development freeze dried instant coffee for use
in its vending machines.
See our range of Kenco
Sustainable Development vending products here.
autobar and pg tips
Our vending tea and tea bags from PG Tips are Rainforest
Alliance Certified.
PG tips's friendship with the Rainforest Alliance means that the
tea inside PG tips boxes is grown using sustainable farming
methods, the people who pick it earn a better living and their
families have access to education and medical care.
By choosing PG tips, you are helping to protect the environment,
while ensuring decent working conditions for the farmers and
providing access to education and healthcare for them and their
families.
So every time you choose PG Tips from your vending machine you can
enjoy the warm glow you get from knowing the tea you are enjoying
is sourced in a sustainable way.
See our range of PG Tips products
here.