Why we need to take action
Tackling the greatest challenges of our age — human rights, fair payment, environmental and climate protection, hunger and water shortages — will require a powerful lobby. As a traditional family company, we believe in taking responsibility and being part of a movement that takes on these challenges not only with words, but with actions. And that is what we are doing.
Our objective: We strive to do business in a fair and sustainable way and help our customers integrate sustainability into their everyday lives.
We’re ready for the challenge!
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Environment
Podcast "5 Tassen täglich": Reduce your CO2 footprint with train & frying fat?
13.02.2025Our goods often travel thousands of kilometers - an enormous potential for CO2 savings and environmental optimization. In the new podcast episode, Barbara and Peter from Tchibo Logistics provide insights into challenges and solutions for green logistics.
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Non Food
Tchibo x VLACE: The Coffee Lover Sneaker sets an example in terms of sustainability and responsibility
11.02.2025Vegan without animal leather, innovative, with recycled materials & real Tchibo coffee produced under fair conditions in Portugal: For production, coffee leftovers from the Tchibo roasters are incorporated into the upper material.
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Human
Tchibo @ OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the garment and footwear sector
05.02.2025We are part of OECD session "Union and worker engagement in practice - a workshop" on Feb 12, 2025. This roundtable brings together companies and trade unions representatives to discuss and promote a common understanding of engagement expectations under the Garment Guidance.
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Coffee
Tchibo as part of International Coffee Partners (ICP) | Review 2024
01.02.2025As part of ICP, we’re happy to share that 23,389 farming households participated in ICP projects last year in 2024! The ICP mission: Driving lasting change by partnering with smallholder coffee farmer families, communities, and the entire coffee sector.
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General
Tchibo @ MOVE on 03./04. Juni in Berlin
29.01.2025Corporate podcast to make sustainability topics more tangible? How audible are sustainability topics? In June, Sandra and Karina are at #move25, the conference for sustainability communication, to present our Tchibo podcast “5 Tassen täglich”.
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Coffee
Renewal commitments to World Coffee Research (WCR)
24.01.2025We at Tchibo, together with other member companies, have renewed our commitments to World Coffee Research (WCR) to shape the future of coffee, as investment in coffee breeding and seed systems are essential for origin diversity, sector growth, and climate resilience.
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Photo: WCR
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Human
Tchibo @ OECD Forum on Due Diligence in the Garment and Footwear Sector
23.01.2025Tchibo is co-hosting the side session “Humanizing HRDD: Building a Bridge Between Systems and the People they are Meant to Serve” on February 13, 2025, together with the WE program. Click here to register and join the digital Zoom webinar!
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Company
Interview: "Data creates understanding"
22.01.2025Pablo von Waldenfels speaks for Tchibo in the Lebensmittel Zeitung (LZ) about data, tracking, traceability and AI in the supply chain. The article is available digitally and in the print edition 3 from January 17, 2025.
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Photo: Print Layout Lebensmittel Zeitung
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Environment
Upcycling instead of disposal: Our reusable shipping bags now in a new format!
16.01.202526,000 reusable shippings bags were used for our online shipping pilot project. From defective bags, our partners at Bridge & Tunnel have sewn small upcycling bags. On this way, they can be used again and are practical companions in everyday life, e.g. for pens, cables, etc.
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Environment
Interview: Green logistics at Tchibo “Sustainable in many places”
16.12.2024One of our goals is to design more climate-friendly transport processes . This also includes reducing our emissions. The approaches to more sustainable logistics are diverse and range from sea freight to truck transport. Find out more in the interview with Sina from our logistics department.
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Human
Harvesting the Future - Collaborative cotton project India
11.12.2024Tchibo is participating in the multi-stakeholder collaborative project “Harvesting the Future - Cotton in India” to improve working and living conditions of cotton farmers and workers in Madhya Pradesh, under the coordination and technical guidance of the Fair Labor Association (FLA).
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Company
People stick together in Hamburg: Our donation day at the Tchibo headquarters
10.12.2024From a panel discussion to a donation competition in which employees donate and Tchibo doubles the amount donated! A successful donation day is behind us - together with our partners Hamburger Tafel and Hanseatic Help. Find out more in the Tchibo blog!
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Company
For sustainable and fair textile supply chains: Tchibo signs declaration of intent on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles
03.12.2024On behalf of Tchibo, Julia Thimm signed the declaration of intent to "Strengthen local trade unions and local NGOs as legitimate representation of rights holders - Because no single actor can do it alone" on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles.
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General
Tchibo @ 17th German Sustainability Day
02.12.2024“Supply chain laws and reporting obligations: Helpful or a hindrance for companies?”: On Friday, November 29th, 2024, Johanna von Stechow spoke for Tchibo as part of a panel talk at the congress, part of the 17th German Sustainability Day in Düsseldorf. #DNP17 #DNT17
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Coffee
ICP Press Release on EUDR
21.11.2024As part of International Coffee Partners (ICP), we like to share the current press release "ICP Welcomes the EU's Decision to Extend EUDR Implementation Timeline but Stresses Continued Need for Support for Smallholder Coffee Farmers".
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Non Food
10 years Partnership for Sustainable Textiles
05.11.2024For 10 years, the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles has been committed to making the textile industry and supply chain more sustainable and to implementing higher social and environmental standards in the textile industry. Tchibo is also part of it! Because: Together, we can achieve more!
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Company
Tchibo @ "Grüne Wiese": Podcast von SAIM - Consulting by UTOPIA"
01.11.2024In the podcast "Grüne Wiese" from SAIM - Consulting by UTOPIA, Pablo speaks for Tchibo about sustainability in companies, fair supply chains, regulatory requirements and challenges that companies face at a global level when implementing environmental and human rights standards.
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Non Food
International Repair Day on October 19th, 2024
19.10.2024For this day, we would like to set an example for sustainability and longevity of products. Together with Bridge&Tunnel, we offer a repair and sewing service for all Tchibo textile products on October 19th 2024, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m, in the Hamburg Rathausmarkt shop.
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Coffee
Tchibo @ World Coffee Innovation Summit 2024 | #WCIS24
17.10.2024How innovations and collaboration with farmers can leverage sustainable development in coffee farming: Pablo at the roundtable panel talk "Leveraging Scalable Technology to Deliver Traceability" at World Coffee Innovation Summit, 10/17/2024 in London.
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Photo: World Coffee Alliance
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Human
Tchibo @ GIZ Annual Stakeholder Meeting in Berlin
16.10.2024GIZ Annual Stakeholder Meeting in Berlin, 15./16. October 2024: Julia speaking for Tchibo via livestream on a panel announcing the launch of the OECD Handbook on Due Diligence for Enabling Living Incomes and Living Wages.
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Not perfect – but making bold steps in the right direction
What we have achieved to date
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43.300 farmers
in 9 countries have received support through 20 projects delivered under the Tchibo Joint Forces!® farmer programme since 2009. The programme aims to help farmers transition to more sustainable cultivation methods and to improve living standards.
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98 % of our textiles made with cotton
are made from cotton from sustainable sources (organic cotton, GOTS or Cotton made in Africa).
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100 % eco-friendly power for 13 years
at all of our Tchibo sites (headquarters, warehouse, stores and coffee shops).
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134 million
old PET bottles were processed for our 2021 textiles made from recycled materials, saving 5,500 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
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98 %
of our product packaging is recyclable.
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8 factories
have been newly included in the WE programme. In total, 432 factories have been involved since 2008, of which 96 factories are participating in the programme at the end of 2021. In 2021, 4,900 workers and managers participated in activities.
Is this enough?
We understand that our company has, for a long time, had a critical role to play when it comes to sustainability. We know that in some areas, Tchibo is still part of the problem. This is why it is all the more important for us to use our design expertise and business knowledge to become a bigger part of the solution with each day that passes.
For us, there is no alternative to fair working conditions, transparency and environmental protection.
The road is a long one, and we are always looking for solutions that will enable us to protect resources and the environment and to safeguard human rights. We are working to fill the gaps – swiftly and creatively.
