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The Future of Coffee Depends on What We Do Today ☕ Vietnam's Central Highlands produce part of the global coffee supply. The reality many farmers are facing? Increasingly erratic weather, biodiversity loss, and declining soil vitality, creating challenges for their livelihoods and a healthy environment. At Lidl, our biodiversity strategy follows a strict mitigation hierarchy: we prioritize avoiding and reducing environmental impacts to minimize ecosystem losses from the outset. Where impacts occur, we systematically address the subsequent stages of our framework. As part of this structured approach, we have launched the 'Biodiversity and Climate Responsible Coffee' (BiC) project in collaboration with 4C Services. Within this initiative, we focus specifically on restoration by implementing measurable, local actions to rehabilitate affected ecosystems and support climate adaptation in coffee cultivation. The three-year initiative supports 5,000 Vietnamese coffee farmers by planting shade trees, restoring water buffers, and nurturing soil health. Our goal is to stabilize farming structures and support local ecosystem capacities for farming communities. 🌳 To align our processes with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) requirements and to make environmental gains traceable and verifiable, we joined forces with Meo Carbon Solutions, GRAS - Global Risk Assessment Services and biodiversity expert Marion Hammerl (Global Nature Fund). Hannah Mittner, Ecology & animal welfare expert at Lidl International states: "Meeting EUDR requirements is just our starting point. Together with our partners, we are actively restoring ecosystems in Vietnam's coffee-growing regions by implementing verifiable agroforestry practices. By empowering local farmers with climate-resilient cultivation methods and creating measurable environmental impacts, we are transforming our supply chain." Together, we're building supply chains where raw material production and local farming structures operate transparently. When did you last think about who grows your coffee? #LidlInternational #RespectingBiodiversity #Coffee #4C #teamlidl

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