Costa Rica: Coopedota to Export Carbon Neutral Coffee

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Coopedota, a cooperative of 800 farmers from the Santa Maria de Dota valley in Costa Rica, certified their coffee under British Standards rule of certification PAS2060 in order to demonstrate carbon neutrality.

Since its publication PAS2060 is considered by experts as the international standard for certification of carbon neutrality.

As part of the process to achieve certification, emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) associated with the coffee life cycle (production, processing, transportation and sales) were reduced and compensated to result in zero net emissions. Most carbon neutral certifications focus on factory emissions, rather than the life cycle of the product.

Source: CoopeDota

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