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20.03.2024 4C has achieved highest level recognition against SAI Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment 3.0 09.01.2024 Empowering Female Coffee Farmers: The Transformative Impact of the 4C Gender Equality Add-On in Colombia 05.12.2023 Launch of the new version of the 4C Gender Equality Add-On System Document 01.10.2023 Championing the Health and Safety of Workers in Coffee Production 21.08.2023 4C recognized by the Global Coffee Platform as equivalent to the Coffee SR Code, 3rd party assurance 13.04.2023 Promoting opportunities for young adults to carry on Colombia’s coffee production heritage 06.05.2022 Building bridges between Colombia’s smallholder coffee farmers and the European market 04.02.2022 Measuring, reducing and offsetting emissions in coffee cultivation and supply chains with the new 4C Carbon Footprint Add-On 23.08.2021 Working towards climate friendly coffee production in Tanzania 09.08.2021 “Drink Well. Do Good.” – 4C Standard Now Recognized by Keurig Dr Pepper 02.07.2021 Magdalena for Coffee Youth – Engaging Young People into Securing the Future of Coffee Production in Colombia 19.05.2021 Gevalia Supports its Commitment to Sustainability with 4C On-pack 03.05.2021 4C Joined the Partnership for Gender Equity to Support the Development of the Gender Equity Index 29.03.2021 Sharing Responsibility for Coffee of the Future: 4C Talked to “Coffee and Tea in Russia” 25.02.2021 Magdalena to Be the Department for Project Intervention to Improve Working and Living Conditions for Coffee Smallholder 20.01.2021 Improving Biodiversity in Coffee Landscapes in Vietnam 24.09.2020 4C Partners with Simexco, IDH – the Sustainable Trade Initiative, and JDE for Reducing Coffee GHG Emissions in Vietnam 21.09.2020 4C – A Path to a Sustainable Coffee Community in Vietnam 28.08.2020 GCP Sustainable Coffee Purchases Snapshot – 4C Certified has the Largest Reported Share 19.08.2020 7 Speed Speeches on Sustainability News in Coffee: 4C to Talk about Sustainable Coffee Supply Chains 17.08.2020 4C Joins a Sustainability Dialogue with Welthungerhilfe and Tchibo 03.08.2020 4C Supports the German Supply Chain Act 17.07.2020 4C Invites its System Users to Join the Web-Training on Biodiversity in Agriculture and in Coffee Cultivation 16.07.2020 4C Contributes to the Development of the InPACTO Vulnerability Index 03.07.2020 Press Release: 4C Logo Highlights Ajinomoto AGF’s Commitment to the Procurement of Sustainable Coffee Beans 02.07.2020 Roll Out of the New 4C System Documents: Finalized and Available Online 25.06.2020 Press Release: 4C Project with Melitta Europa and DEG – Improving working and living conditions for coffee smallholders in Colombia 18.06.2020 A Welcome to New Managing Entities 09.06.2020 4C Online Trainings Agenda 2020 is Now Available 04.06.2020 4C to Conduct Webinars on the Main System Changes 30.04.2020 Revision of the 4C Code of Conduct: Public Consultation Open 14.04.2020 4C Improving Sustainability Performance of the Coffee Sector in a Climate Change Era 30.03.2020 4C Response to the COVID-19 Challenges 09.03.2020 Brazilian Cooperative Celebrates 1 Year of the Grupo Cafeína, Launching Coffees Produced Exclusively by Women and 4C Certified 09.03.2020 Facilitating Women’s Empowerment in Ethiopian Coffee Sector: Interview with Meseret Desta 27.01.2020 Recap: 4C Regional Stakeholder Conference in Latin America 08.01.2020 New coffee varieties by WCR help coffee farmers to adapt to climate change 13.12.2019 Climate change and 4C 12.12.2019 Sustainability certification benefits consumers and producers 03.12.2019 Relevance of sustainability standards continues to grow 25.10.2019 4C Regional Stakeholder Conference Central America 16.10.2019 New “Employers Register” published by Brazilian government 24.09.2019 4C Code of Conduct – Update evaluation by ITC 11.07.2019 4C participates in the Sustainable Coffee Challenge 11.07.2019 Keeping coffee deforestation-free 16.04.2019 4C Services becomes a member of the German Coffee Association (Deutscher Kaffeeverband – DKV) 10.04.2019 Improving living conditions of smallholders in Colombia with 4C certification 21.12.2018 4C at the Asian Coffee Conference, December 2018 20.12.2018 4C participates at International Coffee Week in Brazil on Nov 7 – 9, 2018 12.11.2018 4C Services at the SCTA Conference and Dinner 2018 12.11.2018 4C Services Present at the 50th Annual General Meeting of the Deutscher Kaffeeverband (German Coffee Association) 05.11.2018 Do private coffee standards ‘walk the talk’ in improving socio-economic and environmental sustainability? 14.09.2018 4C Services Transparency List Tool for Brazil now available 08.08.2018 Letter about The Article Published by Repórter Brasil 19.06.2018 CAS presence at Crop Trust Donors’ Council Meeting 2018 13.04.2018 XXII International Coffee Seminar, Santos 12.04.2018 Webinar for Verifier Companies – 23.04.2018 12.04.2018 CAS presence at NCA’s Annual Convention 2018 10.04.2018 4C Code of Conduct achieves SAI Silver Level 27.03.2018 CAS is proud to present the new Website