Is this Coffee Certified? How Certification Drives Business Towards Sustainability

The role of business in the sustainability space is stronger than ever, where addressing climate change, natural resource depletion, and human rights is viewed as being simply a part of doing business. So how do companies ensure their products are a part of the solution? Certification programs offer stakeholder-driven and internationally recognized frameworks for driving continuous improvement. Are they enough to solve the scale of environmental and social problems like climate change and human trafficking? How do they work alongside government efforts? Ms. Bonnie Holman, Director of Sustainability, Food & Agriculture Division at SCS Global Services will help us look more closely at efforts in agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. Location: Middlebury Institute of International Studies, McGowan Building, Room 100, 411 Pacific Street, Monterey, CA 93940. Free, Open to the Public. No registration requested. Website for more info: go.miis.edu/sustainability. For Questions, contact Rachel Christopherson at the Center for the Blue Economy at [email protected] or (831) 647-4183.