TerraTrace
Certification for Ethiopian Coffee Plantations
What is TerraTrace?
TerraTrace is a comprehensive certification program designed to ensure that coffee plantations adhere to the highest standards of sustainability, traceability, and ethical production. By integrating cutting-edge technology with globally recognized best practices, TerraTrace empowers coffee producers to meet the demands of today’s conscious consumers while fostering environmental stewardship and social equity.
Why TerraTrace?
Market Differentiation
TerraTrace-certified coffee is a mark of excellence, ensuring premium market access and enhanced value for Ethiopian coffee producers.
Certification appeals to buyers who prioritize traceability, sustainability, and ethical sourcing.
Certification appeals to buyers who prioritize traceability, sustainability, and ethical sourcing.
Consumer Trust
Modern consumers demand transparency about where and how their coffee is produced. TerraTrace provides verifiable data, ensuring trust throughout the supply chain.
Sustainability Leadership
TerraTrace supports plantations in implementing environmentally sound practices, reducing carbon footprints, and conserving biodiversity.
Economic Benefits
Certified plantations often achieve higher prices for their coffee, ensuring better returns for farmers and cooperatives. Efficiency improvements reduce costs and increase profitability.
Community Empowerment
TerraTrace emphasizes fair wages, safe working conditions, and community development programs, fostering well-
How TerraTrace works?
Data-Driven Traceability
Using advanced digital tools, TerraTrace tracks coffee production from seed to cup.
Detailed records of farming, processing, and export stages are maintained, ensuring full transparency.
Detailed records of farming, processing, and export stages are maintained, ensuring full transparency.
Environmental Standards
Certification requires plantations to adopt sustainable practices such as organic composting, water conservation, and biodiversity preservation.
Annual environmental impact assessments are conducted to ensure compliance.
Annual environmental impact assessments are conducted to ensure compliance.
Social Accountability
TerraTrace mandates adherence to ethical labor practices, including fair wages and safe working conditions.
Rigorous Auditing
Independent third-party audits verify compliance with TerraTrace standards.
Continuous improvement plans are tailored for each plantation based on audit results.
Continuous improvement plans are tailored for each plantation based on audit results.
What TerraTrace Delivers?
For Producers:
Access to premium markets and higher prices.
Improved farming techniques and resource efficiency.
Long-term sustainability of their land and business.
Improved farming techniques and resource efficiency.
Long-term sustainability of their land and business.
For Consumers:
Confidence in purchasing ethically sourced and environmentally friendly coffee.
Opportunity to support smallholder farmers and sustainable farming communities.
Opportunity to support smallholder farmers and sustainable farming communities.
For the Auditors:
Clear evidence of compliance with both environmental and social standards, strengthening the case for certification.
For the Planet:
Reduced environmental impact from coffee production.
Preservation of Ethiopia’s unique biodiversity and natural resources.
Preservation of Ethiopia’s unique biodiversity and natural resources.
TerraTrace
By choosing TerraTrace, Ethiopian coffee plantations can unlock new opportunities, preserve their heritage, and secure a sustainable future for generations to come. Join the TerraTrace movement today and become a leader in traceable, ethical coffee production!
TerraTrace is not only suitable for coffee certification but can also be used for other products and services from Ethiopia.
TerraTrace is not only suitable for coffee certification but can also be used for other products and services from Ethiopia.
Our Dedicated Team…
Specialized in communication, processes, software development and entrepreneurship
Christian Kupka
- Business consultancy and blue printing
- Communication and process modelling
Jos Bischoff
- Software and business development
- Execution of business models
Eric Loos
- Initiation of business models
- Legal, finance and governance