Why Coffee Cherry Environmental Footprints Matter

Today’s food companies face growing pressure to measure and manage environmental impact, not just within their own operations, but across their entire supply chain.

Coffee cherries may seem small, but they carry a heavy environmental load:

Carbon emissions from land use change, fertilizer use, and energy consumption
Water use in farming and processing
Land use linked to deforestation and biodiversity loss
Soil health impacts from agricultural practices

Understanding these hidden impacts is critical for effective Scope 3 reporting, meeting customer expectations, and protecting long-term supply resilience.

How Origin Influences Coffee's Environmental Impact

Coffee’s environmental footprint isn’t the same everywhere.
Where and how it’s grown plays a major role in its emissions and resource use:

Countries with intensive irrigation have higher water footprints.
Regions with heavy fertilizer use show greater carbon and soil degradation impacts.
Land conversion for coffee farming increases biodiversity and climate risks.

Nature Preserve’s database captures these differences providing you with country-specific data you can use to make better sourcing, reporting, and impact-reduction decisions.

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Nature Preserve’s environmental footprint database was built for businesses who need actionable, science-backed, and easy-to-use data.

Rather than just focusing on greenhouse gas emissions, our database provides a complete environmental profile for major food crops including: carbon, water, and land use considerations.

For coffee cherries, we aggregate and harmonize published LCA studies, scientific reports, and authoritative data sources to give you trusted insights you can use immediately.

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Country-specific environmental impact data for coffee cherries