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Lexington catering has announced a new partnership with Pact Coffee aiming to promote gender equality.
The project will enable offices across the Lexington business to contribute directly to the
development of coffee growing communities across nine countries through Pact’s direct-trade supply chain model.
Pact and Lexington’s collaboration will focus primarily on coffee grown by Cafeina, a collective of 1,868 women in Brazil that was formed in 2019.
Once the Cafeina coffee is imported, Pact Coffee will roast it in its carbon-neutral roastery in Surrey and deliver it to Lexington offices days later.
Will Corby, Pact Coffee’s director of coffee and social impact, said: “Removing the intermediaries in the supply chain and going directly to coffee farmers has allowed us to make a significant impact at source since day one, but this is typified through Cafeina.
“Every bean that we sell in the UK allows Cafeina to work with more women in Brazil and towards gender equity in an industry where they’re all too often ignored. I want to make it clear that this isn’t charity, because the coffee is genuinely some of the finest you’ll taste from Brazil.”
Jesse Bliss, head of partnerships at Lexington, added: “The Cafeina blend is perfect for Lexington because our customers care about great tasting coffee, but they also care about making ethical choices that have a positive impact on the world. Cafeina gives us both of those things which is really exciting.”
