Efico launches the World’s First Coffee Farm Finca El Platanillo to be Rainforest Alliance Verified™ as Climate-Friendly

El Platanillo coffee farm in San Marcos, Guatemala, has become the world’s first coffee farm to become Rainforest Alliance Verified™ for its compliance with the Climate Module of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), the international coalition of conservation organizations that manages Rainforest Alliance certification.

The announcement was made during the United Nations Durban Climate Change Conference by the Rainforest Alliance and its partners in conjunction with EFICO and Anacafé.

Enclosed you find our press release dd 19 12 2011 and additional information (SAN climate module, powerpoint presentation, project summary and El Platanillo coffee file specifications,
see also http://www.eficofoundation.org/projects/promoting-climate-friendly-practices-coffee-pilot-project).

The first climate-friendly coffee has been sold to Belgium coffee roasting companies.