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Brand Owner: Sara Lee Corporation
Head Office: Utrecht, the Netherlands
Sector: Coffee & Tea
Categories: Coffee
Free Tags: Senseo

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Last Updated: 17 November 2011
Last Verified: 17 November 2011

Douwe Egberts Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

3 out of 5


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions ?	Douwe Egberts has taken several policy measures to reduce its carbon emissions, such as replacing road transport by water transport (Click 'Energie-efficiënt Transport').	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations'?	Sara Lee (brand owner of Douwe Egberts) publishes its carbon footprint 2010 on its website and also for 2009 on the Carbon Disclosure Project website (CDP).	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated the carbon footprint of its ‘own operations’ by at least 10% in the last 5 years?	Sara Lee has reduced its carbon emissions from 2009 (1,127,480, see link) to 2010 (1,091,717, see link previous question) by 3,2%. Specific carbon footprint numbers from earlier years are not found.	SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	Douwe Egberts has set a target to reduce 20% of its carbon emissions by 2015 compared to 2007, which equals only 12,5% in the next five years (Click 'Energie-efficiënt Transport').	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	Sara Lee reports its Scope 3 carbon footprint (including emissions from suppliers and purchased goods) to the CDP (see previous link). Also, Douwe Egberts trained 20,000 farmers to make their production methods more sustainable, like supporting project farmers to build solar dryers (see link).	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

3 out of 6


1. Has the brand (company) signed a commitment to increase annually purchased volume of environmentally certified raw materials (coffee and/or tea) purchased to at least 75% by 2015?	Douwe Egberts intends to sell 80% certified coffee in 2015 (Click 'Duurzame teelt van Koffie').	SOURCE
2. Does the brand purchase its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	All Douwe Egbert Senseo coffee products contain on average more than 20 percent UTZ CERTIFIED coffee and Douwe Egberts L'OR introduced 100 percent UTZ CERTIFIED coffee capsules in France, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium and the bio line is EKO certified, but it is not clear what amount on total this represents.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand purchase at least 25% or its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand purchase at least 50% or its coffee and/or tea from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand purchase 100% of its tea of coffee from environmentally certified sources which include standards on eg water usage during processing, banning or reduce chemicals and pesticides, preserving biodiversity and stopping deforestation?	See remark for environmental policy question 2.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand have clear objectives to reduce the weight, or increase the sustainability of its consumer packaging and does the brand annually report on these results?	Douwe Egberts has reduced the weight of its packaging with 20% less paper, 40% less foil and 50% less aluminum foil per product (Click 'Milieubewuste productie en verpakkingen').	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

1 out of 6


1. Does the brand (company) purchase its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	All Douwe Egbert Senseo coffee products contained on average more than 20 percent UTZ CERTIFIED coffee and Douwe Egberts L'OR introduced 100 percent UTZ CERTIFIED coffee capsules in France, Netherlands, Spain and Belgium, but it is not clear what amount on total this represents.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 25% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 50% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) purchase at least 75% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions question 1.	SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) purchase 100% of its coffee and/or tea from sources (plantations) that are certified to e.g. have no child labor and no forced labour, and provide a better living standard for the farmers and workers who produce the coffee and/or tea?	See remark for labor conditions question 1.	SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) have a published list of coffee and/or tea suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	Sara Lee nor Douwe Egberts provides a significant list of direct suppliers on its website. Sustainability information should be easily accessible for consumers to make responsible choices.	SOURCE