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THE BIGGER PICTURE

CRAFTING AN ECOSYSTEM BUSINESS MODEL FOR SHARED PROSPERITY

23-24 October 2025 | London
QEII CentreHouse of Lords

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2025 SUMMIT OVERVIEW

In a time of unprecedented disruption and transformation, the World Coffee Innovation Summit 2025 in London convenes global visionary leaders, global brands and corporates, innovators, producers, policymakers, and investors to reimagine the future of coffee through shared prosperity, resilience, and systemic collaboration.
Under the theme “THE BIGGER PICTURE: CRAFTING AN ECOSYSTEM BUSINESS MODEL FOR SHARED PROSPERITY“, the summit challenges the coffee & cocoa industries to move beyond fragmented initiatives and transactional relations to embrace a holistic, collaborative ecosystem business model—one that prioritizes long-term value creation for all stakeholders, from farmers to consumers.
This two-day, high-level, closed-door gathering will focus on:
  • Unlocking inclusive growth across the entire coffee value chain.
  • Embedding innovation, equity and sustainability into business models.
  • Aligning climate action, farmer income improvement and ethical sourcing with market opportunities.
  • Co-creating bold, scalable solutions across industries based on trust.
Join us in London to shift from transactional thinking to ecosystem leadership and shape the future of coffee together.

KEY THEMES

  • Geopolitical Disruption & Tariffs
    Understanding how geopolitical volatility reshapes global coffee and cocoa markets and exploring innovative ways to build resilience.
  • EUDR Countdown: Compliance & Opportunity
    Navigating the EU Deforestation Regulation delay—balancing compliance readiness with supply chain transformation.
  • EU Omnibus Update (CSRD & CS3D)
    Adapting to new ESG reporting frameworks with simplified datapoints and expanded materiality guidance.
  • Commodity Price Volatility
    Unpacking market dynamics behind coffee and cocoa price swings, and the role of futures trading in amplifying risk.
  • Coffee & Cocoa Climate Convergence
    Creating shared climate-smart strategies for coffee and cocoa to reduce emissions and boost productivity.
  • Supply Chain Automation & AI
    Leveraging emerging tech—from digital twins to remote sensing—to build smarter, faster, and more transparent supply chains.
  • Scaling Regenerative Agriculture
    Deploying MRV systems to scale up water-efficient, biodiversity-positive, regenerative farming models.
  • Decoding Nature: Investing in NBS
    Mobilizing capital and technology to regenerate ecosystems and unlock value through nature-based solutions.
  • Voluntary Carbon Standards
    Ensuring transparency and integrity in carbon offset markets through certification and standardization.
  • Applied Agronomy: Improving Soil Health
    Using precision diagnostics and data to enhance soil health, crop and farm management to increase agricultural productivity at scale.
  • Geospatial & Remote Monitoring
    Harnessing Earth observation tools to drive real-time compliance, traceability, and carbon tracking.
  • Insurance Innovation for Climate Risk
    Exploring how AI and parametric insurance can protect smallholders and mitigate climate-driven financial risks.
  • Digital Trade Infrastructure & Finance
    Building a paperless, interoperable system that enhances global trade and finance ecosystem for transparency and sustainability.
  • Precision Agriculture: Data-Driven Farming for Impact
    Harnessing the power of real-time data, sensors, and smart analytics to optimize input use, enhance yields, and promote climate-smart coffee and cocoa farming practices.

2024 SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS

2024 SPEAKERS

WHO YOU'LL MEET

European Commission
Sustainable Markets Initiative
Starbucks
JDE Peet’s
Tchibo GmbH
Volcafe

“WHAT OUR DELEGATES SAY“

  • “This is a great event, and I also found a good mix between the educational purpose and the business opportunities.“

  • “I am here to present the farmers, and this event is so crucial because of the climate change challenges. We are here to discuss with industry trailblazers, customers, producers, consumers, wonderful event, and a lot of engagements, a lot of ideas, innovations, so much to have to take from this event. I want to congratulate the World Coffee Alliance and they should carry on because they are able to connect us and give us a lot of insights, so that we can be more prepared and more awareness to the farmers, thank you to the team.“

  • “It’s been great to be here at World Coffee Summit, very exciting event, enabling me to talk to different stakeholders and individuals from different organisations, getting their insights. I was able to get more information to help with EUDR deforestation in Africa. I would say WCA should develop and carry on and I hope to attend this event again hopefully soon.“

  • “It’s been an absolutely amazing, informative, inspiring and challenging summit, so many heavyweights stakeholders present, the biggest takeaway from me has been to think about innovators way to motivate the producers for them to have a little bit more leverage and bargaining power so that sustainability becomes a unique selling point as opposed to a default exercise.“

    World Coffee Innovation Summit in The News

    BLOOMBERG

    The coffee industry navigates tracing beans from global farms to European cafes amidst new sustainability regulations, a complex challenge. Read the whole article here

    REUTERS

    The European Commission said on Wednesday that financial institutions are not backing the EU's new deforestation law, which has faced a backlash from producing countries concerned it will create unfair trade barriers. Read the whole article here

    AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

    Africa's largest coffee producer is set to bear the brunt of Brussels's new traceability directives. Consequently, it has begun to turn its attention to India and China. Read the whole article here

    WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?

    INSPIRING HIGH-LEVEL SPEAKERS
    Gain valuable insights from global industry leaders, top Thought leaders, governments and leading EU policy and funding practitioners who are shaping the future of coffee and related commodities.
    UNIQUE APPROACH
    Connect Coffee, Innovation and Climate Finance towards sustainability beyond compliance.
    INSIGHTFUL AGENDA
    Debate and discuss the latest EUDR, exploring opportunities in Carbon Credits, ESG/ Impact Investing and Innovation.
    NETWORK OPPORTUNITIES
    Connect and get engaged with your cross-sector peers to share best practices and explore future of collaboration and broaden your contact list.
    EXHIBITION WITH PURPOSE
    Real buyers meeting real coffee farmers and cooperatives from countries of origin doing real business and sharing their stories.
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    Partners

    Gold Sponsor
    Silver Sponsor
    Bronze Sponsor
    Co-Sponsor
    Sustainable Coffee Partner
    Cross-industry Partners
    Media Partners