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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 challenges and transformation in the global coffee sector, the World Coffee Innovation Summit 2025 in London brings together visionary leaders, global brands and corporates, innovators, producers, policymakers, and investors to reimagine the future of coffee through the lens of shared prosperity, resilience, and systemic collaboration.
Under the theme "THE BIGGER PICTURE- CRAFTING AN ECOSYSTEM BUSINESS MODEL FOR SHARED PROSPERITY", this year's summit will explore how the coffee & cocoa industries can move beyond fragmented initiatives and transactional relationships to embrace a holistic ecosystem business model- one that prioritises long-term value creation for all stakeholders, from farmers to consumers.
This two-day high-level gathering will focus on crafting actionable strategies to:
  • Unlock inclusive growth across the entire coffee value chain.
  • Integrate innovation, sustainability, and equity at the heart of business models.
  • Align market opportunities with the urgent need for climate adaptation, farmer income improvement, and ethical sourcing.
  • Build a truly collaborative platform where corporates, producers, investors, innovators and governments co-create solutions rather than act in silos.
This summit will provide a unique, closed-door environment for honest dialogue, bold ideas, and strategic partnerships to emerge- recognizing that no single actor can solve the coffee sector’s challenges alone.
Together, we will ask the crucial question: What will it take to shift from transactional business-as-usual to a shared, sustainable, and prosperous ecosystem model?
Join us in London to see the bigger picture, shape the future of coffee, and drive meaningful change at scale.

2024 SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS

As the leading solution-driven summit that connects COFFEE, CLIMATE CHANGE and FINANCE through INNOVATION, the World Coffee Innovation Summit is a must-attend for those who invested in advancing nature-positive, resilient agriculture and food systems for a net positive future in coffee sector. Join global coffee, climate and finance leaders and agri-food innovators in London for two days of in-depth discussions and cross-sector networking.

2024 SPEAKERS

2024 KEY THEMES

  • EUDR COUNTDOWN, WELCOME CSDDD: Navigating climate policy and regulatory risks as a pathway towards a positive impact on the ground
  • COFFEE SCIENCE & INNOVATION: Unlocking the potential of Genomics in coffee breeding and other climate science breakthroughs for a more climate resilient variety in the international market.
  • REGENERATIVE AGRICULTURE: Investing in scalable nature-positive production and incorporating it into climate strategy across the sustainable supply chain.
  • NATURE CAPITAL, BIODIVERSITY & NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS: Finding solutions to address societal challenges involving actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural and modified ecosystems, benefiting people, business and nature at the same time.
  • CARBON MARKETS: Navigating opportunities in natural-based solutions and Scaling climate impact through carbon markets.
  • SCALING UP TRANSPARENCY PLATFORMS: Tackling Traceability, Monitoring and Measurement platforms for assess real impact and regulatory compliance.
  • AGRICULTURE FINANCE: Leveraging Advanced Technologies including Fintech to improve smallholder farmers’ access and climate risk coverage.
  • DATA AND DIGITALISATION: Fuelling transparency and traceability of the supply chain and supporting decarbonisation.
  • INNOVATION SHOWCASE: How advance technologies deliver transparent, trustworthy and scalable nature-based and engineered solutions.
  • CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION: Sharing best practices and innovations with other sectors and accelerating progress towards a net positive future.
  • DIGITALISING GLOBAL TRADE: Transforming infrastructure and communication ecosystem to generate data-driven, sustainable digital platforms to promote online and e-trade transaction adoption.

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