Common Code for the Coffee Community Association

Goals

The Common Code for the Coffee Community Association (4C Association) is aiming at creating a beneficial situation for coffee producers, workers engaged in the coffee sector, rural communities, trade & industry, consumers and the environment.

The long term objectives are higher efficiency, cost reduction, quality improvement and increased profitability in coffee production. 4C aims at making this difference through:

• Providing access to good agricultural and management practices especially for small scale producers
• Establishing a global and open learning network for the exchange of coffee expertise and knowledge
• Improving producers' ability of self- organization
• Increasing the transparency and traceability along the coffee supply chain
• Providing a basis for further activities towards sustainable coffee production.