Flexible Schedule, please contact us for course arrangement.
Course can be conducted in English and/or Chinese, depending on class structure.
Fully Online Course, students interested in Sustainability all over the world is welcome.
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The Coffee Sustainability Foundation course covers the major sustainability issues facing the coffee industry today and offers baseline knowledge of what the term ‘sustainability’ means, how it is connected to power dynamics, current and historical events and practices, as well as a variety of coffee projects. Learners can expect to take away the skills and knowledge they need to begin to make meaningful changes within their own company or prepare to participate in the intermediate or professional courses.
The course is designed to have broad applications and appeal for people new to coffee, and coffee professionals from all backgrounds who are interested in growing their knowledge of sustainability to become better stewards of sustainability within their current role or company or develop new skills to help support existing initiatives or goals. Anyone working in coffee would benefit from this course.
During the Foundation course, students will learn:
1. PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABILITY
  
Terminology
  
Brief History of Sustainability in Coffee
  
Political Considerations
  
Sustainability Stakeholders
2. SUSTAINABILITY TODAY: SPECIFIC CHALLENGES
  
Climate Change
  
Agronomy
  
Coffee Price and Price Fluctuations
  
Economic Inequality
  
Gender Equity
  
Labor
3. CURRENT SUSTAINABILITY PRACTICES AND SOLUTIONS
  
Price
  
Organization and Certification
  
Industry-Wide Toolkits
  
Research and Development
  
Opportunities and Limitations of Current Approaches
4. SUSTAINABLE FUTURES
  
Understanding Intersections Across the Chain
In order to obtain the Foundation certificate, students must pass the online written test offered by SCA with at least 70% score.
*SCA Administrative fee included
**SCA Course Enrolment fee NOT included (US$50 to be paid to SCA by student directly, price is subject to change by SCA. Details will be explained by our tutors during lecture)
*SCA行政費用已包括在內
**SCA課程註冊費用需由學生支付（由學生直接向SCA支付50美元，課程註冊費用因SCA政策可能隨時有所轉變。我們的導師會於上課時清楚交代申領證書事宜。）