Nossa Familia CoffeePortland coffee company Nossa Familia has been experimenting with a surcharge for takeaway coffees in paper cups at one of their three Portland locations. Nossa FamiliaEvery year, 50 million cups are thrown away in Portland alone, says Karen Lickteig, Nossa Familia’s Marketing and Sustainability Director. Nossa Familia, she clarifies, does not profit from the extra charge, and they are putting aside the funds collected to offset their carbon footprint and waste, in pursuit of a Carbon Neutral Certification. We want to maintain the same warmth and welcoming atmosphere we’ve always had in Nossa Familia’s shops and with our baristas. Carneiro started Nossa Familia because his family has been growing coffee in the highlands of Brazil for more than a hundred years.

Source: Forbes April 30, 2019 13:41 UTC