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Products and packaging are designed and manufactured to be safe. Recommendations are presented to optimize the packaging-to-product ratio, while maximizing the use of renewable and/ or
recycled material.

Partners at origin are empowered through consistency of demand.

Mother Parkers establishes long-term relationships with raw material producers who have consistantly
proven their commitment to producing the best quality product possible. The stability of these long-term
relationships allows producers the opportunity to reinvest in their own infrastructure, technology
and communities.

Energy and materials are conserved by reducing, recycling or eliminating waste and ecologically incompatible by-products.

Provide a safe working environment that encourages total employee wellness.

Communities and the environment are respected and enhanced economically, socially, culturally
and physically.

Customer-partner relationships and long-term economic viability are enhanced through contributing to our customers’ success by delivering complete coffee and tea solutions — every day.

Coffee Kids
Mother Parkers is a strong supporter of Coffee Kids, an international, nonprofit organization that works with coffee farmers and their families in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Peru to create alternative income projects that alleviate their dependency on coffee.

Visit coffeekids.org for more information.

Grounds for Health
Mother Parkers ensures that approximately 1,000 women are screened annually for cervical cancer in coffee growing communities in Mexico and Central America by supporting Grounds for Health.

The goal of this international, nonprofit organization is to create sustainable and effective cancer prevention programs with a primary focus on the early detection and treatment of cervical cancer, a leading cause of death among women who lack access to healthcare.

Visit groundsforhealth.org for more information.

Fair Trade Coffee
Mother Parkers is one of the largest importers of Fair Trade coffee beans in North America. Fair Trade certification helps ensure that small producers and workers in developing countries receive fair prices for their coffee so that they can improve their living conditions. Producers are encouraged to grow organic
coffee using environmentally sustainable methods.

Visit transfair.ca for more information.

Ethical Tea Partnership
Mother Parkers is proud to be a member of the Ethical Tea Partnership, a nonprofit organization that monitors worker welfare on tea estates. It ensures that tea estates comply with local laws for employment, education, maternity, housing, and health and safety and provides assurance that teas have been produced in a socially responsible way.

Visit ethicalteapartnership.org for more information.

International Women’s Coffee Alliance
The International Women’s Coffee Alliance was
established in 2003 to empower women in coffee producing countries to become successful
entrepreneurs and leaders in their communities.

Mother Parkers proudly supports them in their mission to connect women working in North America’s coffee industry with women coffee producers in Latin America.

Visit womenincoffee.org for more information.

Organic Coffee
There are many organic tandards in the marketplace today. In order for Mother Parkers to label a product Organic it must meet the strictest regulatory and industry standards.

This means securing coffees grown under exacting organic farming methods, processing and handling our coffees under stringent organic manufacturing standards

Visit ocia.org or usda.gov for more information.

Rainforest Alliance
Mother Parkers works in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance, an international certification program that works to conserve ecosystems by rotecting healthy soils, rivers and wildlife, and by promoting dignified living conditions for farm workers and neighbouring rural communities.

Visit rainforest-alliance.org for more information.