Giving Back
We are committed to donating 2% of our annual revenue to charitable organisations, read on to discover our ethical partnerships and our support or local, national and international community projects.
1% for the Planet
We take our environmental responsibility seriously and choose to give 1% of our annual turnover to accredited local environmental projects. This year we have supported Green Hear Growers, Wash House Garden, Locavore CIC, Recyke-A-Bike, Trees for Life, World Coffee Research and Bute Forest. With some we have a long-term relationship, others we have established a new bond this year and are excited to support them, such as Bute Forest
Girls Gotta Run
We sell all of our used coffee sacks for £1 which we donate to this Ethiopian non-profit organisation set up to empower women and their communities. This is a long lasting support, in fact we have been donating to them since Dear Green started, and therefore not a single sack went to waste.
Green Heart Growers and Wash House Garden
Together with Green City Wholefoods Coop we donate £1 from the sale of all 250g bags of our Dear Green City Blend to support this local community garden project.
Stumping Project
We donate annually to this project to allow coffee producers in Ethiopia to gain a higher future yield from their coffee trees.
Glasgow Coffee Festival
We are the founders and organisers of Scotland's biggest coffee party! All profits since 2014 have been donated to nominated charities annually including to Glasgow City Mission. Most recently to The Deanston Bakery Ukrainian Fundraiser.
We contribute to ensuring a sustainable future for coffee by donating a percentage of our profits to fund ongoing research.
Empowering women
The Circle
We proudly engage with this local network to remain educated and informed on how we update and implement better practice into our processes. In 2022 we supported the International Women's Day fundraiser and our founder is on the fundraising committee for the Scottish Circle.
Engender charity
We hosted a women In Coffee event on International Women's Day, in March 2023. All profits made were donated to Engender - a great charity that works to dismantle structural sexism to increase women’s social, political and economic equality, and enable women's rights.
Circular Glasgow
We proudly engage with this local network to remain educated and informed on how we update and implement better practice into our processes.
Local Community
Supporting young people. Thanks to local organisationHub International we regularly support schools with barista training and SCA qualifications. This year with the profits ofGlasgow Coffee Festival, we were able to facilitate a Barista scholarship through Hub International, the first in Scotland. We are also on the Poverty Alliance Hospitality Steering Group, promoting a Real Living Wage for all. In 2022 we also donated to the Garnetbank school fundraising auction.
Our support of our local community extends to regular donations for raffles, fundraisers and community projects and sponsoring sporting events such as for the Loading Bay skatepark and supporting grassroot football tournaments.
Certifications
The Organic Food Federation
We are certified to roast and supply organically grown coffee.
SALSA
We are accredited for Safe and Local Supplier Approval giving proof to our customers that we have a fully traceable and 'food safe' product.
Glasgow Allotment Association: Bi-products from our roasting process, coffee chaff and Grain Pro Bags are collected and reused on local allotments!
The Coffee Quality Institute
We are licensed graders for this non-profit organisation which works internationally to improve the quality of coffee and the lives of people who produce it.
Real Living Wage & Living Hours & Living Pension
We have proudly supported and promoted this movement for equality and fairness since we were established in 2011. Most recently, we also joined the Living Pension provided by the Living Wage Foundation.
We certified B Corporation in December 2020 and are proudly part of a global community that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability. They’re the building blocks of a new system, creating a positive impact and bringing real, lasting change in the business world.
We have been recognised by the Good Business Charter as being a UK organisation that has responsible business practices.
Historical - Some Donations we made
This is not enough space to mention all the places we supported over the years or are currently supporting - for more information check out our blogs.
But to mention some highlights below:
Three Roasters
An annual collaboration project with donations made to the Women's Fund for Scotland.
Scottish Community Edge award
Scottish EDGEis a funding competition aimed at identifying and supporting Scotland’s innovative, high growth potential entrepreneurial talent.
Blankfaces
In 2022 Dear Green made regular Food Bank donations and sponsoredThe Blankfaces coffee mornings to offer a safe, warm and friendly place with a free coffee to those affected by homelessness.
Tiny Changes
asmall team based in Edinburgh and Glasgow, supporting young leaders to run innovative youth mental health projects in their communities. We have 14 active projects across Scotland.
Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal Donation - Deanston Bakery Bake Sale
We are happy that we were able to support our friends’ Bake Sale from Deanston Bakery, they raised over £100k - incredible community support.