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The company has been identi ed as one of the UK’s 100 fastest growing private companies.
The Oakland Foundation was opened by HRH The Princess Royal.
launched in 2013 to support young people and their families within the Redditch and Bromsgrove areas, which was opened by HRH The Princess
Royal. We are also involved with other local youth and educational activities and programmes to relieve the needs of disadvantaged children and supporting young people and their families.
Oakland launched, and fully funds, the work of the Oakland Academy training facility, which provides formal quali cations for employees, as well as engaging with community services.
Recognised as a Top 100 Local Employer, Oakland International has been identi ed as one of the UK’s 100 fastest growing private companies and ranked in the London Stock Exchange report as being in the Top 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain (2016). Winning the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise has been possible due to our team relationships and our valued customers and suppliers. We believe in long term partnerships with all stakeholders and thank them for their continued support and the role they play in our success.
OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL LTD
Sea eld Lane, Beoley, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 9DB Tel: +44(0) 1527 596 222 • Fax: +44 (0)1527 596 232 sales@oakland-international.com www.oakland-international.com
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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
Founded in 2001, Union Hand-Roasted Coffee is one of the UK’s largest speciality coffee roasters and suppliers.
Oakland International Ltd
OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL is a multi- award winning, ethical, family-owned multi temperature supply chain specialist with
a strong social conscience and clear focus for delivering sustainable growth through partnerships, collaboration and innovation.
With facilities in Redditch, Corby, Ireland
and a partner in Spain, we distribute food and consumer goods using ambient, chilled and frozen transportation, with our shared user pallet scheme o ering signi cant cost, road miles and carbon savings of up to 86%. The Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development recognised our achievements in environmental and sustainability initiatives including renewable energy generation, road miles reduction, waste reduction, energy e ciency and our long-term goals for sustainable development.
Our key di erentiator is our collaborative, consumer facing business model which involves working with transport partners to increase sustainable working, linking partner-with-partner, alongside a formal strategy for engaging local businesses and suppliers.
Our ten year strategy is to become the rst carbon neutral business within our sector. We are committed to building strong communities through our charity, the Oakland Foundation
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Union Hand-Roasted Coffee
UNION HAND-ROASTED COFFEE is one of the UK’s most established craft co ee roasters, and has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its pioneering business model Union Direct Trade which has improved the lives of over 11,000 people in developing countries.
Union achieves growth because of sustainable development, not despite it. Testament to the e cacy of Union Direct Trade as a business model, last year turnover grew 19% to £11m.
Working with 43 producer partners, representing 13 countries around the world, Union goes beyond certi cation, building long- term relationships with producers and increasing their income through paying higher prices, linked to co ee quality. The company helps co ee producers to transition out of dependency on mass-market commodity production, where they are vulnerable to turbulent world market prices, into speciality co ee with intrinsic value, achieving stable and transparent prices.
Union was the rst UK company to source speciality co ee in this way. Union Direct Trade pays a minimum of 25% above the International Fairtrade baseline price, with additional premiums to further incentivise the production of high quality co ee and to signi cantly improve the
Producers picking co ee cherries in Ethiopia.
livelihoods of producers. In 2015, the company paid an approximate total of $1.7m over and above the International Fairtrade minimum price.
Union Direct Trade is embedded at all levels
of the company, strategically led by Union’s Co- Founders Steven Macatonia and Jeremy Torz,
who travel extensively in remote regions visiting farmers to understand their needs. On the ground, Union Direct Trade is managed by Pascale Schuit, Producer Relationship Manager, who is based full-time at origin, with six years of practical experience working among co ee producers.
“The co ee we source is 100% traceable to
each producer. By visiting the farms regularly and working extremely closely with local producers, we saw rst-hand the devastation caused by market volatility and how little negotiation power commodity farmers had. We wanted to create
a model which enables famers to increase the quality of their co ee, while enabling us to pay a price that would improve livelihoods long-term, in a sustainable way”, explained Steven Macatonia.
Commenting on the award win, he added: “We are thrilled to have won this prestigious award, recognizing that a sustainable approach to business can actually facilitate growth, rather than be a hindrance to it. While the industry has taken huge strides towards sustainability in recent years, there’s plenty more to be done and we are excited to remain at the forefront.”
As part of Union Direct Trade, Union works closely with other organisations and initiatives to address some of the most serious issues facing the co ee industry.
UNION HAND-ROASTED COFFEE
7a South Crescent, London, E16 4TL UK
Tel: +44 (0)207 4036 900 • union@spider-pr.com n@Unionroasted Z@Unionroasted
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