Company
Currently, illycaffè S.p.A. is a large international company, selling its coffee-related products in approximately 131 countries worldwide. The illy group is made up of several companies located in North America, France, Germany, Spain and Benelux. The group employs approximately 700 people throughout these six locations.
Since the end of the 1980s, illy has not purchased green coffee from the international commodity markets, but directly from the source. illycaffé exclusively purchases coffee of the Arabica species, in particular from Brazil, the largest producer worldwide, but also from Colombia, India, and countries in Africa and Central America.
illy was featured prominently in the 2006 documentary Black Gold, in reference to its marketing of coffee from Ethiopia.
Illy’s University of Coffee offers free training for growers. In Brazil, a nine-month program (one week per month) includes 360 hours of lectures. Illy buys between 10 and 30% of University of Coffee-trained growers' yield at a premium price, but doesn't require that growers enter into an exclusive contract.
illy is the world’s first company to receive the prestigious Responsible Supply Chain Process (RSCP) certification of sustainability awarded by DNV (Det Norske Veritas).
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