The Coffee Quality Institute (CQI) announced commitments from four founding partners for its Partnership for Gender Equity.
These include ACDI/VOCA, an international nonprofit development organization, Falcon Coffees, a leading trading company in the sustainable coffee sector and a member of Westrock Coffee Company, Mars Drinks, a 100% workplace-dedicated beverage solution provider, and AMFOTEK, a 100% woman-owned beverage business.
These partners have agreed to help fund the research stage of the Partnership for Gender Equity, a collaborative research initiative.
The four Founding Partners will sit on the Partnership for Gender Equity advisory council during the research stage of the initiative to provide input to the overall project framework and report.