WE STEP IN - for people and planet

Climate resilient coffee farming: Together with Neumann Kaffee Gruppe (NKG) Vietnam, we are supporting up to 4000 smallholder coffee producers in Dak Lak and Gia Lai. Intercropping strengthens both environmental sustainability and farmer livelihoods.
Image: Neumann Kaffee Gruppe

The coffee comes from the Lempira and Ocotepeque regions of Honduras. There, the coffee creates opportunities and prospects for local children: three daycare projects provide care and offer spaces for learning and development while their parents harvest the coffee.

As part of World Coffee Research, Dr. Ingo Lantz, member of the WCR Research Advisory Committee and Tchibo’s Director of Research & Development, visited El Salvador to monitor progress in the coffee breeding program firsthand and to taste new climate-resilient coffee varieties.

Our Pattern Cards have been updated! For this edition, we have added several new projects — not only from Germany, but also from Austria — reflecting our growing circular journey across markets. Have fun exploring our circular innovations! Click here to download the PDF!

Science is an indespensable cornerstone of our efforts on more resilient coffee production! The study, in which we participated together with CIRAD and WASI, shows that coffee production can remain just as productive while using significantly less water. Read here!

A passion for textiles: In the new issue of our "Tchibo Momente" customer magazine, we take a look behind the scenes of the textile repair service we offer in collaboration with Repair Rebels and Bridge&Tunnel. Pass on the good!

The people behind our products are just as diverse as the products themselves. Treating one another with respect and fairness is one of our core principles. That's why our coffee van was, this year again, at the Hamburg CSD. Because the working world is as diverse as society itself.

The Marketing For Future Award, Germany’s first award for marketing and communication as a driving force for a sustainable future, by BAM! Bock auf Morgen, honors creative, substantive approaches to communication and marketing. We are nominated for our "what the future needs" magazine series!

We are part of a cross-industry collaboration coordinated by CIRCULAR REPUBLIC that brings together various stakeholders from the textile and waste management sectors. A report containing recommendations for a well-designed Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system in Germany was now published.

How does coffee ground waste become a new raw material? Together with partners, Tchibo Austria has developed coffee-soil pellets that expand into nutrient-rich potting soil, keeping these valuable materials in the loop. Tune in to the new episode of our Tchibo podcast!

A unique flavor profile from Brazil and Tanzania, featuring delicious coffees from two Tchibo farms: Machare Farm in Tanzania and Ipanema Farm in Brazil. Working together with local farmers, the farms implement forward-looking, sustainable cultivation practices.

As part of the new textile repair service launched with our partners Repair Rebels and Bridge&Tunnel, Tchibo customers can send in selected garments for professional repair. This is an important step toward making the circular economy more practical for everyday life.

The Sustainability Summit in Hamburg is coming up, and we’ll be there! Our colleague Darius is part of the panel "Reporting, Regulation, Reality – How Sustainability Managers Navigate Between Transparency Obligations and Implementation" on the main stage. Save the date!
Image: Sustainability Summit

Individual consumption as a lever for social change: Tchibo and Wir sind Robin Hood are launching a joint impact collection to promote global access to clean drinking water via Viva con Agua. Discover the collection now – exclusively at Tchibo.

The Coffee Barometer shines a light on the current state of sustainability within the global coffee sector. Fifteen of the world’s largest roasters and traders were assessed on three dimensions: transparency, procurement practices, and environmental and climate commitments. Tchibo is included, too.

Deposit instead of packaging waste: Tchibo is the first company in the Austrian retail sector to launch a reusable deposit system for loose coffee beans. This pilot project is being launched in Vienna and Graz in partnership with the reusable packaging specialist circolution.

We are happy to support and share the report "Benchmarking Coffee Production and Climate Risk", published by TechnoServe and backed by UNIDO and leading coffee companies. It highlights where farmers are most vulnerable to climate change and identifies opportunities to strengthen the sector’s future.

Anyone seeking to make a difference in the world of coffee today must take responsibility - and bridge the gap between good intentions and genuine change. An issue dedicated to effectiveness: The Tchibo Kaffeereport 2026 (incidentally, already the 15th edition!) focuses on the topic of "Impact."

Sustainability is a team sport, not a competition: Meet our colleague Kristina at the HDE Sustainability & Retail Summit on the panel "From Legislation to Shelf: How Retail, Industry, and Startups put Responsibility into Practice." Save the Date!
Image: Handelsverband Deutschland – HDE e.V.

We are proud to be partners of CIRCULAR REPUBLIC and to jointly advance the circular economy through the "Textile EPR Precursor" project. The goal: to pilot a holistic circular transformation in practice and to drive forward Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)!

Part 2 of this series focuses on the on-site training sessions in Vietnam: It covers the growth of coffee plants - but also personal growth of people. No one-sided lectures, instead it’s all about active participation. Discover here how participatory approaches work within our Tchibo Coffee Program.

In this two-part series from Umweltdialog, join our colleague Fanny on her journey to Vietnam - a country that excels at producing coffee, yet remains poor. This is precisely where the Tchibo Coffee Program steps in: its goal is to improve farmers' incomes and stabilize their living conditions.

For the fourth time now, we are offering "Kahawa Skuli" - the school coffee from Tanzania. Launched in 2017 in collaboration with our partner City Coffee Ltd, the "Tanzania Coffee Clubs" initiative now involves seven schools and over 1,200 young farmers across the Mbeya and Songwe regions.

In 2025, WCR, with support from member companies and in collaboration with its global partners, made tremendous progress toward the development and distribution of tomorrow’s climate-resilient coffee varieties. We are part of it! Click here for the newly released 2025 annual report.

A glimpse into our current Non Food assortment: The CN3 furniture series embodies our commitment to quality and durability. It features a timeless, modular design, robust construction, scratch-resistant surfaces, and flexible adaptability through additional modules like fronts, casters, or drawers.