Illy actively follows a policy of environmental stability and development and is very sensitive to environmental issues in all our activities. What does illy do to protect the environment? No coffee with pesticide residue is purchased by illy.
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As part of our ISO 9001 certification we test every coffee lot we purchase for the presence of pesticide residue-testing for 36 different types. The process can lead to an irreversible deterioration in the quality of the soil. Few farmers maintain their soil at the high level necessary to produce the best beans. Unless the farmer rigorously practices proper soil analysis and management and adds enough phosphorus (which coffee needs to grow well) the plants are weak and highly susceptible to insect and fungus attack. Furthermore, and quite importantly, the cultivation of so-called organic coffee depletes the soil of its nutrients without sufficiently replacing them.
This low yield is not compensated for by a proportionally higher price, so the farmer makes less, not more. Organic coffee has a very low yield per hectare-about 6 to 8 bags per hectare. Because illy is a single blend composed of beans from 7 to 9 growing regions, some organics may be present in the blend if they meet our rigid quality standards. Illy's demand for the highest quality beans is rarely met through organic coffee. In addition, Illy caffè tests the green coffee (before roasting) for up to 80 different chemicals to insure that our coffee is safe and pure. Certified organic coffee accounts for approximately 4% of world production and we cannot guarantee that 100% of the 9 different Arabica varieties in our blend will be certified at all times. We work directly with nearly 900 growers on 4 continents to source sustainably grown coffee. Illy caffè maintains a complex high quality blend of 100% Arabica beans from around the world.
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