Building a Sustainable Business:
​​​​​​​A Case Study with Level Ground Coffee 

Gain insights for building a purpose-driven, sustainable business.

Join Stacey Toews, co-founder of Level Ground Coffee, for an informative virtual class. Level Ground Coffee engages with small-scale farmer groups in Asia, Africa and South America. Annually, Level Ground sources the harvests more than 5,000 family farms and stages more than 1 million lbs of Organic, Fair Trade specialty coffee.

This class will introduce you to sustainability considerations, on many levels, for either launching a new business or re-organizing an existing one. Using Level Ground Coffee as a case study, Stacey will share his wins, losses, challenges, and learnings in building a sustainable business. 

​​​​​​​This class will cover:

  • Defining sustainability: what is your personal definition, and what is your business sustainability statement?

  • Considerations for the processing, inputs, and lifecycle of a product or service and how this impacts sustainability. 

  • How to organize and prioritize sustainability efforts.

  • How company culture is an essential part of a sustainable business model. 

  • Finding data and research to support your sustainability efforts and business changes. 

  • A conversation about scaling, selling, and staffing. 

  • A Q& A with Stacey, and much more! 
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  • Stacey Toews

    Co-founder of Level Ground Coffee

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