Processing Waste
Husks, pulp, spent grounds and shells from coffee and cocoa production.
Sustainability
Sustainability by Design
Eco-innovation and waste valorisation are not add-ons at ABIL. They are how we do business.
Whole life cycleIngredients to end of life
Eco-Innovation
Sustainable from the Start
Eco-innovation is a business approach that promotes sustainability throughout the entire life cycle of a product, while also boosting a company's performance and competitiveness. At ABIL, this means every product is designed from the start to be natural, safe and environmentally responsible - in its ingredients, its processing, and its end of life.
Waste Valorisation
Where Others See Waste, We See Raw Material
Waste valorisation is the process of reusing, recycling or converting waste materials into more useful products - materials, chemicals, fuels or other sources of energy. Coffee and cocoa processing generates significant solid waste: husks, pulp, spent grounds and shells.
ABIL Valorisation
Reuse, recycling and conversion through our eco-innovation systems.
New Value
Marketable by-products, new revenue streams, a closed production loop.
ABIL converts coffee and cocoa production and processing wastes into
- Natural and organic cosmetics (the AveniaGlo range)
- Butters, oils and organic cosmetic actives
- Fermentation bio-agents and substrates
This closes the loop on our production, reduces environmental burden, and creates entirely new revenue streams from material that would otherwise be discarded.
People and Planet
Sustainability Includes People
Our sustainability commitment extends to people. ABIL deliberately builds business capacity and employment opportunities for women and youth through skills enhancement and inclusion across the coffee and cocoa value chain - from clonal seed production to processing, packaging and marketing.
Convert coffee and cocoa solid wastes into value-added marketable by-products
Promote environmental health through recycling and clean processing
Source from cooperatives growing quality, organically produced beans
Build skills, incomes and jobs for women and youth in the value chain
Build the Loop With Us
Development organisations and partners - collaborate with ABIL on inclusion, skills and sustainable value chains.