Located in the Northern boreal forest in Takhini Valley, which is in Canada's Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Bean North is a coffee roaster that has been around since 1997. The social enterprise also has a cafe that offers most obviously, coffee, but also dessert and lunch options. Products are also available online.
As a social enterprise, Bean North is partnered with communities based in Yukon including community groups, festivals and schools. The coffee itself is fair trade, through an organizational tool called Fair Trade Proof, which is a transparency platform that allows customers to see documentation and trace the product themselves through either the company or through the co-op that the coffee came from.
Contact Information
Bean North website
Bean North on Facebook
Bean North on Twitter
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Fair Trade Transparency
- Developing a transparency platform to enable fair trade proof and transparency for customers creating opportunities for innovative production, branding, and marketing
- Social Enterprise Collaboration
- Partnering with local communities and festivals, Bean North shows an innovative solution for social enterprises that also benefits the local community
- Northern Boreal Forest Exploitation
- Expanding ethical coffee production in Northern Boreal Forest territories creates a potential for new sourcing models, community partnerships, and environmental stewardship innovations
Where This Applies
- Ethical Coffee Production
- Bean North Coffee Roasters highlights opportunities to expand environmentally and socially responsible coffee production, sustainability practices, and humane working conditions
- Transparency and Traceability in the Food Industry
- Bean North's fair trade transparency allows for opportunities to create new technologies/product labeling and accountability systems in the industry through transparency and traceability measures
- Socially Responsible Retail and Cafe Industry
- Bean North's social enterprise structure enables opportunities to create meaningful collaboration and partnerships with other local businesses and organizations that promote ethical practices
