Why Impact Matters
At NS*, impact has always been at the heart of everything we do.
We believe an impact-led approach to business is essential, giving us the opportunity to create positive outcomes for communities, both at origin and closer to home, as well as for the environment and the people who choose our coffee.
As some of the most privileged participants in the coffee supply chain, we believe we have a responsibility to dedicate time and resource to understanding the challenges faced at the opposite end (and arguably the most important part) of that chain, using our position to help share the load and support the long-term success of our producer partners.
Building on Long-Term Relationships
Over the years we've always looked for ways to deepen the relationships we share with our long-term supply partners. Ways that go beyond simply purchasing coffee. Ways that help the producers we work with build viable businesses, creating a more certain future within an industry that is so crucial to their lives.
That has led us to help establish an infrastructure project in El Salvador, a youth empowerment initiative in Rwanda and contribute to regenerative farming practices in Ethiopia. We also helped raise funds for Kenyan smallholders during the Covid pandemic. Closer to home, we've supported local food banks and organisations helping women from ethnic minority communities in crisis.
Each of these projects came from listening to the people and communities we work alongside, responding to real challenges as they arose.
Why We Created the Impact Fund
Up until now, many of these projects have come about because an opportunity presented itself or a particular challenge needed addressing. While we're incredibly proud of what we've achieved, we want to become more intentional with our impact work.
Rather than waiting for opportunities to arise, we want to be less reactive and more proactive, creating a clear, long-term approach to the projects we support.
The NS* Impact Fund gives us a formal and structured way to do exactly that, ensuring impact becomes part of our business strategy throughout the year.
What Your Contribution Supports
By contributing to the NS* Impact Fund, you're helping us invest in projects that create lasting positive impact.
Closer to home, that means supporting local initiatives that are people-first and planet-conscious. Further afield, it means investing in projects focused on improving coffee quality and yield, supporting education programmes and strengthening climate resilience across the supply chains we work within, helping improve the livelihoods of the farmers who grow your coffee.
It's another way to bring you closer to the coffee you love, while helping protect the people, places and communities that make it possible.
Looking Ahead
The Impact Fund isn't about finding one solution to coffee's challenges. It's about creating a more intentional way to support the people, places and projects that matter most, both now and in the years ahead.
Every contribution helps us continue building the long-term partnerships that have always been at the heart of North Star.
Discover how you can get involved here.
