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The coffee market has, arguably, been at the forefront of the important general trend towards ethical
sourcing, and Gala has certainly played a major role in this. It's also fair to say that we haven't just
'jumped on the bandwagon' and indeed we developed a policy on the issue as far back as 1990.

Across the different markets Gala operates in - so including own-label for Supermarkets, branded
product for food service and our own Lyons coffee brand- we have a full range of options with strong sustainability and ethical sourcing credentials.

The main two organisations that both businesses and consumers will recognise are Fair Trade and
The Rainforest Alliance. We have strong relationships with both and many of our products carry their respective logos. Further information on both organisations can be found by clicking the 'Sustainable Coffees' tab to the right.

But for us it goes further and part of our ethos is to directly support the communities that produce the
very thing we must have to run our business - high quality coffee beans! An example of one project
can be seen by clicking the 'Making a difference' tab to the right.

Going forward and with a backdrop of a rapidly changing world, we will be looking at not just how we ethically source our raw commodity and that it's grown in a sustainable way, but the very way we
operate to minimise our carbon footprint.