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Giraffe Conservation Foundation
The only NGO that concentrates solely on the conservation and management of giraffe in the wild throughout Africa.
GIRAFFECONSERVATION.ORG
TWIGA COFFEE
Our Impact
Coffee from East Africa and beyond, sourced with care and made by people who believe wild places are worth protecting.
OUR NAME
Why the giraffe
In Swahili, twiga means giraffe. We took the name because the giraffe belongs to the same East African landscapes our coffee comes from, and because it is hard to look at one and feel nothing.
Our roots are in Kenya, where the founders grew up surrounded by coffee farms. The same country, the same light, the same horizon. Coffee and wildlife were never two separate subjects to us. They are one place.
So conservation is not something we added to the brand later. It is the reason the brand is called what it is.
OUR COMMITMENT
We support wildlife conservation through ongoing contributions to conservation organizations working to protect threatened species and habitats.
WHO WE SUPPORT
Meet some of our conservation partners
Organizations working across Africa to protect threatened wildlife, habitats and the communities that share these landscapes.
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Hirola Conservation Program
Dedicated to the conservation of the hirola antelope, working on research, habitat protection and community partnerships in Kenya.
HIROLACONSERVATION.ORG
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Somali Giraffe Project
Partners with indigenous communities to conserve reticulated giraffe in northeastern Kenya.
SOMALIGIRAFFE.ORG
THE PLACES THEY WORK
Wild, vast and irreplaceable
Giraffe, reticulated giraffe and hirola all depend on the same East African rangelands: open savanna, acacia woodland and arid grassland shared with the people and livestock who have always lived there.
The organizations we support work in these landscapes, alongside the communities who live in them, on research, habitat protection and anti poaching.
RESPONSIBLE SOURCING
Better coffee begins at origin
Protecting wild places and choosing coffee carefully are two sides of the same commitment. Both start in the landscapes where our coffee grows.
Ethiopia
Kenya
Rwanda
The Americas
Certified at origin
Independent certification helps us verify important standards at origin. USDA Organic and Fairtrade each provide third-party requirements for the coffees that carry their certification.
USDA Organic
Every Twiga coffee is certified USDA Organic, grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilisers and verified through an annual audit.
Fairtrade
Our Fairtrade certified coffees are bought against Fairtrade's independent standards, which set a minimum price for producers and fund a community premium.
Fairtrade certification applies to our certified coffees. Kenya Grade AA is USDA Organic certified and is not Fairtrade certified.
The people who grow it
Every coffee begins with the people who grow and harvest it. Their knowledge, care and attention at origin shape the quality that eventually reaches your cup.
Responsible sourcing means thinking beyond the finished bag. It means recognizing the communities, landscapes and agricultural traditions behind the coffees we choose.
WHY IT MATTERS
Coffee with a broader purpose
Great coffee is connected to place: the soil, the climate, the people who grow it and the wildlife that shares those landscapes.
For Twiga, responsible sourcing and wildlife conservation are parts of the same broader idea. Valuing the places our coffee comes from, and supporting work that helps protect them.
Coffee worth drinking, from places worth protecting.
GOOD QUESTIONS
Questions you might have
A little more about our conservation partners and how we approach responsible sourcing.
Which organizations does Twiga support?
Some of our conservation partners are the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, the Hirola Conservation Program and the Somali Giraffe Project. Each one is linked above so you can read about their work in their own words.
What do these organizations work to protect?
The Giraffe Conservation Foundation works on giraffe in the wild across Africa. The Hirola Conservation Program works on the hirola antelope in Kenya. The Somali Giraffe Project works with indigenous communities on reticulated giraffe in northeastern Kenya.
Each organization sets its own priorities and publishes its own reporting.
Are all Twiga coffees Fairtrade certified?
Every Twiga coffee is USDA Organic certified. All of them are Fairtrade certified except Kenya Grade AA, which is USDA Organic only.
These certifications apply to our coffee. They do not extend to our matcha or our merchandise.
What does responsible sourcing mean at Twiga?
Choosing coffees that are grown and handled well at origin, and holding that choice against an independent standard. Certification is one part of it. Paying attention to the places and communities our coffee comes from is the other.
Where can I learn more, or ask a question?
Start with the organizations themselves. Every one of them is linked above and publishes its own reporting. If you have a question for us, get in touch and we will answer it.
Great coffee. Greater purpose.
Single origin coffee, roasted to order, from a company that cares what happens where it grows.
