Addington Coffee Co-op is part of a larger organisation formed around strong values of fair and ethical ways of doing business.

We commit to redistributing 70% of the profits our enterprises generate back to the local community and to some of the producers and communities overseas that create the products we sell. The other 30% is reinvested into the business. Our shareholders don't take a cent in dividends.

It's not a matter of generosity, it's about the profits of our business going back to the producers to whom they really belong. We don't view ourselves as giving the money away; we're just trying to correct the imbalances and give producers back what they rightfully deserve

For us, the bottom line for business should be people - not the ultimate wellbeing of shareholders, insatiable profit grabbing and market dominance at all costs. By and large, the people missing out in the global business chain are the producers and manufacturers in the 'majority world'. Our business model seeks to correct this imbalance as best we can - all the while running a sustainable business here in the West, with a high level of product and service delivery.

It's only a small part of the solution to the big issues of poverty, injustice and power imbalance facing the world today, but it's a part nonetheless. We are inspired by others running business along the same value lines and hope others will be inspired also.

So with every purchase you make from any part of our business, you become part of this story, changing the way business is done.