Empowering Individuals in the Global Community Through Entrepreneurship
An Alliance of Like-Minded Companies
Planting Seeds of Prosperity around the World
Founding Members Allegro Coffee Company, Back to Nature, Balance Bar, The Hain Celestial Company (Celestial Seasonings, Earth's Best), Ito En, Naked Juice, New Chapter, Seventh Generation, Stacy's, Teas' Tea and Whole Foods Market pledged $1.05 million to support microlending programs with Whole Planet Foundation! 2009 new member Cascal joins this support with an additional $150,000 over the next three years.
One representative from each Supplier Alliance for Microcredit partner company serves on the Collaborator's Circle, which functions as an advisory board for the Alliance.
Learn about Supplier Alliance for Microcredit Collaborator's Circle representatives
Supplier Alliance Partner Spotlight
Since its inception in 2007, Whole Planet Foundation's Supplier Alliance for Microcredit, an alliance of natural food companies supporting the mission of microlending, has helped empower thousands of families with a chance to lift themselves out of poverty. Valued partner companies include Allegro Coffee Company, Back to Nature, Balance Bar, The Hain Celestial Group (Celestial Seasonings, Earth's Best), Ito En (Tea's Tea), Naked Juice, New Chapter, Seventh Generation, Stacy's and Whole Foods Market who together have pledged over $1 million to support microentrepreneurs in Costa Rica and Indonesia. We are delighted to welcome 2009 new member Cascal to the Supplier Alliance for Microcredit, and we hope more suppliers will join this impactful group in 2010.
One of our valued Supplier Alliance for Microcredit partners, Allegro Coffee Company, has been an essential ally to the Whole Planet Foundation since its founding in 2005. Jeff Teter, President of Allegro is on the Foundation's Board of Directors and in addition, his team consistently supports the Foundation by providing extensive product sourcing information, identifying field based producer communities often even identifying the individual coffee farmers.
This support is critical as our leadership mandates that our microlending projects are sited in communities where Whole Foods Market sources products. For over three years, Allegro has provided transparency to our producer communities to fulfill this mandate. We are honored to support microlending programs in many Allegro coffee growing regions including Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, East Timor and Indonesia. We are grateful to Allegro Coffee Company for contributing to our mission; both financially and with guidance and advice. Please join us in appreciating all of our Supplier Alliance partners!
Supplier Alliance Partners will support microentrepreneurs in Costa Rica.
Supplier Alliance partners will also support microentrepreneurs in Indonesia.
