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GROUPE SEB REACHES OUT TO THE “TINTEROS”

GROUPE SEB REACHES OUT TO THE “TINTEROS”

It is estimated that some 30,000 street coffee vendors ply their trade in Colombia’s cities. About 80% of them use Imusa thermos jugs manufactured in Copacabana.

 

To give a helping hand to these tinteros who often have a hard time making ends meet, Groupe SEB Colombia has undertaken a number of initiatives: a dental care scheme, donation of school supplies, training, organizing cooperatives etc.

The Colombian teams have come up with a tailor-made thermos to keep the coffee hot as long as possible as well as a special cart to carry it around and a folding chair. In this way, the Copacabana site has been able to help as many as 2,000 tinteros and their families.

This initiative was the winner in the social/societal category of Groupe SEB’s 2012 internal sustainable development awards.