German Coffee Association: Ear4U
MCS supported the outreach and adoption of the Ear4U grievance mechanism for the German coffee sector, developed under the German Coffee Association, through stakeholder engagement in key producing countries.
GRAS Risk Assessment Services (GRAS)
MCS and GRAS developed a comprehensive, country- and sector-specific abstract risk analysis methodology aligned with key due diligence regulations (e.g., LkSG and EUDR).
4C Services: Add-On Advancing Equity, Empowering Women
MCS developed a solution for 4C System Users to address the need for, and the increasing demand to improve, gender equality in coffee supply chains. The 4C Gender Equality (GE) Add-On is a set of practical principles and criteria on gender equity for coffee-producing groups.
4C Services: Guidance on the Protection of Children’s Rights
MCS developed the 4C Guidance on the Protection of Children’s Rights to help 4C System Users strengthen their internal management systems through due diligence on child labor, while also supporting auditors in identifying and reporting child labor cases.
Food Security Standard with Welthungerhilfe (WHH)
MCS and WHH partnered to establish the Food Security Standard (FSS) to support agricultural supply chains with human rights due diligence (HRDD) and to verify the right to food in their supply chains.
Conservation International
This project focused on developing nationally recognized farm-to-gate GHG emission baselines for major coffee-producing countries (Brazil, Colombia, Honduras, Mexico, and Peru) based on harmonized primary data collection and recognized carbon accounting methodologies
Enerkem
MCS partnered with Enerkerm to develop a robust GHG calculator for innovative renewable fuels, improving data integrity, transparency and insight into key emission drivers for optimization.
ReNikola Primer Energi
MCS partnered with Renikola Primer Energi to strengthen POME biomethane GHG accounting, ensuring RED and ISCC EU compliance through improved methodologies, emission factors and data assumptions.
Varennes Cellulosic Ethanol (acquired by StormFisher)
MCS supported Varennes Cellulosic Ethanol to strengthen waste‑to‑fuel GHG accounting under EU RED II and RFNBO rules, enhancing methodological clarity, compliance and ISCC EU audit readiness.
National Security Ventures FZE
MCS supported National Security Ventures FZE to enhance corn‑based biofuel GHG accounting and compliance, aligning calculators with RED II/III and CORSIA while improving ISCC EU audit readiness.