Pablo Ramirez on Coffee's Return on Sustainability Investments | Re:co Symposium Seattle 2017

Pablo Ramirez is the director of blended finance at Winrock International. An international subject matter expert in applying sustainability principles to core business practices, Ramirez uses insights from his days as an organic coffee farmer and entrepreneur to his current work with international and local NGOs. Ramirez earned an MBA from the University of Illinois and a Master of Agribusiness from Texas A&M, where he won the U.S. National Case Study Competition in Agricultural Economics. Later, he worked in soy and beef supply chains in the U.S. before moving to international retail finance at Starbucks. In 2009, he became the ethical sourcing manager at Starbucks, covering programs in coffee, cocoa, dairy and produce. Here, he focused on verification standards, continuous improvement and financial inclusion. The latter included managing the $20M Farmer Loans program and growing it into the $50M Global Farmer Fund, a portfolio of short and long-term loans to more than 40 cooperatives in eight countries working with social lenders and multilateral organizations including the International Finance Corporation and the Inter-American Development Bank.

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