We were established in 2011 from a place of passion and ethical frustration. Our practices today reflect our founding values and contribute to the bigger picture. Our purpose serves us as a strategic compass on making deeper connections.
At Dear Green our core values were never decided upon by a 'Corporate and Social Responsibility' statement, instead they have been engrained in our everyday practices from the very start. This is all thanks to the experiences, beliefs and standards of our founder and the team who have been hand picked to grow our business. From humble beginnings as a start up we are now positioned as a business that we believe can be a force for good! We're all about quality coffee and excellent customer service but we keep it real with solid ethical practices.
Maybe if we had been treated well by our past employers, we wouldn't have started a company! Based on some terrible previous employment experiences we have always done everything we can to ensure our team are never underpaid, undervalued and discriminated against.
We have open conversations about career progression within the team, provide education and training and we've never hired anyone to work on less than the Real Living Wage.
We care about our staff and in turn they care about our customers! #teamdeargreen
Real Living Wage & Hours & Pension
Industry Salary Benchmarking
Profit Share Bonus
Cycle to Work scheme & Tech Scheme Incentives
Monthly Allowance for Personal Development
Discounts on Coffee Kit
Free Coffee Subscription for 1 Friends/Family
Regular 1:1s
Blind Hiring Process
Christmas Shopping Day Policy
Birthday Day Off
Origin Trip Policy
Our community of people is all of those in our extended network. From the international network of coffee producers, exporters, importers, and manufacturers in our supply chain, to the baristas who prepare coffee in the businesses we supply and our local coffee community. Our mission is to engage, learn, and grow together, to treat everyone with respect, to break down barriers, and to bring people together, fairly.
We give 1% of our annual profit to social justice causes and 1% to climate justice, as part of our 1% for the Planet certification.
In no particular order, these are the some organisations we had worked with in the last couple of years:
The Strathbungo Society | Turkey Mozaik Foundation | Circle of Women | Collabor8te | Moira Anderson Foundation | Glasgow Children's Hospital | Hyrox Ultra (Festive Foodbank) | The Sound Lap | With Kids Thornton | Maggies Fundraiser | British Red Cross Foundation | Social Bite | Circus Starr | Engender | Tiny Changes | Ukraine Appeal
We believe in nurturing strong coffee partnerships, growing our business alongside those of our wholesale partners, and creating a rewarding journey and coffee experience for all. Part of this is our never-ending curiosity and our pledge to never stop learning and share our knowledge with you! Here are some other exciting things we get up to:
We serve our customers as we would like to be served and we welcome any feedback that supports our continual improvement. If you have signed up to our mailing list you will receive regular surveys to keep us informed and progressing to be better. If you have feedback for us we would love to hear from you! Get in touch!
