Shared Interest Society

24/08/2026

Like Shared Interest, our friends at Food Newcastle are working on multiple fronts through mission-led relationships to create a lasting impact in our communities and agricultural value chains.​

Together, we envision a healthier, more sustainable Newcastle, where good food is visible and accessible, food education is embedded and people are empowered to make better food choices and cook with confidence. ​

As part of Food Newcastle's campaign, local residents are being asked to make their pledges for the future of food in our city – whether that be eating well, wasting less or shopping independent and supporting local. ​

Take the resident pledge:​
https://www.foodnewcastle.org/resident-pledges/​

Learn more about our work: ​
https://www.shared-interest.com/gb/what-we-do​

19/08/2026

In rural Rwanda, our members' ethical investments are helping to create opportunity and prosperity amongst the smallholder farmers of Huyemountaincoffee.​

Huye delivers impacts in its community which stretches beyond the generations, with the co-operative funding school fees for members' children and constructing ten water collection points, benefiting around 4,000 people within the Huye and Mbazi districts.​

All-the-while, Huye pays its farmers a good wage whilst supporting adaptability to emerging challenges, with training, technical support and income diversification initiatives.​

Since 2019, our members have enabled us to provide finance to Huye which has enabled the business to grow, pay farmers and invest in essential facilities. ​

Learn more about investing ethically with Shared Interest:​
https://ow.ly/61aV50ZuFcA​

Read more stories like this in QR 140: ​
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17/08/2026

In April, Shared Interest Finance Director, Jo Powell, alongside Head of HR, Amanda Simmons, travelled to Peru ​to meet some of the people behind the businesses we support.​

We were warmly welcomed by co-operatives including:​

Coopbam Ltda, a sustainability-focused co-operative working with indigenous farmers, supported by Shared Interest since 2020.​
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, another co-operative dedicated to sustainability, quality and the preservation of ancestral knowledge, supported by Shared Interest since 2021.​

, a community-centred coffee co-op growing globally, supported by Shared Interest since 2022.​

Cooperativa Agraria Allima Cacao, a future-focused cocoa co-operative committed to member and product development, supported by Shared Interest since 2017.​

Candela Perú, a Brazil nut co-operative at the heart of biodiversity conservation and job creation in the Peruvian Amazon, supported by Shared Interest since 2001.​

Explore stories like this and more in our blog:​
https://ow.ly/OHO350Zla5h​

13/08/2026

12/08/2026

In our latest quarterly magazine, we explore the impacts of our members' ethical investments within stories of hope and sustainability, featuring Rwandan co-operatives Huyemountaincoffee and Simbi Coffee Investment Ltd, Honduran co-operative CAFESCOR and Peruvian co-operative .​

Together, these enterprises support over 8,000 smallholder farmers with fair pay, training, technical support and opportunities to thrive. ​

At a time when aid budgets across the world are decreasing, and millions of producers face the disproportionate impacts of climate change, Shared Interest offers a way to make a real and lasting difference throughout the global supply chains we depend upon.​

Last year alone, our community of over 11,000 members enabled us to lend £57 million to 165 organisations in 47 countries, helping to build fairer futures for around 400,000 farmers and artisans.​

Invest in a fairer world today:​
https://ow.ly/gsfZ50ZuEnu​

Read QR 140: https://ow.ly/OWcy50ZuEnp​

10/08/2026

In this short film, Shared Interest Partnership Manager, Sally, makes a Mango and Cashew loaf using Fairtrade ingredients inspired by Ghanaian mango and cashew producer Bomarts Farms Ltd. ​

Shared Interest has supported Bomarts through the power of our members' ethical investments since 2013.​

​Bomarts CEO, Anthony Botchway, said: “[Shared Interest's support] has strengthened relationships with farmers, ensured stable incomes and created employment opportunities for youth and women. ​

​"The finance has also supported investments in value-added processing infrastructure and community support initiatives.” ​

Support enterprises like Bomarts around the world.​
Help us build the future we believe in.

Invest ethically today:
https://invest.shared-interest.com/account/apply​

05/08/2026

In the Alto Mayo region of northern Peru, coffee is more than a crop — it is the backbone of rural life. But today, producers are facing growing uncertainty, as the impacts of climate change bring shifting rainfall patterns, rising temperatures and new threats to crops.​
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Since 2021, Peruvian coffee producer Valle Grande has turned ethical investment from Shared Interest members into lasting impact on the ground. ​
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In response to the impacts of climate change, Valle Grande is currently implementing a five-year climate adaptation project, which began in 2024. The initiative aims to plant 240,000 timber trees within coffee plots and along farm boundaries, helping to improve shade coverage, soil protection and long-term climate resilience for its farmer members.​

Read QR 139: https://ow.ly/4FSV50ZiBzC​

Invest ethically with Shared Interest today:​
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29/07/2026

UCA SJRC is a union of smallholder coffee co-operatives responding to increasing climate pressures in Nicaragua through practical, on-the-ground changes. ​

Shared Interest has supported UCA SJRC since 2008.​

Speaking about the impact of our finance, General Manager, Griselda Jarquin Lopez, said:​

“Access to financing has been key to improving living standards, because it has allowed producers to market their coffee through the organisation. ​
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"As a result, they receive better prices, which translates into improved quality of life and small productive investments.”​

Read QR 139:
https://ow.ly/TRmX50ZiBw7​

Invest ethically with Shared Interest today:​
https://ow.ly/nrYt50ZiBw6​

27/07/2026

In May, Shared Interest participated in the Stakeholder Workshop in Luxembourg hosted by ADA - Appui au Développement Autonome and attended by SSNUP funders from Switzerland, Luxembourg and Liechtenstein, alongside fellow impact investors and partners.​

This event served as a great opportunity to meet the SSNUP team, network with other participants and share experiences about Technical Assistance projects, from their creation all the way through to delivery.​

We look forward to working with SSNUP to deepen our impact in the coming years.
Read more about our milestone SSNUP collaboration in our dedicated blog.​

Read blog: https://ow.ly/oJ9Y50Zl8gl​