We use eco-friendly packaging in all of our cafes wherever possible, doing our part towards a plastic-free future. Since 2020 all of our sites have used exclusively Biopak Coffee Cups, made from sustainably sourced paper and plant-based bioplastic. 

By buying coffee cups and other packaging products from BioPak, a carbon neutral company, we have avoided more than 14,000kg of plastic in the past 12 months. Our support also contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions in the form of offset credits, and helps create a greener future through tree-planting projects.

Our internal coffee roasting entity, Nine Bars, is proud to be part of BioPak's vision for a world without waste.

We have so much admiration and respect for the thousands of nurses and midwives that we serve every day in our cafes. 
Every year we are proud to offer a free coffee to every nurse and midwive to celebrate International Nurses & Midwives Day in May. 

In 2022 we distributed 2025 free coffees, worth $9112 to nursing staff across our seven health campus cafes.

As many of our cafes operate on health campuses, we are more than pleased to do our part to support the nursing community. It is especially important in the midst of the current pandemic that we acknowledge the courage, compassion, and tireless work of our nurses and midwives.
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A small token to say a huge thank you to our heroes! 

​The Cafe Collective is committed to the practice of environmental sustainability in all aspects of our business. We truly believe we have the opportunity and responsibility to make this a better world.

Our business impacts on the environment through sourcing agricultural products and other materials to serve and build our cafes.
​The Cafe Collective Support Office and stores operate in a manner that respects the environment and integrates the following principles in its management:

• Ensure that the company’s activities comply with the relevant laws, regulations and standards.
• Foster open communication with business partners, communities, and authorities about the potential environmental impacts of its operations.
• Ensure that employees are properly informed to enable them to conduct their activities in an environmentally responsible manner.
• Prevent adverse environmental impacts by improving operations and technologies, taking into consideration the efficient use of energy and materials, environmentally friendly products wherever possible, improved recycling and waste disposal safely and responsibly.
• ​Strive to continuously improve on all facets of sustainability management, and report progress to our stakeholders. We continually push to reduce packaging and provide only the best quality, recyclable and biodegradable packaging items to our customers at no extra cost.

We are now open at the Murdoch TAFE Campus in Block T and are so pleased to be a part of this new and vibrant space!

Along with plenty of chlorophyll-happy flora, this buzzing campus specialises in animal studies, gardening, laboratory work, and nursing in some very impressive training facilities.
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Market by Aroma faces Jennalup Street and displays a fresh range of salads, sandwiches, burgers, hot meals, bowls, snacks and treats.
Our coffee is roasted just over 6kms down the road in O’Connor.

An initiative of Melbourne Coffee Merchants, The Umuvumu Project raises money for a kindergarten that services the children of Buf Coffee. 

In Kinyarwanda (the national language of Rwanda) the word umuvumu refers to a type of sycamore tree, a long-living species with a broad, strong trunk and far reaching, leafy branches. The trees are planted around homes and villages to provide shade, and in doing so are often used as meeting places for the local community. It’s here that Rwandan people have historically gathered to share opinions and concerns and deliberated on how to progress their society positively.

When Buf Coffee’s founder, Epiphanie, and her son and general manager, Sam, came to name their latest social venture – a kindergarten located just a few kilometres from the coffee washing station, Nyarusiza, in Rwanda’s Southern Province – umuvumu seemed like a perfect fit. A meeting place, where Rwandan people plan and work together to support and uplift each other. And so, in January of 2019, Umuvumu Kindergarten was opened to service the families who farm and process coffee in the local area.

As a frequent visitor to Nyarusiza, Sam had identified the challenge many families face in finding adequate care for their young children during the busy coffee harvest season, when their parents must work on the farm or at the coffee washing station, and their older siblings are attending school (which is compulsory in Rwanda).  In building Umuvumu Kindergarten, Buf has not only found a solution for this problem but is also uplifting the community by providing access to early childhood education, a vitally important stage of learning and development for a child.

Ninebars is excited to be contributing to this initiative.

Last weekend The Cafe Collective celebrated their Annual Awards Night at the beautiful Westin Perth.

We had a fantastic time and would love to thank everyone for coming, particularly those that travelled long distances to be there!

Kevin, Angela and Soraya travelled all the way from Queensland, it was amazing to have them here in Perth for the night and a few days beforehand. We all had such a great time! 

A huge congratulations to our award finalists and winners and a big thank you to the speakers, award sponsors and to Bec for organising the evening. We're already looking forward to next year! It was great to recap on a wonderful year and catch up with everyone.

Read on for details of this years' winners!  

Congratulations to all of our award winners!