About us

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About Slow

Slow is the sustainable coffee company providing business solutions with 100% transparency. With our on-the-ground team in Laos, we are working directly with 153 micro-farmers who are all growing coffee in forests – agroforestry. 


This growing method is the most sustainable of all, assuring thriving biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and an opportunity for several incomes streams through fruit trees or honey production in the coffee plantation. We are collaborating on a daily basis with the farmers that grow Slow coffee to preserve and plant more forest. And we take care of them by providing better prices, advance payments, an emergency fond, training, better equipment, etc.. Over the last three years we have seen the impact of this collaboration as higher quality and quantity of coffee.


With Slow as your coffee solution provider, you go beyond being on first name with your own dedicated coffee farmer, you also get an insight into their life, and the development of their coffee forests and well-being through individual livelihood programmes. 


You can also do like our customer COOR and get your own plantation, that we are converting from an unsustainable monoculture to a regenerative agroforestry. Slow customers benefit from our close relationship with the farmers and the storytelling we provide. Customers use our well documented sustainability efforts in their reporting or to tether their sustainability strategies in tangible effort that employees celebrate.

Mission & Vision

Mission – ’What do we want to achieve’
Our mission at Slow is to protect and regenerate forests and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers, through the production and sales of coffee and other tropical commodities.

 

Vision – ’How we see ourselves now, and in the future’
Slow is a Community-based Forest business, that delivers on the UN Sustainable Development Goals – at scale.

DROP US A LINE

Whether you have questions about our products, pricing, want to provide feedback or have anything else ony our mind, our team is ready to answer.

 

Meet our team

Our international team is full of professionals who love their work and the impact Slow is creating! With 8 different nationalities, working from Finland, Laos, Denmark, Sweden, Philippines and Kenya, we are operating in the entire coffee value chain to bring you the best, and most sustainable coffee solution!

Alexander Stig Nielsen

Co-founder & Sales

Denmark

August Septimius Krogh

Business developer

Denmark

Angellizza Ramirez

Content manager

Philippines

Carmela Francisco

Production manager

Philippines

Casper Alberts

COO

Denmark

Davan Machaiah

Operations manager

Laos

New Employee

CXO

Denmark

Fatima Dupio

Production assistant

Philippines

Jaakko Kaukomies

CSR Manager

Finland

Jennifer Serafica

HR and Bookkeeping Assistant

Philippines

Joeneri Tambirao

Production Assistant

Philippines

Johan Blomstedt

CCO

Sweden

Kari Haikala

Finnish Roastery Manager

Finland

Khammai Tonthong

Accounts and data collection

Laos

Konsavanh Phanthamath

Content manager

Laos

Leila Aviso

Production Assistant

Philippines

Madrira Bopanna

Country Manager

Laos

Marc Munk Simonsen

Business developer

Denmark

Michael De Renouard

Roast Master

Denmark

Onphachanh Phongsaly

Survey and Data Collection

Laos

Phoukhao Phoutthavong

Office Administration Head

Laos

Phouvanh Phoutthavong

Survey and Data Collection

Laos

Pinja Puustjärvi

Founder & CSO

Finland

Rose Kahehu

Executive Assistant

Kenya

Sangphet Hasan

Operations Cordinator

Laos

Sanni Torniainen

Forestry officer

Finland

Sebastian Nielsen

CEO

Denmark

Sinthasat Thengsombat

Field Manager

Laos

Sithong Onsisouphanthong

Survey and Data Collection

Laos

Sonxay

Field Assistant

Laos

Vansouksanh Sayyavat

Survey and Data Collection

Laos

Victoria Mlakar

Service Designer

Finland

Vilaphong Santaincee

Assistant Field Manager

Laos