Fzin Coffee Awarded Multiple European Honours at The Women Changing the World Awards

Fzin Coffee has been awarded multiple honours at The Women Changing the World Awards, a global awards' programme recognising leadership, sustainability, and social impact across business and society. Fzin Coffee competed within the European cohort of the awards, alongside organisations and leaders from across the continent.

Fzin Coffee received Silver in the Business of the Year category, recognising its work in reducing single-use plastic and aluminium waste by replacing traditional coffee pods and packaging with certified compostable and lower-impact alternatives. In addition, Co-Founder and Managing Partner Sofia Kalfa was recognised individually, receiving Gold in the Rising Star category, Bronze in the Changemaker category, and an Honourable Mention in the Leader of the Year category.

Fzin Coffee is a sustainability-led coffee and beverage company based in Macroom, Co. Cork, supplying households, hotels, offices, and organisations across Ireland. The company delivers sustainability through coffee and beverage products consumed daily by replacing plastic and aluminium pods and waste-intensive packaging with compostable and environmentally responsible alternatives. These include compostable coffee capsules including Aromatico - Ireland's first 4 stars OK Biobased and Home Compostable coffee pod, palm-oil-free drinking chocolates, reduced-waste packaging formats for coffee syrups, and reuse packaging schemes where packaging is reused for two to three cycles — enabling homes and businesses to make practical, high-impact improvements to their environmental footprint.

Commenting on the recognition, Sofia Kalfa, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fzin Coffee, said:

“What matters most to me about this recognition is that it places an Irish business on a European stage. In a way, we're not only representing our company at these awards, we are representing Cork and Ireland, and I am proud to see work done locally in Macroom Co. Cork recognised beyond Ireland. I will be travelling to Paris in April to attend the awards ceremony and bring these recognitions back to Ireland.”

The awards highlight how Irish businesses can compete internationally by embedding sustainability into product design and supply-chain decisions, (not just messaging). In everyday categories such as coffee and beverages, which are consumed daily across homes and workplaces, even small changes in materials, sourcing, and packaging can create significant cumulative environmental impact over time.