KK Bitbybit
1.6
Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
May 2026
Beverages
Manufacturing
Japan
SÖT COFFEE ROASTER is a specialty coffee roaster and café brand based in Osaka and Kyoto, Japan. The company operates cafés, roasts coffee in small batches, and sells freshly roasted beans, drip bags, and coffee products both in Japan and internationally. Founded with the belief that coffee can create a “one and only experience,” SÖT focuses on freshness, craftsmanship, thoughtful hospitality, and transparent sourcing. The company works to share high-quality specialty coffee in a way that is approachable, meaningful, and culturally rooted in Japanese attention to detail. SÖT also aims to build a more responsible coffee business by supporting long-term relationships with producers and suppliers, improving environmental practices in its daily operations, and creating a workplace where international and local team members can grow through coffee. Japanese SÖT COFFEE ROASTERは、大阪・京都を拠点に展開するスペシャルティコーヒーのロースターおよびカフェブランドです。自社で小ロット焙煎を行い、カフェ運営、コーヒー豆、ドリップバッグ、関連商品の販売を国内外に向けて行っています。 SÖTは、コーヒーを通じて「One and Only Experience」を届けることを大切にし、鮮度、職人性、丁寧なホスピタリティ、そして透明性のある調達を重視しています。高品質なスペシャルティコーヒーを、より身近で、意味のある体験として届けることを目指しています。 また、SÖTは生産者やサプライヤーとの長期的な関係づくり、日々の店舗運営における環境配慮、そして多様なスタッフがコーヒーを通じて成長できる職場づくりを通じて、より責任あるコーヒービジネスの実現に取り組んでいます。 Search Terms / 検索キーワード English specialty coffee, coffee roaster,
Overall B Impact Score
Governance 9.0
Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Workers 26.1
Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.
Community 36.1
Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.
What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.
Environment 18.6
Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.
Customers 2.9
Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.