企業社會責任 ● Corporate Social Responbility @ 蕉農創藝的部落格

魚池鄉咖啡達人｜陳鎮南

邁入2013年，蕉農們的第一個改變，就是「分享」，今年的目標就是與大家分享關於生活的態度。因為蕉農們的主要工作，正是幫助人們解決「空間」問題，在腦力激盪的設計工作中，咖啡扮演了不可或缺的要角，開啟了蕉農的每一天。

In 2013, the first change in Banana Design is “sharing”, and the first ambition is to share our lifestyles to people. Helping people to resolve space issue is the primary tasks in our studio. Consequently we rely heavily on coffee, which provides inspirations during brain-storming. In other words, coffee plays an important role to us, opening up every brand-new day.

該如何踏出我們的第一步呢？在國際性比賽中，台灣南投縣魚池鄉以生產品質優良、風味獨特的咖啡豆著名，就連咖啡教母Erna Knutsen品嚐過後都讚不絕口。為了讓更多台灣人能體會台灣咖啡的美妙滋味，也讓努力工作的農民們都能有應得的報酬，蕉農們未來會把每個案子總工程款的1%拿來購買魚池的咖啡，再回饋給業主或喜歡喝咖啡的朋友們。

How to make our first step? In international competitions, coffee beans produced from Uxi county, Nantou City in Taiwan is known for its good quality and flavours. Even the godmother of coffee, Erna Knutsen, was amazed after she tasted it. In order to introduce the brilliant Taiwan coffee beans to more Taiwanese, we will spend 1% of the sum of every project on coffee from Uxi county in the future. By doing so, those hard working Taiwanese farmers are able to gain a reasonable profit. Also, coffee from Uxi county can be Banana Design’s best gift when we visit our clients and friends.

雖然我們沒有高知名度讓影響力發酵，但希望此舉可以讓蕉農們為台灣社會付出一份小小的心意，表達我們對農民的感恩之情，並善盡香蕉設計該擔負的企業社會責任。

Yet we do not have huge popularity to influence people, Banana Design still aspires to take on this corporate social responsibility. Hopefully this small step can pay our respect to Taiwanese farmers who devote their lives on this island.