RESCU
  • Ageless Magazine
  • Style
    • All
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Home & Auto
    • Luxury & Travel
    • Resources
    • Sustainability

    The Ultimate Winter Makeup Guide

    Juicy Colours To Add To Your Wardrobe Now

    Choose the Right Red Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

    Back-to-Basics Tips For Thicker, Fuller Hair

    Creating Warmth in a Room

    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Home & Auto
    • Luxury & Travel
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Substance
    • All
    • Food & Drink
    • Relationships
    • Resources
    • Reviews
    • Science & Innovation
    • Sustainability
    • Wellbeing

    Lounge Room Winter Workout

    Why Your Sleeping Patterns May Affect Your Career Prospects

    Weekend Recipe Round-Up: 3 Winter Cocktails

    How Medical Cannabis Can Help Treat Anxiety

    Best Indoor Exercises for Winter Workouts

    • Wellbeing
    • Science & Innovation
    • Relationships
    • Food & Drink
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
    • Reviews
  • Success
    • All
    • Career & Tech
    • Inspirational Profiles
    • Money
    • Property
    • Resources
    • Sustainability

    Expert Advice On First Time Renovating

    Digital Detox for Clarity and Mindfulness

    How To Thrive When Your Boss Is Narcissistic

    Creating Warmth in a Room

    The Most Effective Guide To Asking For A Raise

    • Money
    • Property
    • Inspirational Profiles
    • Career & Tech
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Rescu.Me Academy
  • Ageless Podcast
  • My Courses
No Result
View All Result
  • Ageless Magazine
  • Style
    • All
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Home & Auto
    • Luxury & Travel
    • Resources
    • Sustainability

    The Ultimate Winter Makeup Guide

    Juicy Colours To Add To Your Wardrobe Now

    Choose the Right Red Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

    Back-to-Basics Tips For Thicker, Fuller Hair

    Creating Warmth in a Room

    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Home & Auto
    • Luxury & Travel
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Substance
    • All
    • Food & Drink
    • Relationships
    • Resources
    • Reviews
    • Science & Innovation
    • Sustainability
    • Wellbeing

    Lounge Room Winter Workout

    Why Your Sleeping Patterns May Affect Your Career Prospects

    Weekend Recipe Round-Up: 3 Winter Cocktails

    How Medical Cannabis Can Help Treat Anxiety

    Best Indoor Exercises for Winter Workouts

    • Wellbeing
    • Science & Innovation
    • Relationships
    • Food & Drink
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
    • Reviews
  • Success
    • All
    • Career & Tech
    • Inspirational Profiles
    • Money
    • Property
    • Resources
    • Sustainability

    Expert Advice On First Time Renovating

    Digital Detox for Clarity and Mindfulness

    How To Thrive When Your Boss Is Narcissistic

    Creating Warmth in a Room

    The Most Effective Guide To Asking For A Raise

    • Money
    • Property
    • Inspirational Profiles
    • Career & Tech
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Rescu.Me Academy
  • Ageless Podcast
  • My Courses
No Result
View All Result
RESCU
No Result
View All Result
Home Success Money

Jacqueline Arias: Changing The World One Bean At A Time

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Pinterest

By Keeva Stratton



Need inspiration? Rescu. spoke to Jaqueline Arias, female entrepreneur, filmmaker and business owner, to discover her journey: how she turned the humble coffee bean into a BRW Fast 100-listed business.

Having arrived in Australia as a child refugee, only to become an award-winning documentary filmmaker and now owner of the BRW Fast 100 listed company República® 100% Fairtrade Coffee, Jaqueline Arias is a true story of remarkable female achievement.



República® is both a profitable enterprise and a pacesetter for the humanitarian promotion of fair trade in Australia. Rescu. had to find out more!



RESCU: What have been the biggest challenges to date?

Jacqueline Arias:
In business the challenges come on a daily basis, but the biggest challenge is being a small company with small budgets competing alongside big multinational brands. It’s not easy. However, we focus on what we do best – all República® coffees and drinking chocolate are 100% Organic and Fairtrade certified, and we’re obsessive about quality and taste.



RESCU: Did you ever think of giving up?

Jacqueline Arias:
Never. I’m driven by the idea that we all want to make the world a better place, and República®’s Organic and Fairtrade coffee is a small and effective way we can help to achieve this. When you’re passionate about something, giving up is not an option. So no matter what the obstacles are, I always get up in the morning with a clear vision in my mind: to educate all Australians about Organic and Fairtrade, because it makes a difference to someone on the other side of the world.



RESCU: Why is Fairtrade important?

Jacqueline Arias:
Fairtrade is simple. It’s about ensuring Farmers in Third World countries who grow the products we love, like coffee and chocolate, are paid fairly, so they can afford basics like education and health care. As Australians we’re big believers in fair pay for a day’s work – well, it’s the same whether you live in Timor, Colombia or Australia.



RESCU: If you could go back to the beginning of your career and give yourself some advice in hindsight, what would it be?

Jacqueline Arias:
I’m a really focused person and always on the go, so my to-do lists are notoriously endless. It means that I’m not good at taking time out to enjoy the milestones and celebrate the wins. It’s something I often regret and would like to change. So the advice is: stop, take a deep breath, look around and pop open a bottle of good champagne once in a while. Toast, drink-up and enjoy with all the great people around who contribute daily to building República® Coffee.



RESCU: What do you think has been your greatest achievement?

Jacqueline Arias:
My vision was to make Fairtrade available to all Australians so we can make ethical choices. When I walk into a supermarket and see a person I’ve never met pick up a República® coffee or chocolate, I really get a warm and fuzzy feeling, because they’re buying something I’ve created, and, more importantly, they believe in doing the right thing, by choosing organic and Fairtrade. That’s an achievement.



RESCU: What have you learnt about coffee?

Jacqueline Arias:
There’s so much to say. There’s entire books about coffee. However, one of the interesting in-the-know stories is how good Timorese coffee is. What most people don’t know is that when the Portuguese colonised Timor, they planted really beautiful great tasting coffee, and the seedlings were left on the ground during the whole period of turmoil. Once the Timorese started exporting their great coffee again, the world realised just how delicious it is. It’s our best selling coffee, República® Organic Timor.



To learn more about República® visit https://www.republicacoffee.com.au/

Related Rescu. articles:

  1. Women In Power
  2. Caring For You, Not Just Your Career
  3. Speak Your Way Up The Corporate Ladder
  4. Sisters Doing It For Themselves: The New Era Of Business Ownership

Related Posts

Money

Financially Planning for a Career Change

Money

The Smart Girl’s Guide: Using Redundancy To Your Advantage

Money

Financial Tips You Should Consider When Starting Your Own Business

Money

How To Financially Plan For A Family

Money

How To Teach Your Children To Be Money Smart

Money

The Me Account: Why You Need to Pay Yourself First

Money

Five Things You Need To Know About Your Finances

Money

Why Your Money Loves A Plan

Career & Tech

An Accountant’s Essential Checklist for Setting Up a Side Hustle

Load More

Latest Posts

Lounge Room Winter Workout

Expert Advice On First Time Renovating

Digital Detox for Clarity and Mindfulness

Why Your Sleeping Patterns May Affect Your Career Prospects

Weekend Recipe Round-Up: 3 Winter Cocktails

How Medical Cannabis Can Help Treat Anxiety

Best Indoor Exercises for Winter Workouts

How Winter Eating Can Help Boost Your Metabolism

The Ultimate Winter Makeup Guide

How To Beat This Year’s Severe Winter And Cold Flu Season

Get fashion, beauty, finance, health and love advice from our experts.

Rescu.com.au is an online destination across multiple platforms for the modern woman who is ready to be her own success story. Expert advice, articles and resources to glow up or completely transform your Style, Substance and Success.
Through our deep dive content, clever how to’s, product review, resources including calculators and downloadable assets, and of course our expert panellists, we inform and support our reader to dial up the fabulous in every aspect of her life.

STYLE

SUBSTANCE

SUCCESS

LOCKDOWN LOVE

SOCIETY

RESCU. ME ACADEMY

ABOUT US

Follow us

  • About Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • Privacy & Terms

© 2021 Rescu. All Rights Reserved

  • Ageless Magazine
  • Style
    • Beauty
    • Fashion
    • Home & Auto
    • Luxury & Travel
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Substance
    • Wellbeing
    • Science & Innovation
    • Relationships
    • Food & Drink
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
    • Reviews
  • Success
    • Money
    • Property
    • Inspirational Profiles
    • Career & Tech
    • Sustainability
    • Resources
  • Rescu.Me Academy
  • Ageless Podcast
  • My Courses

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist