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[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 93 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Just so people are aware, Starbucks was caught buying from farms in Brazil multiple times that used slave labor. In Guatemala, along with Nestle, were caught buying from farm(s?) that used child labor.

EDIT: On top of this the company partnered with Conservation International to certify the farms met the company’s standards. The incident in Brazil saw CI trying to coverup the certification of that farm. Also CI is involved with arms dealing.

EDIT 2: Their retail products have the claim “100% Ethically Sourced”. That is a lie.

[–] thickertoofan@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

yeah well anyways you see rich people do worse shit in front of you but yet we cannot change anything.

[–] Kraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Their retail products have the claim “100% Ethically Sourced”. That is a lie.

That all depends on which ethical code you're referencing for your statement. I 100% believe that Starbucks sources according to their corporate ethical standards.

[–] fallingcats@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 23 hours ago

That's not how words work. Don't give them an inch, even as a joke.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

I am unable to find a news report now, but I am certain I read one back in 2018 or 2019. I believe that Conservation International (an organization that helped develop the C.A.F.E. standard the company uses) was discovered covering up the certification of one of the farms in Brazil. As I remember reading, that a farm was at the time listed somewhere as being certified but after slave labor was discovered, CI uncertified the farm and attempted to claim it failed to meet the C.A.F.E. standards, thus never was awarded certification. They weren't saying the certification was revoked; it never had any.

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is this the same nestle slave labor case that went to the Supreme Court where nestle was successfully defended by former Obama solicitor Neal Katyal, or have they done this more than once?