We talk often about the importance of the commercial relationships and the solidarity formed with mission-driven businesses, and how they’ve grown a fair trade movement. Practices standards. Too much power in the control of greedy hands. And not just any plantations, but ones that have been “certified” to Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. Pioneer Valley Worker Center (PVWC) exists to “build power with low-wage and immigrant workers.” Today, they’re connecting workers to the resources they need to build economic justice in their communities. The low prices are creating a crisis in coffee, as detailed in an earlier post. They are the result of a system that has historically extracted all it can from farmers and workers in the interest of profit. The Brazilian government has taken steps to address forced labor throughout their farming and manufacturing sectors. It does happen, yet as people often know, it is too frequent that large companies that frequently answer to relatively few elitists or disconnected (Disconnected from either ecological and other of relational long run realities / including genuine concern for people)….. people acting disconnected including shareholders frequently expecting what everyone knows is not viable types or amounts of “roi’s”. Sloppy work Anna. Start by Addressing Corporate Capitalism, Puerto Rico: Home of the Department of Food, Keeping the Sacred, Sacred: The Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative, Community as Capital: How One Worker Center is Sowing the Seeds of Justice. Starbucks currently operates Farmer Support Centers in key coffee producing countries around the world, from Costa Rica to Rwanda to China. None of this is open to debate, nobody argues this isn’t the case. I point you to “The Source: The Hidden Human Cost Within a Cup of Coffee” Weather Films, 20 Dec 2016. This is not good journalism. Friday, June 12th, is World Day Against Child Labor. This threatens the already fragile existence of 25 million farming families worldwide. I don’t completely disagree with some of the statements you have raised here (like that slavery exists in the supply chain for this company as well as many others) but I feel that there were some considerations that you didn’t make (perhaps due to weak research) or you intentionally left-off to inflame your readership. U.S. giant Starbucks, Swiss-based Nespresso and Brazilâs Nucoffee have all used coffee plantations found by labor officials to have exploited laborers in recent years. And thus, when we advocate for the industry to support small-scale farmers and fair trade, it is not merely about doing better corporate social responsibility. Address: PO Box 86104, Portland, OR 97286 This consolidation hasn’t directly translated into lower prices for farmers directly—yet. Starbucks is currently the largest transnational coffeehouse company in the world, with 23,768 stores spread across 67 countries. To call on Starbucks to support small-scale farmers is to demand that they do their part to shift this system rooted in exploitation. Or Fairtrade. Fail to address the root causes, and once again the symptoms recur. What do we need to do so these headlines are not still cropping up 15 years from now? Practices program, first a little history. That is the question in […], Rainforest Alliance certification is not fair trade. Or Fairtrade. Thank you for bringing this articles to light. Starbucks says it has programmes in place to help farmers US coffee chain Starbucks is denying Ethiopia earnings of £47m ($88m) a year, according to Oxfam. Starbucks strongly believes in the importance of building mutually-beneficial relationships with coffee farmers and coffee communities with which we work. The success of the farmers with whom we do business is a critical component of our own success. Ethiopiaâs coffee industry and farmers could earn an estimated $88 million (USD) extra per year. We are taking an integrated approach to building relationships with coffee communities. For example, Harar and Sidamo are sold at coffee shops for $24 â $26 per pound but farmers ⦠Growers need to unite internationally and simply segue to another strategy of negotiating sales pricing for unroasted beans, perhaps offering ONLY roasted beans for export. To call on Starbucks to support small-scale farmers is to demand that they do their part to shift this system rooted in exploitation. Contact Us, Copyright 2010-2018 Fair World Project, Inc. | All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy | Site Credits. ***Note that the Starbucks plantation in question was certified by their own C.A.F.E. I will say that I am not Pro-corporate in any circumstance. Yet, on the shelf, the expectation is that the price is the same. C.A.F.E. Through consumer education and advocacy, FWP supports dedicated fair trade producers and brands, and insists on integrity in use of the term “fairness” certifications, labeling and marketing. While the plantation carried Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. Unfortunately, it’s not that surprising. More on that here: https://fairworldproject.org/how-do-we-end-child-labor-start-by-addressing-corporate-capitalism/. Instead, industry watchers are pointing to a consequence that is perhaps even more troubling: the extension of payment terms that these coffee giants are demanding from their supply chain partners. My old back-of-a-napkin calculations used to estimate that one farm family might grow enough coffee in a harvest season to yield 40-pounds of roasted, export grade coffee. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat to children is even greater with poverty on the rise and schools shuttered. Democratically administered premium funds mean that those communities get to decide how to invest in their own communities. Starbucks began purchasing Fairtrade coffee in 2000. Forced labor: people forced to work under threats/acts of physical or mental violence. The USPTO has denied Ethiopiaâs applications for Sidamo and Harar, creating serious obstacles for its project. Colonial plantations, labor extracted from small-scale farmers via harsh quotas—every coffee-growing community I’ve visited to has their own story of what this crop has meant to them in the long history of European conquest. This marks the second time in nine months that this has happened, pointing to a huge systemic problem with the way Starbucks is meeting their commitment to “99% ethical coffee.” It’s time for that to change. Traditionally, coffee plantations have not been eligible for fair trade certification although some other crops (notably, tea and bananas) allow them. Starbucks is ⦠Haight, Colleen, “The Problem with Fair Trade Coffee.” Stanford Social Innovation Review: Informing and Inspiring Leaders of Social Change, Stafford University, Summer 2011, https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_problem_with_fair_trade_coffee. To understand the failings of Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. I appreciate the practical solutions you gave for all of us to have a part in being part of the solution. Low Coffee Prices – A Dire Call to Action, Fair Trade Fashion: A look behind the labels, https://fairworldproject.org/how-do-we-end-child-labor-start-by-addressing-corporate-capitalism/, https://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_problem_with_fair_trade_coffee, The Supreme Court Must Hold Nestle and Cargill Accountable, How Do We End Child Labor? The debate, of course, rages around whose fault it all is. Pioneer Valley Worker Center (PVWC) exists to âbuild power with low-wage and immigrant workers.â Today, theyâre connecting workers to the resources they need to build economic justice in their communities. And in the past four years that trend has only continued. Deductions to cash their checks meant that workers had barely any take-home pay. It’s high time for Starbucks to drop the pretense of “99% ethical” and commit to real fair trade and small-scale farmers. Practices allow for inspections to happen as infrequently as 2-3 years, depending on several factors including previous inspection scores). Start by Addressing Corporate Capitalism, Puerto Rico: Home of the Department of Food, Keeping the Sacred, Sacred: The Indigenous Peyote Conservation Initiative, Community as Capital: How One Worker Center is Sowing the Seeds of Justice. Practices standards differ from fair trade, but they get to the heart of the issue: Is the goal to change the system of trade or to make someone feel good about their cup of coffee? 1 Brazilian Article 149 identifies four elements as constitutive of conditions analogous to slavery: Prices are at a 15-year low, slavery conditions are regularly exposed, and child labour is widespread – all as a result of the pitiful amounts paid to producers. The corporate misdeeds of Starbucks don't stop just at the coffee fields on the backs of the oppressed. El Departamento de la Comida is reinvigorating Puerto Rico’s local food systems with a community-controlled seed supply—and deepening Boricua communities’ relationship to food and cultural identity. Practices certification as well as UTZ (recently merged with Rainforest Alliance), not fair trade. In the early 1800s, landowners built vast plantations, expanding their production on the backs of thousands of enslaved people brought from Africa. Low prices and exploitation—some things have not changed. Committed fair trade companies like Equal Exchange have made this a cornerstone of their sourcing, meaning that they are paying for part of their coffee months in advance of receiving it. For two decades, advocates have pressured the world’s biggest coffee shop chain to clean up their supply chains. Here at Starbucks, our success especially for the future is directly linked to the success of the farmers who grow our coffee. There are links to the sources in the article above–they are secondary sources, and I have chosen ones in English to make them most available for readers of this page. Practices standards have no minimum guaranteed price. Price per pound is one key issue. Nestlé continues to be one of the biggest in the coffee market with classic names like Nescafe and Taster’s Choice. Starbucks has the biggest percentage of pesticide in it’s coffee compared to all the other chains. It has been made difficult to be as sure about “certified organics” and some yet not all of the “fair trade” certifiers since the monUSDAsanto and syngentas got too deeply interested in largely gutting / looking other way the healthy and genuinely concerned of agricultural and health concerns; yet Fairworld Project among many other people are helping and genuinely trying for overcoming those negatives. cups of coffee per day, or about 136 gallons per year. Instead of the standard “net 30” that you might see on a bill, indicating that you have 30 days to pay in full, these behemoths are asking for 180 days or more—time that someone else has to foot the bill for their profits. To a certain degree, the same situation applies for the tea industry. Since that time, their sustainability reporting has not included prices paid per pound. What does it take to tackle the root causes of these inequities in coffee? In the more recent case, labor inspectors found workers in similarly dire conditions on another plantation certified to Starbucks’ standards. It’s International Coffee Day*, which seems like a good time to reflect on the state of the coffee industry. Farmersâ shares in the roasted coffee value chain are higher outside of Africa with Indiaâs coffee growers getting 15.7% in India and 14.9% in Brazil. One of them has access to massive distribution networks and economies of scale. That is the question in […], Rainforest Alliance certification is not fair trade. Coffee farmers from Peru and throughout Latin America are engaging in farmer-to-farmer trainings to develop new climate resiliency strategies—and new options for economic development. Peyote can be central to maintaining Indigenous cultural sovereignty, but its cultivation is often under threat. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat to children is even greater with poverty on the rise and schools shuttered. Instead, Starbucks launched their own Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) code, C.A.F.E. Starbucks actually DOES pay their employees a decent (whereas many America owned companies do not) If I recall they also supported/ advocated for a minimum wage increase in WA State where they are based. No nation can call itself truly prosperous until the vast majority of it’s citizens are prosperous. And in 2015, Starbucks was able to claim that 99% of their coffee was “ethically sourced” in compliance with those standards. Here’s the conundrum, the one unavoidable truth: Whilst the farmer is removed from the supply chain before any value is derived, this will just get worse. I agree with a lot of what you have put to paper here and I just wanted to say thank you. This sort of top-down CSR program is fundamentally not set up to address the issues that lead to workers laboring in slavery-like conditions on coffee farms. But the other component of farm income is volume. Small-scale farmers built cooperatives, organized to gain economies of scale and a little bit of leverage. This comprehensive and transparent program was developed in 2004 in partnership with Conservation International and defines comprehensive social, environmental and economic coffee sourcing standards. Your email address will not be published. 72% of coffee from fair trade cooperatives gets sold outside the fair trade market. The success of the farmers with whom we do business is a critical component of our own success. Then this year, child labor was found on farms they were buying from in Guatemala. That shiny ethical veneer is significantly watered down from the fair trade commitment they couldn’t make: Further, labor advocates (and our own Justice in the Fields report) have emphasized that an annual inspection is inadequate to ensure that workers are protected on plantations and large farms. Inequality isn’t a new thing in the long, dark history of coffee. Our Coffee and Farmer Equity Practices, or C.A.F.E. Do Brazil’s labor inspectors release any of their findings in English or am I to assume that the author reads Portuguese? When prices One of the key fair trade principles (and a standard in fair trade certifications) is for roasters to provide pre-harvest financing to coffee farmers on request. Another dirty secret! Another thing that hasn’t changed: 70-80% of the world’s coffee is grown by small-scale farmers, a statistic that hasn’t really changed over time. That’s the one thing stopping coffee production becoming a sustainable business – the very people shouting their ethical credentials loudest are the same ones contributing to these problems in the first place. And Starbucks’ C.A.F.E. Brazil, however, has a long history of large-scale coffee production. When people (producers, certifiers, / supply chains, public or private officials) harm by their actions / repeatedly don’t do right when they have taken on / report that they are certifying proper / healthy actions, both dropping their products as distributors or consumers is as important as employing systems of justice. We are taking an integrated approach to building relationships with coffee communities. While coffee cultivation is still mostly a small -scale production, the coffee industry is not. This summer’s headlines could easily have been stories from 15 years ago when I first entered the worlds of coffee and fair trade: Coffee prices have been falling lower and lower, below $1/pound on the global commodity markets. I believe, the only lasting solution will be when our Creator, Jehovah God, would brings true justice to all His creation, under God’s Kingdom. Practices standards allow farms to be inspected every 2-3 years (depending on several factors, including previous scores). That’s a low that hasn’t been seen since 2006, and half the price in 2014. Hear from the Native-led initiative that is protecting it. We’re having this conversation because Nestlé just announced that they are […]. When a new Starbucks branch opens in an area, it is inevitable that the smaller local coffee shops will suffer as Starbucks uses its market dominance and brand identity to muscle its way in, at times buying up the competition in the process. Either way can she provide any kind of link or reference to where we can follow her lead or are we just supposed to believe her unsubstantiated claims. Both are working to move the conversation around price away from minimums and towards addressing living incomes for farmers. Overall, the Brazilian labor ministry reports that workers toiling in slavery-like working conditions was at a 15-year high in 2018. A campaign by Ethiopia to get a fair price for its coffee - some of the world's finest - kicks off in London today as a spokesman for the east African country's impoverished coffee growers meets Tony Blair. Kathryn, Thanks for the questions, Brady. Workers reported that the payment system was rigged and the coffee they picked disappeared before it could be tallied. One of those steps is publishing an annual “Dirty List” of those found in violation of Brazilian law and what they have defined as modern slavery: forced labor, debt bondage, dangerous and degrading conditions, and debilitating work days. I became an investor in the company because they have a strong business model and because they treat there employees and the customers well. only reviews their certifications once every 2-3 years (which I agree is not enough) but you also regularly fail to mention that that is actually better than the industry standard which is the square-root rule whereby of 5200 farms only 70 would be reviewed to verify they are following the conditions of their certification (slave labor, no child labor AND FAIR-TRADE). Debilitating workdays: workers subjected to workdays that go far beyond normal overtime and threaten their physical integrity. One thought on â Issue Series: Exploitation of Coffee Farmers â nicoleleighp says: March 10, 2018 at 12:54 am There is a lot to be said about exploited farmers and I think this is a really great issue to cover in the coffee world. The UK charity says Starbucks asked the National Coffee Association (NCA) to block the country's bid to trademark three types of coffee ⦠**The math here: In the U.S., average coffee consumption is three 8oz. Coffee farmers often live in poor rural communities that rely on coffee harvesting as 16 their primary source of income. Required fields are marked *, Can Nestle and Cargill be held responsible for the child labor in their supply chains? Both are working to move the conversation around price away from minimums and towards addressing living incomes for farmers. They fail to protect workers, fail to make lasting change, and fail to live up to the trust that consumers put in their ethical claims. In the fall of 2018, local labor inspectors published reports tying Starbucks to a plantation where workers were forced to work live and work in filthy conditions. And a deal to distribute Starbucks’ coffee outside their stores further cements Nestlé’s grip on the coffee market. There, farmers get free access to the latest findings of our top agronomists, including new varietals of disease-resistant trees, ⦠Coffee farmers receive 7-10 percent of the retail price of coffee sold in supermarkets12. Reference Guide to Fair Trade and Worker Justice Certifications, Farmworker Certification Analysis: Justice in the Fields, Fair Trade Certification Report: Fairness for Farmers, Fyffes Farms Exposed: Workers’ Rights Abuses, reports tying Starbucks to a plantation where workers were forced to work live and work in filthy conditions, dire conditions on another plantation certified to Starbucks’ standards, Fair trade purchases peaked in 2014 at 8.6% of coffee, 80% of coffee is grown by small-scale farmers, expanding their production on the backs of thousands of enslaved people brought from Africa, Farmers are earning the same amount for their crop now as they did 20 years ago, The low prices are creating a crisis in coffee, as detailed in an earlier post, report on labor conditions in Brazil’s coffee sector, the ever-volatile commodity market, which was hitting 14-year highs and hovering around $2.40 per pound. Low prices and exploitationâsome things have not changed. The low prices paid to coffee farmers by Starbucks forces children to work on their family farms, with an alarming two million children in the Sidamo area alone working an average of 29.9 hours per week6.Whilst people may not hesitate to spend $3 on a latte, many are unaware that this simple expense is the equivalent to the daily wage of a Starbucks Central American coffee picker7. Introduction. Oxfam says Starbucks is depriving farmers in Ethiopia of $90m a year by opposing the Ethiopian government's efforts to trademark three types of local coffee bean. What appears on the shelf as diversity is, in reality, ever more consolidation. The meeting will be accompanied by a screening of the film Black Gold - a movie on the global coffee industry - to MPs at Westminster, who will also be addressed by the Ethiopian ⦠Reference Guide to Fair Trade and Worker Justice Certifications, Farmworker Certification Analysis: Justice in the Fields, Fair Trade Certification Report: Fairness for Farmers, Fyffes Farms Exposed: Workers’ Rights Abuses, in the past four years that trend has only continued, Equal Exchange have made this a cornerstone of their sourcing, Starbucks plantation where workers endured deplorable conditions, In Nicaragua, coffee farmers are exchanging knowledge, ditched the notoriously volatile commodity market, reforestation project at Norandino Cooperative, Connecting the Dots of a Solidarity Movement Through a Trip of a Lifetime, Fair Trade Bananas: A Tale of Two Farmers, The Supreme Court Must Hold Nestle and Cargill Accountable, How Do We End Child Labor? Home | Low Prices and Exploitation: Recurring Themes in Coffee. Access to cash is a key issue when talking about coffee. Yet, despite the bleak landscape outlined above, there are some inspiring projects aimed at tackling the root causes of the issues. Clearly, there’s a problem. With minimum prices and premium funds that are democratically controlled by farmers and their cooperatives, fair trade offers a model to do this (when defined by the terms of a strong, farmer-controlled certification such as Fairtrade International or SPP). Fair World Project (FWP) is a non-profit that advocates for fair trade policies that supports small-scale farmers, artisans and workers by promoting organic and fair trade practices and transparent third-party certification. Practices, program is the cornerstone of our approach to ethical sourcing. The only thing they need are buyers willing to commit to fair trade terms. Coffee farmers rang the alarm bell this week due to the price of coffee beans dropping to a dramatic low. Hi Brittany, Or response/action from Starbucks? Starbucks has been making news as evidence of forced labor emerges on one of the plantations that they buy from in Brazil. It’s an unequal playing field that only stands to increase the power of a few mega-corporations. It is not their own transparency efforts but those of the Brazilian state that revealed the issues on these farms. Anna, Suppliers are misleading retailers and consumers alike. Finally, fair trade standards set the stage for farmer-led community development. There is plenty of coffee from farmers who have already gone through the work of getting certified. You can see where this is going: bags of coffee from these two companies end up side by side on the shelf. It is not clear how much Starbucks currently pays for their coffee. 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