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[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 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 They weren't saying the certification was revoked; it never had any.