USA: 8 brasilianische Arbeiter verklagen Starbucks wegen mutmaßlicher Zwangsarbeit bei Zuliefererbetrieb
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Starbucks - Buyer , Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Fazienda Piedade - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 2 - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Menschenhandel , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Debt Bondage , Wage TheftAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
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Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Starbucks - Buyer , Coqueiros Farm - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Einschüchterung & Drohungen , Wage Theft , Debt Bondage , Menschenhandel , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Restricted mobility , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Occupational Health & Safety , Heat exposure , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure TimeAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: The Ministry of Labor found that the coffee plantation was responsible for trafficking John Does II and III and forcing them to work under “slavery-like” conditions. ADERE publicly named Starbucks as largely responsible for the system of trafficking and forced labor in Brazil’s coffee sector. ADERE later received threats due to its report that exposed Starbucks. ADERE does not know specifically who made the threats, but they only occurred after ADERE exposed Starbucks. A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
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Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Facienda Boa Vista - Employer , Starbucks - BuyerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Menschenhandel , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Krankheit , Debt Bondage , Medikamentenzugang , Denial of leave , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
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Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Starbucks - Buyer , São João Farm - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Themen
Poverty Wages , Denial of permanent contracts , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , Wage Theft , Recht auf Nahrung , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wasserzugang , Menschenhandel , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Occupational Health & Safety , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Starbucks - Buyer , Facenda de Serra - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Themen
Contract Substitution , Poverty Wages , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Restricted mobility , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Wage Theft , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Menschenhandel , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Denial of permanent contracts , Social Security , Personalbeschaffungsgebühren , Occupational Health & Safety , Medikamentenzugang , Wasserzugang , Recht auf Nahrung , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: the Ministry ordered the farmer to pay back wages to John Does VI, VII, and VIII and provide them with bus fare back to their home. A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Starbucks - Buyer , Sitio da Illha - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Gender not reported , Documented migrants )Themen
Work & ConditionsAntwort
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 24 Apr 2025
Standort: Brasilien
Unternehmen
Starbucks - Buyer , Cooperativa dos Cafeicultores de Guaxupé (Cooxupé) - Supplier , Corrego do Jacu Farm - Employer , Paquera Farm - EmployerAndere
Not Reported ( Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 8
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( 1 - Brasilien , Landwirtschaft & Viehzucht , Men , Documented migrants )Themen
Menschenhandel , Zwangsarbeit & moderne Sklaverei , Kinderarbeit , Heat exposure , Occupational Health & Safety , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Informationszugang , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Contract Substitution , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Restricted mobility , Verletzungen , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Debt Bondage , Mentale GesundheitAntwort
Antwort erbeten: Ja, von Journalist
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Ergriffene Maßnahmen: A Starbucks spokesperson said: “The cornerstone of our approach to buying coffee is Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices, one of the coffee industry’s first set of ethical sourcing standards when it launched in 2004 and is continuously improved. “Developed in collaboration with Conservation International, Cafe Practices is a verification program that measures farms against economic, social, and environmental criteria, all designed to promote transparent, profitable, and sustainable coffee growing practices while also protecting the well-being of coffee farmers and workers, their families, and their communities.”
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"Arbeiter verklagen Starbucks wegen Zwangsarbeit bei Zulieferbetrieb"
Doppelter Ärger für die Kaffeekette Starbucks: Gleich zwei NGOs werfen dem Konzern vor, von Ausbeutung und Menschenhandel zu profitieren. Auch andere Anbieter stehen wegen ähnlicher Verhältnisse in der Kritik.
Acht brasilianische Arbeiter verklagen die amerikanische Kaffee-Kette Starbucks wegen Menschenhandels und Zwangsarbeit bei einem Zulieferer. [...]
Die Kläger werfen dem amerikanischen Konzern vor, durch seine Lieferantenbeziehung zur Kaffeeekooperative »Coouxpé« »von einem System moderner Sklaverei und Menschenhandels bei der Ernte von Kaffeebohnen in Brasilien profitiert« zu haben.
Am Donnerstag reichte außerdem die Organisation »Coffee Watch« bei der US-Zollbehörde eine Beschwerde ein, um brasilianische Kaffeeimporte von Starbucks und anderen Branchenführern wie »Nestlé«, »Jacobs Douwe Egberts«, »Dunkin'«, »Illy« und »McCafé« zu blockieren.
IRA-Gründer Terry Collingsworth sagte in einem Statement »Die Sklaverei wurde 1865 in den USA und 1888 in Brasilien verboten, aber bis heute basiert die Kaffeeproduktion von Starbucks in Brasilien auf einem System von Menschenhandel und Sklaverei.« Die Verbraucher zahlten obszöne Summen für eine Tasse Starbucks-Kaffee, »der von Sklaven geerntet wurde. Es ist an der Zeit, Starbucks für seine Profite aus dem Menschenhandel zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.« so Collingsworth weiter.
Gegenüber der britischen Zeitung »Guardian « sagte ein Sprecher von Starbucks: »Der Eckpfeiler unseres Ansatzes für den Kaffeeeinkauf sind die »Coffee and Farmer Equity (Cafe) Practices«, einer der ersten ethischen Beschaffungsstandards in der Kaffeeindustrie, der 2004 eingeführt wurde und kontinuierlich verbessert wird.«
»Cafe Practices wurde in Zusammenarbeit mit Conservation International entwickelt und ist ein Verifizierungsprogramm, das Farmen anhand wirtschaftlicher, sozialer und ökologischer Kriterien misst, die alle darauf abzielen, transparente, profitable und nachhaltige Kaffeeanbaupraktiken zu fördern und gleichzeitig das Wohlergehen der Kaffeebauern und -arbeiter, ihrer Familien und ihrer Gemeinden zu schützen.«