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We are drinking the Earth, too

«Du poison dans votre café»: un rapport alerte sur l’usage massif de pesticides dans la production mondiale

El 59 % de pesticidas empleados en el café están prohibidos en la UE, según una investigación

'Poison in your coffee' report sounds alarm over widespread pesticide use

Vietnã desmatou área do tamanho de Luxemburgo para plantar café

L’ingiustizia nella tazzina: il caffè del Vietnam tra deforestazione e sfruttamento

El precio medioambiental del café de Vietnam que triunfa en el mundo: una huella de deforestación del tamaño de Luxemburgo

Le café du Vietnam, une production massive qui entraîne un lourd tribut écologique et social

Denúncia liga trabalho escravo ao café de Nestlé e Starbucks

John Doe vs.. Starbucks: Acht brasilianische Plantagenarbeiter verklagen den US-Konzern. Ihr Vorwurf: Sklaverei und Menschenhandel. Der Fall konnte die Kaffeeindustrie verandern

Nestlé y Starbucks, acusados por ONG de violaciones de derechos en plantaciones de café

Caffè sporco tra lavoro forzato e sfruttamento minorile: quattro ong denunciano i colossi. Accuse anche a Lavazza

Nestlé, Dallmayr and Starbucks: Coffee produced through child labor?

Nestlé et Starbucks visés par une plainte pour violations des droits humains

NGOs file complaints over coffee labor abuses

How Brazil’s booming coffee industry is driving deforestation

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says

Coffee Production May Be Imperiled as Forests Are Destroyed for More Crops

Brazil forest loss linked to coffee hit 737,000 hectares between 2002 and 2023, report says

Le café brésilien, menacé par la déforestation massive qu’il cause lui-même

La deforestazione nella tazzina: così il caffè disbosca l’Amazzonia, pressing per fermare le regole Ue

Café do Brasil desmatou área de duas São Paulo em 25 anos, diz pesquisa

New York Times Quote of the Day

Le Club de C'est pas du Vent

Desmatamento Ligado ao Café Atinge 737 Mil Hectares, diz Coffee Watch

Can Coffee Be A Force For Good?

Las denuncias de precariedad laboral ensombrecen el buen momento de la caficultura colombiana: informalidad, hacinamiento y explotación

A Planned E.U. Rule Has Coffee Growers in Ethiopia Scrambling

Nestlé, Starbucks Coffee Supply Chains Scrutinized Over China Labor Practices

Starbucks and Nestlé face scrutiny over labor practices in China

Other Coverage

Coffee Farming in Vietnam Devours Half a Million Acres of Forest, Threatening Rare Species with Extinction

Een op de vijf kopjes koffie bevat sporen van verboden pesticiden

A wake-up call for coffee’s chemical pesticide dependency

We Are Drinking the Earth—and Eating It

El café contiene pesticidas prohibidos y un informe alerta sobre los riesgos ocultos para la salud

New Report ‘Poison In Your Coffee’ Reveals The Widespread Use Of Highly Hazardous Pesticides

UK Revives Dormant Anti-Deforestation Plan, Includes Coffee

We are drinking the Earth, too

Veneno no seu café': relatório alerta para uso massivo de pesticidas na produção mundial

El café que bebemos contiene pesticidas prohibidos en la UE, alerta un estudio

Global Alert: Report Finds 159 Pesticides in Coffee Beans Sold in Europe, Posing Serious Risks to Millions of Farm Workers

«Du poison dans votre café»: un rapport alerte sur l’usage massif de pesticides dans la production mondiale

Доклад Coffee Watch «Яд в вашем кофе»: следы пестицидов найдены в каждой пятой чашке кофе

"Veneno no seu café": relatório de ONG alerta para uso massivo de pesticidas na produção mundial

"Veneno no seu café": relatório de ONG alerta para uso massivo de pesticidas na produção mundial

“Veneno en tu café”: un informe alerta sobre el uso masivo de pesticidas en la producción mundial

Coffee Watch Issues Report Raising Alarm Over Pesticide Use

Coffee News Recap: June 15th-19th

Coffee Watch: Skovrydning i Vietnam truer global kaffepris

Neuer Report kritisiert Entwaldung, Wasserkrise und Kinderarbeit

Coffee Watch, Skovrydning i Vietnam truer global kaffepri

New E-Library Expands Access to Global Coffee Agroforestry Research

Coffee's Powerful Nudge: Caffeine, Crisis, and the Regenerative Solution

Study: Coffee Responsible for 1% of Agriculture-Driven Deforestation

You didn't know this about your coffee

Nestlé and ILO Launch Two-Year Project Addressing Farm Labor in Three Key Countries

Modern Slavery, Child Labor & Deforestation: The Coffee Industry's Dirty Secret Ft. Etelle Higonnet

Starbucks quiere logo Hecho en México, aun con demandas de cafetaleros

So will eine chinesische Café-Billigkette deutsche Innenstädte erobern

Report: Sustainability Must Be Embedded Into Core Buying Practices to Drive Change

The Ethics of Coffee Production

A New Online Library Dedicated To Coffee And Agroforestry

New E-Library Puts Decades of Agroforestry Research in One Place

The Coffee News Roundup: A Library of Coffee Agroforestry Research

Coffee News Recap, 23 Jan: Arabica futures at one-month low, Peet’s Coffee to close dozens of locations amid KDP takeover & other stories

Coffee Watch Launches the Coffee Agroforestry E-Library, a New Online Database for Shade-Grown Coffee Research

EUDR delays: a timeline

The knowledge to save coffee already exists, now it’s in one e-library

Free Global Library Brings Shade-Grown Coffee Into the Light

Coffee People ft. Etelle Higonnet, Coffee Watch

2025 Year in Review

(Mostly) Everything That Happened in Coffee in 2025

Mongabay reporting drives campaign to clean up coffee supply chains

Starbucks wegen Mittäterschaft in Brasilien verklagt

Misshandlung & Ausbeutung: Klagen gegen große Kaffee-Produzenten eingebracht

Devons-nous arrêter de consommer du café et du chocolat

U.S. and U.K. lawmakers must wake up to the coffee problem

Kaffe-vagthund advarer: Kaffeproduktionen er ved at grave sin egen grav

137 anos após fim oficial da escravidão latifundiária, povo preto ainda sofre as marcas da exploração e opressão

Coffee’s quiet crisis: How deforestation is putting your cup at risk Why coffee’s deforestation problem is brewing trouble

Deforestation in Brazil is Threatening the Future of Coffee—Here’s What to Know

Reforming the Coffee Industry: Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch

Αμαζόνιος: Το τροπικό δάσος στη Βραζιλία κινδυνεύει με περαιτέρω αποψίλωση

Starbucks: US-Klage wegen Zwangsarbeit erschüttert das C.A.F.E. Practices-Siegel

From a Cup of Catastrophe to a Better Brew

Kaffee so teuer: Wie finde ich guten, günstigen Kaffee?

Grounds for Change: Fixing the Coffee Industry with Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch

Kaffebønner fra Brasilien forbindes for første gang til massive skovrydninger

Deforestación por el café amenaza la producción mundial

Can we have our coffee and our happy planet too? Etelle Higonnet

Nestlé y Starbucks, acusados por ONG de violaciones de derechos en plantaciones de café

NGOs accuse coffee giants of human rights abuses

Plusieurs ONG accusent Nestlé, Starbucks et Neumann Kaffee Gruppe de violations des droits humains

AccueilActualitésEconomieConsultation Violations des droits humains : Nestlé et Starbucks visés par une plainte en Allemagne

Plusieurs ONG accusent Nestlé, Starbucks et Neumann Kaffee Gruppe de violations des droits humains

El café de Nestlé y Starbucks, bajo acusación por trabajo infantil

ONG acusan a Nestlé y Starbucks de beneficiarse de trabajo infantil en plantaciones de café

Squeezed: How ‘scary’ coffee prices are pinching Phoenix cafes Coffee prices are at an all-time high. Now, tariffs leave coffee shop owners hard-pressed to manage costs.

NGOs file complaint in Germany accusing coffee giants of rights abuse

Trois géants du café accusés de violation des droits de l’homme

Nestle, Starbucks accuses par des ong de violations des droits sur des exploitations de cafe

Nestlé Y Starbucks Acusados Por ONG De Violaciones De Derechos En Plantaciones De Café

Nestlé y Starbucks acusados por ONG de violaciones de derechos en plantaciones de café

NGOs file complaint in Germany accusing coffee giants of rights abuse

Nestlé y Starbucks acusados por ONG de violaciones de derechos en plantaciones de café

Nestlé et Starbucks accusés par des ONG de « graves violations » des droits humains sur des exploitations de café

Wegen Lieferkettengesetz: Anzeige gegen Nestlé

Nestlé et Starbucks Accusés de Violations des Droits

Nestlé, Starbucks, NKG: trop légers sur les droits humains?

Nestlé, Starbucks accusés par des ONG de violations des droits sur des exploitations de café

Nestlé in Deutschland wegen möglichem Verstoss gegen Lieferkettengesetz verklagt

Anzeige gegen Kaffeeunternehmen Nestlé

Nestlé in Deutschland wegen möglichem Verstoss gegen Lieferkettengesetz verklagt

Nestlé y Starbucks acusados por ONG de violaciones de derechos en plantaciones de café

ONG acusan a Nestlé y Starbucks de trabajo infantil en plantaciones de café

Nestlé y Starbucks son acusados de violaciones de derechos humanos en plantaciones de café

¿Starbucks y Nestlé, en aprietos? ONG las acusan de permitir trabajo infantil en plantaciones de café en México y Brasil

Starbucks Faces US Lawsuit Over Alleged Forced Labor and Trafficking in Brazil

The Bitter Truth Behind Coffee:Human Rights and Biodiversity Loss with CoffeeWatch

La expansión cafetera en Brasil golpea los bosques y encarece el producto, según expertos

Coffee-driven deforestation making it harder to grow coffee in Brazil, watchdog group warns

Expansão desenfreada do café no Brasil ameaça sustentabilidade, diz Coffee Watch

La expansión del café en Brasil dispara la deforestación y presiona los precios globales

Conscious coffee.

Farmer says he kept ‘Starbucks seal’ even after slave labor case

Deforestazione: nuova ricerca di Coffee Watch punta l’indice contro il Brasile, ma alcuni dati appaiono incongruenti

Coffee-driven deforestation is making it harder to grow coffee, watchdog group says

La producción de café en Brasil colapsa por la deforestación y la caída de las lluvias, advierte un informe Por Escrito Sara Aquino

Brazil’s coffee industry is killing itself through deforestation

Brewed Awakening: The Future of Sustainable Coffee

Killing the forest, killing itself: Brazil faces coffee paradox as it prepares for COP30

Deforestation Threatens Coffee Industry: What It Means for Investors and Business Owners in the Coffee Market

Coffee production may be imperiled as forests are destroyed for more crops

Kaffeeanbau in Brasilien vernichtet große Teile des Atlantischen Regenwaldes

Kaffeeanbau in Brasilien verursacht weniger Regen und schadet sich damit selbst

Report ties Brazil coffee boom to deforestation

Desmatamento vinculado ao cultivo de cafe atinge 737 mil hectares no Brasil

Coffee under threat: Brazilian production is on the verge of collapse | InfoMoney News

Jeudi 23 octobre 2025

La producción de café puede peligrar a medida que se destruyen bosques para cultivar más

Η αποψίλωση δασών απειλεί τη «ζώνη του καφέ» στη Βραζιλία

Wenn der Wald stirbt, stirbt der Regen

Report Says Coffee Continues to Erase Brazil’s Forests, Exacerbating Climate Shocks

La deforestazione nella tazzina: così il caffè disbosca l’Amazzonia, pressing per fermare le regole UE

The Price Of Your Coffee Is About To Soar Again

Cà phê có thể biến mất: Cái giá của việc phá rừng để trồng thêm hạt đen

Περιβάλλον Πώς η αποψίλωση απειλεί τον καφέ - Η νέα παγκόσμια κρίση έρχεται από τη Βραζιλία

Мир останется без кофе? Производство зерна оказалось под угрозой

Kahve üretimi 20 yılda 737 bin hektarlık ormanı yok etti

Производство кофе может оказаться под угрозой из-за вырубки лесов в Бразилии

La déforestation au Brésil est aussi causée par le café

La déforestation liée au café au Brésil a atteint 737 000 hectares entre 2002 et 2023, selon un rapport

Desmatamento ligado ao café avança e ameaça estabilidade climática no Brasil

Most Coffee Farmers Live In Poverty. The Human-Rights Investigator You Need To Hear

Brazil mapping shows coffee deforestation the size of Honduras - New Report Warns of Rainfall Loss and Market Risks

La producción de café puede peligrar a medida que se destruyen bosques para cultivar más

La producción de café podría estar en peligro a medida que se destruyen los bosques para aumentar los cultivos

La deforestación en Brasil ligada al café fue de 737.000 hectáreas entre 2002 y 2023, según informe

Fighting For People, Planet, & Purpose: The Movement That Could Change Everything

Nestlé, Starbucks accusés par des ONG de violations des droits de l'homme sur des exploitations de café

The Dark Side of Your Morning Coffee Exposing Child Labor Practices

Etelle Higonnet — What’s Hiding in Your Coffee...

What’s in Your Coffee? Deforestation, Labor Abuse, and the Fight for a Better Brew with Etelle Higonnet of Coffee Watch

Grounds for Change: Coffee, Justice, and the Planet with Etelle Higonnet

Conversation with Etelle Higonnet

Coffee and Conservation: Transforming Industries for a Sustainable Future

Are You Drinking Guilt-Free Coffee? Unpacking Exploitation\Environmental Hazards in Coffee Industry

Sustainability or Strain? EUDR’s Ripple Effect on Coffee Farmers with Etelle Higonnet

Etelle Higonnet: Luchadora contra la Crisis del Café

Meet Etelle Higonnet, the Woman Fighting Coffee’s Hidden Crisis

Updates on the Tariff War: New Report Shares How Producing Countries Are Being Impacted

Coffee Watch: A Mission for Change with Etelle Higonnet

How to Survive a Hitman, Protect the Environment, and Make the Coffee Industry More Ethical and Sustainable with Etelle Higonnet

The true cost of your cup of coffee

Is Your Morning Coffee Funding Deforestation? with Etelle Higonnet

The Hidden Costs of Coffee W/ Etelle Higonnet

Brewing Change: The Fight for Ethical Coffee

Coffee and the Environment: The Hidden Cost of Your Daily Brew

New report warns Trump’s 50 % tariff plan could devastate coffee-growing economies and raise prices for U.S. consumers

A better brew: How regenerative coffee could root out exploitation

Nye anklager: Du bliver lovet bæredygtig kaffe, men bønnerne er plukket under problematiske forhold i Colombia

Bæredygtig kaffe under anklage

Colombia updates labor laws in reform, but excludes agricultural work.

'My strength is running out': the harsh routine of harvesting Colombian coffee.

Coffee farms in Colombia with a seal of good practices have bathrooms without showers.

Ausbeutung auf Plantagen trotz Zertifizierung?

Día Nacional del Café: cifras récord con aroma a deuda social

Brilla la caficultura colombiana, pero la sombra de la precariedad laboral inquieta al sector

Auge en producción de café, pero con denuncias laborales

FARM Rio has not responded to the #BreakupWithStarbucks campaign

How to fix coffee's environmental and human abuses

Sin los migrantes, no hay café en Costa Rica: quiénes sostienen una industria millonaria

Coalition calls on FARM Rio to ditch Starbucks partnership over slavery, child labor, union-busting allegations

FARM Rio faces protest over partnership with Starbucks: exploitation in the coffee supply chain.

Group Appeals to Farm Rio to End Partnership With Starbucks

Human Rights Groups, Labor Unions Demand FARM Rio Drop Starbucks Over Slavery, Labour Exploitation, Union Busting

FARM é pressionada a se afastar da Starbucks por denúncias de trabalho escravo

Brazil: FARM is urged to sever ties with Starbucks after allegations of forced labor at its coffee shop.

Brazil: FARM is urged to sever ties with Starbucks after allegations of forced labor at its coffee shop.

Group Appeals to Farm Rio to End Partnership With Starbucks

FARM Rio é pressionada a encerrar parceria com Starbucks apos denuncias

FARM Rio faces protest after partnering with Starbucks.

Watchdog Collective Calls on Farm Rio to End Partnership with Starbucks Over Allegations of Serious Human Rights Violations

PARCERIA FARM RIO STARBUCKS

Slavery, what else ? - La chronique de Julie Conti

Slavery, what else ?

Starbucks sued for slave labor

Laborers sue Brazilian coffee supplier to Starbucks for 'trafficking and slavery-like hazardous conditions'

Starbucks sued over complicity in trafficking and forced labor of coffee workers in Brazil

“Det er på tide at holde Starbucks ansvarlig for at profitere på menneskehandel”

Mongabay reports fuel petition to block US import of coffee tied to slave labor

Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

Starbucks Is Accused of Human Trafficking in Brazil

Starbucks é acusada de exploração de trabalho escravo em fazendas de café no Brasil

Βραζιλία / Για σύγχρονη δουλεία κατηγορούνται Starbucks, Nestlé και άλλες 5 πολυεθνικές καφέ

Starbucks, Other Coffee Giants Sued Over Alleged Forced Labor in Brazilian Coffee Supply Chain

Σκλάβοι εργάτες καφέ μηνύουν τη Starbucks

El café brasileño involucra trabajo forzoso, según denuncias ante EE. UU.

Labor group sues Starbucks, saying it ignores slave-like conditions for workers in Brazil

Starbucks workers in Brazil allegedly face ‘slave-like’ conditions while harvesting coffee: suit

Starbucks, Nestlé, Douwe Egberts… plusieurs producteurs de cafés sont accusés d'exploitation de travailleurs au Brésil

Café con sabor a esclavitud: la demanda contra Starbucks en Estados Unidos

Petitions on coffee worker abuse may spell trouble for Starbucks

Food Brands Face Scrutiny Over Harsh Work Conditions in Brazil

Petitions on coffee worker abuse may spell trouble for Starbucks

Starbucks enfrenta novo escândalo de exploração de trabalho escravo no Brasil

Slave-like working conditions"... Brazilian coffee workers sue Starbucks

Brazilians Sue Starbucks Over Alleged 'Slavery-Like' Conditions at Coffee Supplier

Engañados y esclavizados: ocho trabajadores de una plantación de café en Brasil demandan a Starbucks

Labor Group Sues Starbucks, Saying It Ignores Slave-like Conditions for Workers in Brazil
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