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Brand guides · 4 guides

Coffee

Who grows your coffee, who gets paid, capsule waste and the price of a daily habit.

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4 evidence guides

Coffee

Caribou Coffee

Caribou Coffee’s sourcing, farm wages, ownership and packaging examined. What Rainforest Alliance certification tells you—and what still needs evidence.

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Folgers

Folgers examined through its disputed serving claims, Smucker’s coffee price increases and farmer-support programmes. Evidence without confusing allegations with findings.

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Coffee

Nespresso

Nespresso’s ethics examined beyond the B Corp badge: actual capsule recycling, child-labour remediation, farm incomes and the recurring cost of its coffee systems.

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Stumptown Coffee

Stumptown’s direct-trade relationships, sourcing verification and ownership examined. Does its higher coffee price translate into stronger treatment of producers?

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