Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Braz

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Starbucks is sued for KNOWINGLY claiming its coffee is '100% ethical' - when it knows farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil it buys from are not

Starbucks is being sued on behalf of American consumers

The lawsuit claims the company falsely claims to be 100 percent ethical despite sourcing from farms with human rights violations

Coffee farms in Guatemala, Kenya and Brazil were mentioned in the lawsuit

By MARTHA WILLIAMS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 21:36 EST, 10 January 2024 | UPDATED: 02:25 EST, 11 January 2024

Starbucks is being sued for claiming that their coffee is 100 percent ethical - despite being supplied by farms with human rights violations in multiple continents.

A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court on behalf of American consumers against the largest coffee company in the world over their 'misleading' marketing.

The lawsuit claims that Starbucks knowingly sources tea and coffee from suppliers with 'documented, severe human rights and labor abuses' while claiming in their marketing and on their packaging to be 100 percent ethical.

Kenya, Guatemala, and Brazil are some of the countries where Starbucks sources its products. Guatemala is Central America's second-largest coffee exporter - after Honduras - and their arabica beans are favored by the American coffee giant.

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