Do you see that Starbucks branches in Thailand are poping up like mushrooms? They are making so much money, without giving a fair share to the farmers in coffee-growing countries.
According to Oxfam, for every cup of coffee sold by coffee chain stores, poor farmers in coffee-growing countries like Ethiopia only earn about 3 cents...Starbucks alone has already made more than $5.8 billion in net revenue this year.
To give its 15 million farmers a better cut of the profit, the Ethiopian government has asked Starbucks to sign an agreement that recognises Ethiopia's legal ownership of the names of its coffees. Despite its much-publicised commitments to farming communities, Starbucks has not taken the Ethiopian request seriously.
Let's take action by signing a petition...
Tell Starbucks to give Ethiopia control over its coffee names
Comments