Coalition calls on FARM Rio to ditch Starbucks partnership

Coalition calls on FARM Rio to ditch Starbucks partnership

A coalition of 17 human rights organizations, labor leaders, and ethics watchdogs in the coffee industry is demanding that FARM Rio, a Brazilian fashion brand, end its partnership with Starbucks.  The organizations distilled their calls for FARM Rio to either drop the multinational coffee giant or condition their partnership with Starbucks on the basis of major reforms to the company’s labor practices, in a letter to FARM Rio CEO Fabio Barreto d…