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Nespresso finds child labor at three farms

Friday, March 27, 2020


Nespresso, the maker of coffee brewing pods and machines, found child labor at three farms where it buys coffee in Guatemala, the company said on Thursday, also announcing it implemented a prevention plan to ward off potential further abuse.

The Nestlé-owned coffee giant uncovered child labor at three of the 374 coffee farms where it buys coffee in Guatemala’s central-southern Fraijanes region, Reuters reports.