1. Responsible Coffee Sourcing: Towards a Living Income for Producers
- Author:
- Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Margaret Sagan, and Solina Kennedy
- Publication Date:
- 07-2021
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
- Abstract:
- Coffee company sourcing practices are a key tool for improving coffee producer and farmworker well-being. Companies are not the only actor responsible for addressing living income and living wages, and sourcing practices are not the only relevant tool. Governments and other stakeholders must use policies, programs, and other levers to address the structural factors that contribute to producers’ and farmworkers’ impoverishment. Yet the role of other actors and interventions should not be an excuse for company practices that contribute to producer and worker poverty. Credible options exist for roasters and retailers to improve producer and farmworker well-being through sourcing practices.
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Environment, Poverty, and Coffee
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus