Comments on: Starbucks to double their Fairtrade purchase

By: Starbucks Shared Planet Tumblers & Marketing | The Greenwashing Blog

Starbucks Shared Planet Tumblers & Marketing | The Greenwashing Blog — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:45:44 +0000

[...] [their] commitment to coffee farmers.” But that post was written in 2007. -Starbucks doubles their purchasing of fairtrade coffee. -Starbucks claims to deliver 100% responsibly grown, ethically traded. Maybe [...]

By: Starbucks’ Shared Planet « MAKE WEALTH HISTORY

Starbucks’ Shared Planet « MAKE WEALTH HISTORY — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:12:26 +0000

[...] have recently announced that they are to double their purchase of Fairtrade coffee, the element of this initiative that was missing, in my view. Possibly related posts: [...]

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:05:04 +0000

I guess it’s a matter of scale. Starbucks are huge compared to AMT, but at least they’re moving in the right direction.

I think it’s time to start looking at Nescafe and the supermarket coffee brands.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:47:03 +0000

12% is still better than 6%. At least Starbucks is taking action. Even a little action is better than none – We should just expect and demand more from a multinational corporation. I fail to believe that Starbucks can’t afford to switch to 100% fair trade when AMT have managed alright.