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Diving overview:
- Nestlé has partnered with: international labor organization — a United Nations agency focused on advancing social justice, human rights and fair labor standards — is launching projects such as: We promote fair hiring and labor rights. Coffee supply chain based in Latin America.
- The two-year project will focus on three major coffee supply countries: Brazil, Colombia and Mexico, according to a press release Tuesday.
- The project aims to carry out targeted interventions at the country level to improve labor rights and labor practices in the coffee supply chain, Nestlé said in a press release. The company said the insights gained from these interventions will complement knowledge sharing across the global coffee sector.
Dive Insights:
As part of the project, the ILO said it was seeking a facilitator role focused on initiating a social dialogue between governments, employers and worker organizations to understand the “key drivers” of labor-related risks and lack of fair labor standards in coffee supply chains. Nestlé said it would use these insights to carry out country-level interventions.
In addition to promoting labor rights, the UN agency hopes to use the program to “promote decent work and contribute to more sustainable supply chains,” said the director of the ILO’s Priority Action Program on Decent Work in Supply Chains. Dan Reese It was stated in a March 31 release.
“Coffee production sustains the livelihoods of approximately 20 to 25 million families worldwide and generates vital income and employment,” Rees added. “However, significant job shortages persist in the coffee supply chain, particularly among seasonal and migrant workers.”
Nestle said this project “Nescafe Plan 2030,” instant coffee brands‘s global sustainability program. The Swiss food and beverage giant has updated its program for 2022 to help farmers switch to sustainable practices that improve productivity, reduce spending and reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with coffee production.
Nestlé reported that Nescafé sourced 32% of its coffee from farmers who practiced regenerative agricultural practices in 2024, exceeding its 2025 goal of sourcing 20% of its coffee that way.
that Nescafe plan map focus Sourcing Improves the lives of farmers And the communities in which they live include social initiatives such as human rights and child protection. According to the coffee brand, the latter services include monitoring and improving the rights of children and workers throughout Nescafe’s supply chain.
Recent benchmark evaluations 45 largest food and beverage companies globally, including Nestlé. Major food and beverage companies Insufficient efforts to prevent and resolve forced labor risks Exacerbated by climate change across supply chainsS. benchmark, Published by the International Nonprofit Center for Business and Human Rights Evaluation, scoring company Efforts to prevent and resolve forced labor rank 1st out of 100. However, only Australian supermarkets Coles and Woolworths scored above 50, while Nestlé scored below 40, along with Smucker’s, Mondelēz International and most other supermarkets.
