Nespresso, the maker of coffee brewing pods and machines, found child labor at three farms where it buys coffee in Guatemala, according to Reuters.
The company said it had implemented a prevention plan to ward off potential further abuse. The Nestle-owned coffee giant uncovered child labor at three of the 374 coffee farms where it buys coffee in Guatemala’s central-southern Fraijanes region, it said in a statement.
The company was under scrutiny after Britain’s Channel 4 News last month reported finding children working on six farms where Nespresso allegedly sourced coffee.
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