Coffee Watch
@coffeewatch.bsky.social
A new watchdog dedicated to the proposition that we should make the world a better place with each cup of coffee. From environmental to human rights abuses, we fight to reform the global coffee industry.
COP30 is now in full swing, and there is one issue that still deserves far more attention: coffee-driven deforestation.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
COP30 is now in full swing, and there is one issue that still deserves far more attention: coffee-driven deforestation.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
COP30 is now in full swing, and there is one issue that still deserves far more attention: coffee-driven deforestation.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
COP30 is now in full swing, and there is one issue that still deserves far more attention: coffee-driven deforestation.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
Coffee Watch’s latest findings reveal 737,000+ hectares of forest cleared inside Brazilian coffee farm boundaries and over 11 million hectares lost.
Tropenbos International's new report, Scaling Sustainable Agroforestry highlights how agroforestry systems can transform landscapes.
At COP 30, we join the call for agroforestry to be recognized as a core nature-based solution.
www.tropenbos.org/resources/ag...
At COP 30, we join the call for agroforestry to be recognized as a core nature-based solution.
www.tropenbos.org/resources/ag...
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tropenbos International's new report, Scaling Sustainable Agroforestry highlights how agroforestry systems can transform landscapes.
At COP 30, we join the call for agroforestry to be recognized as a core nature-based solution.
www.tropenbos.org/resources/ag...
At COP 30, we join the call for agroforestry to be recognized as a core nature-based solution.
www.tropenbos.org/resources/ag...
☕ Brazil produces 40% of the world’s coffee— but by 2050, it could lose two-thirds of its Arabica-suitable land if deforestation continues.
It’s time to shift to regenerative agroforestry. 🌿
🔗 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
It’s time to shift to regenerative agroforestry. 🌿
🔗 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
☕ Brazil produces 40% of the world’s coffee— but by 2050, it could lose two-thirds of its Arabica-suitable land if deforestation continues.
It’s time to shift to regenerative agroforestry. 🌿
🔗 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
It’s time to shift to regenerative agroforestry. 🌿
🔗 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
Between 2001 and 2023, over 11 million hectares of Brazil’s forests — an area the size of Honduras — have been destroyed. Within that, at least 312,000 hectares were cleared directly for coffee farms.
👉 Read the full report: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
👉 Read the full report: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Between 2001 and 2023, over 11 million hectares of Brazil’s forests — an area the size of Honduras — have been destroyed. Within that, at least 312,000 hectares were cleared directly for coffee farms.
👉 Read the full report: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
👉 Read the full report: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
Brazil has lost 11M hectares of forest to coffee — the 6th largest driver of deforestation worldwide.
Now, droughts are cutting rainfall by 50% as the “flying rain” from trees disappears.
☕ No forests, no coffee.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
#CoffeeWatch
Now, droughts are cutting rainfall by 50% as the “flying rain” from trees disappears.
☕ No forests, no coffee.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
#CoffeeWatch
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Brazil has lost 11M hectares of forest to coffee — the 6th largest driver of deforestation worldwide.
Now, droughts are cutting rainfall by 50% as the “flying rain” from trees disappears.
☕ No forests, no coffee.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
#CoffeeWatch
Now, droughts are cutting rainfall by 50% as the “flying rain” from trees disappears.
☕ No forests, no coffee.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
#CoffeeWatch
Agroforestry—growing coffee under shade trees—can store twice as much carbon as monocultures and protect farms from drought.
Yet today, less than 1% of Brazil's coffee farms use this climate-resilient approach. It's time to change that.
Learn more coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
Yet today, less than 1% of Brazil's coffee farms use this climate-resilient approach. It's time to change that.
Learn more coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Agroforestry—growing coffee under shade trees—can store twice as much carbon as monocultures and protect farms from drought.
Yet today, less than 1% of Brazil's coffee farms use this climate-resilient approach. It's time to change that.
Learn more coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
Yet today, less than 1% of Brazil's coffee farms use this climate-resilient approach. It's time to change that.
Learn more coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
Starting in 2026, all coffee entering the EU must be deforestation-free. 🌱
Half of Brazil’s $4.8B coffee exports could be at risk if supply chains can’t prove forests are intact.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation
#EUDR
Half of Brazil’s $4.8B coffee exports could be at risk if supply chains can’t prove forests are intact.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation
#EUDR
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Starting in 2026, all coffee entering the EU must be deforestation-free. 🌱
Half of Brazil’s $4.8B coffee exports could be at risk if supply chains can’t prove forests are intact.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation
#EUDR
Half of Brazil’s $4.8B coffee exports could be at risk if supply chains can’t prove forests are intact.
👉 coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation
#EUDR
🚨 Germany’s Dallmayr linked to child & forced labour in Uganda.
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🚨 Germany’s Dallmayr linked to child & forced labour in Uganda.
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
🚨 Germany’s Dallmayr linked to child & forced labour in Uganda.
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
🚨 Germany’s Dallmayr linked to child & forced labour in Uganda.
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Coffee Watch filed a #BAFA report under the #LkSG exposing workers paid <$2/day, kids as young as 12 on fields, & abuses at a subsidiary of global coffee trader Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
⚠️ EU Environment Ministers are meeting today to debate the #EUDR.
🟢 Together with 86 civil society organisations, including @coffeewatchorg , we’re calling on the EU to stand firm especially with #COP30 approaching.
👉 www.wwf.eu?19893941/Its...
🟢 Together with 86 civil society organisations, including @coffeewatchorg , we’re calling on the EU to stand firm especially with #COP30 approaching.
👉 www.wwf.eu?19893941/Its...
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
⚠️ EU Environment Ministers are meeting today to debate the #EUDR.
🟢 Together with 86 civil society organisations, including @coffeewatchorg , we’re calling on the EU to stand firm especially with #COP30 approaching.
👉 www.wwf.eu?19893941/Its...
🟢 Together with 86 civil society organisations, including @coffeewatchorg , we’re calling on the EU to stand firm especially with #COP30 approaching.
👉 www.wwf.eu?19893941/Its...
Starbucks named in reports under Germany’s Supply Chain Act over abuses in their coffee supply chains across Brazil, Mexico, and China. Investigations found child and forced labour, poverty wages, and unsafe conditions.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Starbucks named in reports under Germany’s Supply Chain Act over abuses in their coffee supply chains across Brazil, Mexico, and China. Investigations found child and forced labour, poverty wages, and unsafe conditions.
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Feels like an easy choice, right? ☕
Corporate profits & greenwashing vs. human rights, fair wages & accountability.
Reports filed by Coffee Watch + partners expose child labour in China, €2/day wages in Uganda & forced labour in Brazil.
Read more: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Corporate profits & greenwashing vs. human rights, fair wages & accountability.
Reports filed by Coffee Watch + partners expose child labour in China, €2/day wages in Uganda & forced labour in Brazil.
Read more: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Feels like an easy choice, right? ☕
Corporate profits & greenwashing vs. human rights, fair wages & accountability.
Reports filed by Coffee Watch + partners expose child labour in China, €2/day wages in Uganda & forced labour in Brazil.
Read more: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Corporate profits & greenwashing vs. human rights, fair wages & accountability.
Reports filed by Coffee Watch + partners expose child labour in China, €2/day wages in Uganda & forced labour in Brazil.
Read more: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Behind #Coffee sold by global giants like Starbucks , Nestle and Dallmayr lies a hidden story of exploitation — from #childlabour on Chinese coffee farms to forced labour and #povertywages in Brazil, Mexico, and Uganda.
🔗 Read the full article: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
🔗 Read the full article: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Behind #Coffee sold by global giants like Starbucks , Nestle and Dallmayr lies a hidden story of exploitation — from #childlabour on Chinese coffee farms to forced labour and #povertywages in Brazil, Mexico, and Uganda.
🔗 Read the full article: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
🔗 Read the full article: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
🍫🕊️ Nestlé’s coffee supply chain is under fire. Reports were submitted to German authorities citing #childlabour in China and #debtbondage in Brazil, despite its “responsible sourcing” claims.
Read more 👉: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Read more 👉: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
November 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🍫🕊️ Nestlé’s coffee supply chain is under fire. Reports were submitted to German authorities citing #childlabour in China and #debtbondage in Brazil, despite its “responsible sourcing” claims.
Read more 👉: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Read more 👉: coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
🚨 Coffee Watch and partners filed reports with German authorities naming Starbucks and Nestle for abuses in #Brazilian, #Mexican, and #Chinese supply chains and Dallmayr for Ugandan supply chains - abuses include #childlabour, #forcedlabour and #poverty wages.
👉 coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
👉 coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨 Coffee Watch and partners filed reports with German authorities naming Starbucks and Nestle for abuses in #Brazilian, #Mexican, and #Chinese supply chains and Dallmayr for Ugandan supply chains - abuses include #childlabour, #forcedlabour and #poverty wages.
👉 coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
👉 coffeewatch.org/reports-to-b...
Across Tikmüüin territory, coffee expansion is displacing communities, & destroying medicinal forests.
At #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous leaders will remind the world that protecting forests means protecting people - their stewardship is the strongest defense against #deforestation
At #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous leaders will remind the world that protecting forests means protecting people - their stewardship is the strongest defense against #deforestation
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Across Tikmüüin territory, coffee expansion is displacing communities, & destroying medicinal forests.
At #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous leaders will remind the world that protecting forests means protecting people - their stewardship is the strongest defense against #deforestation
At #COP30 in Belém, Indigenous leaders will remind the world that protecting forests means protecting people - their stewardship is the strongest defense against #deforestation
Coffee's boom amassed a massive forest debt - and its interest is still growing.
Coffee often grows on land already cleared for cattle, benefiting from deforestation that happened long before the first seed was planted. This is known as "deforestation laundering".
t.co/6p8hJpBk7m
Coffee often grows on land already cleared for cattle, benefiting from deforestation that happened long before the first seed was planted. This is known as "deforestation laundering".
t.co/6p8hJpBk7m
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Coffee's boom amassed a massive forest debt - and its interest is still growing.
Coffee often grows on land already cleared for cattle, benefiting from deforestation that happened long before the first seed was planted. This is known as "deforestation laundering".
t.co/6p8hJpBk7m
Coffee often grows on land already cleared for cattle, benefiting from deforestation that happened long before the first seed was planted. This is known as "deforestation laundering".
t.co/6p8hJpBk7m
🚨 BREAKING: A Brazilian coffee farm where 20 workers were rescued from slave-like conditions kept its Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices certification until 2024 — even after the owner was added to the Dirty List.
Read @reporterbrasil.org.br article to learn more:
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/10/farm...
Read @reporterbrasil.org.br article to learn more:
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/10/farm...
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
🚨 BREAKING: A Brazilian coffee farm where 20 workers were rescued from slave-like conditions kept its Starbucks C.A.F.E. Practices certification until 2024 — even after the owner was added to the Dirty List.
Read @reporterbrasil.org.br article to learn more:
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/10/farm...
Read @reporterbrasil.org.br article to learn more:
reporterbrasil.org.br/2025/10/farm...
Across Brazil’s coffee belt, forests once teeming with life are disappearing.
What’s left behind is not just bare land — but broken systems.
☁️ Less rain.
💧 Drier soil.
💸 Unstable harvests.
What’s left behind is not just bare land — but broken systems.
☁️ Less rain.
💧 Drier soil.
💸 Unstable harvests.
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Across Brazil’s coffee belt, forests once teeming with life are disappearing.
What’s left behind is not just bare land — but broken systems.
☁️ Less rain.
💧 Drier soil.
💸 Unstable harvests.
What’s left behind is not just bare land — but broken systems.
☁️ Less rain.
💧 Drier soil.
💸 Unstable harvests.
These forests were not just trees — they were homes. 🌿🏠
New Coffee Watch analysis reveals that from 2001 to 2023, Brazil’s coffee heartland lost more than 11 million hectares of forest. Within that footprint, at least 312,803 hectares were directly cleared for coffee.
New Coffee Watch analysis reveals that from 2001 to 2023, Brazil’s coffee heartland lost more than 11 million hectares of forest. Within that footprint, at least 312,803 hectares were directly cleared for coffee.
October 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
These forests were not just trees — they were homes. 🌿🏠
New Coffee Watch analysis reveals that from 2001 to 2023, Brazil’s coffee heartland lost more than 11 million hectares of forest. Within that footprint, at least 312,803 hectares were directly cleared for coffee.
New Coffee Watch analysis reveals that from 2001 to 2023, Brazil’s coffee heartland lost more than 11 million hectares of forest. Within that footprint, at least 312,803 hectares were directly cleared for coffee.
#Forests don’t just make oxygen — they make rain. ☁️
“Flying rivers” bring up to 40% of rainfall to #Brazil belt.
#Deforestation breaks this cycle, drying the lands that grow our coffee.
🌎 Read more: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
“Flying rivers” bring up to 40% of rainfall to #Brazil belt.
#Deforestation breaks this cycle, drying the lands that grow our coffee.
🌎 Read more: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 AM
#Forests don’t just make oxygen — they make rain. ☁️
“Flying rivers” bring up to 40% of rainfall to #Brazil belt.
#Deforestation breaks this cycle, drying the lands that grow our coffee.
🌎 Read more: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
“Flying rivers” bring up to 40% of rainfall to #Brazil belt.
#Deforestation breaks this cycle, drying the lands that grow our coffee.
🌎 Read more: coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-...
🚨 New Report: Brazil’s coffee belt lost 11M+ ha of forest, incl. 300K+ cleared for coffee — an area the size of Honduras.
🌳Up to ⅔ of Arabica land could vanish by 2050.
🔗https://coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation/
🌳Up to ⅔ of Arabica land could vanish by 2050.
🔗https://coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation/
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨 New Report: Brazil’s coffee belt lost 11M+ ha of forest, incl. 300K+ cleared for coffee — an area the size of Honduras.
🌳Up to ⅔ of Arabica land could vanish by 2050.
🔗https://coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation/
🌳Up to ⅔ of Arabica land could vanish by 2050.
🔗https://coffeewatch.org/wake-up-and-smell-the-deforestation/
What if your morning #coffee could help fight #climatechange?
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have discovered a way to turn used #coffeegrounds and #recycled #plastic into activated carbon — a material that captures #carbondioxide before it enters the atmosphere.
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have discovered a way to turn used #coffeegrounds and #recycled #plastic into activated carbon — a material that captures #carbondioxide before it enters the atmosphere.
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
What if your morning #coffee could help fight #climatechange?
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have discovered a way to turn used #coffeegrounds and #recycled #plastic into activated carbon — a material that captures #carbondioxide before it enters the atmosphere.
Scientists at the University of Sharjah have discovered a way to turn used #coffeegrounds and #recycled #plastic into activated carbon — a material that captures #carbondioxide before it enters the atmosphere.
Across coffee-growing regions, many workers earn as little as $2 to $5 per day, far below a living wage. In Colombia, investigations by Repórter Brasil and Coffee Watch revealed unsafe, overcrowded housing without ventilation, showers, or sanitation.
October 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Across coffee-growing regions, many workers earn as little as $2 to $5 per day, far below a living wage. In Colombia, investigations by Repórter Brasil and Coffee Watch revealed unsafe, overcrowded housing without ventilation, showers, or sanitation.