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I don’t know the details around this, but it seems like it would be near impossible to get 100% ethical sourcing, because no matter how good your process of vetting suppliers is, at Starbucks scale, you’re going to get fraud. A shady supplier just needs to bribe or blackmail one of your procurement staff to look the other way.



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