Sustainable Development in the Coffee Industry

Business Strategies for Sustainable
Development (WMX042)
Examination 3

Coffee Industry

Josef Matthias Fellinger
Kristin Gertz
François Prieur
Miguel Pino Martin

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Coffee Industry

Group 4

Table of contents
The story of coffee ................................................................................................ 3
Environmental issues ............................................................................................. 4
Social issues .......................................................................................................... 5
Starbucks vs. Tchibo ............................................................................................. 8
NGOs and labour organizations .......................................................................... 12
Customer.............................................................................................................. 15
Legitimacy and de-coupling ................................................................................ 16
Policies and control strategies ............................................................................. 18
Author perspectives ............................................................................................. 20
Improvement suggestions .................................................................................... 23
Bibliography ........................................................................................................ 24

Table of figures
Fig.1 The yellow countries are the 10 biggest coffee producers ................................................ 3
Fig.2 Highest deforestation of natural forests ............................................................................ 4
Fig.3 Current food shortages in Ethiopia ................................................................................... 5
Fig.4 World-wide collapse of coffee prices to the detriment of the coffee

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