George Clooney is speaking out after child labor allegations surfaced against Nespresso.
ET in a statement that he was"surprised and saddened" to learn of the claims., who was the first to report the news, Anthony Barnett, a reporter for the British show , saw children working in Guatemala when he was given access to farms there. The country is the world's 10th largest coffee producer.
"I’m enormously proud of the success of their efforts. They’ve improved the lives and livelihoods of thousands of farms all around the world. They’ve risked their lives trying to rebuild farms in South Sudan and spent a year on the ground helping farmers restore their farms in Puerto Rico after the hurricane," the statement continues. "The simple truth is that this program is overwhelmingly positive for coffee farmers around the world.
"We knew it was a big project when it started seven years ago, and honestly I was surprised and saddened to see this story," the statement reads."Clearly this board and this company still have work to do. And that work will be done." In addition, Guillaume Le Cunff, the CEO of Nespresso, tells ET in a statement that the company has"zero tolerance of child labor," which he deemed"unacceptable." Le Cunff's statement also notes that the company has"launched a thorough investigation to find out which farms were filmed and whether they supply Nespresso," adding that they won't"resume purchases of coffee from farms in this area" until the investigation is closed.
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