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Table 1 General criteria of common certification programs for coffee

From: Sustainable coffee supply chain management: a case study in Buon Me Thuot City, Daklak, Vietnam

Certification Seal

Environmental Criteria

Social Criteria

Economic Criteria

Quality Standards

Organic

✓

   

Fairtrade

 

✓✓

✓

 

Rainforest Alliance

✓✓

✓

  

Bird-friendly

✓✓

   

UTZ Certified

✓

✓

✓

 

Starbucks C.A.F.E

✓

✓

✓

✓✓

4C

✓

✓✓

✓

✓

  1. ✓: Moderate criteria- ✓✓: Very Strong criteria
  2. Source: (Lentijo and Hostetler 2011)