3 Corações
Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.
Last researched 30 October 2026 · 4 sources
Brazil's best-selling coffee brand, selling ground coffee and capsules.
3 Corações publishes no certification, independent audit or supplier list.
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Why it's graded Lacks transparency
- Not met: Meets 1 of 5 Good requirements.
- Holds the grade back: It has 2 red flags: no evidence of a living wage and a hidden supply chain. Two or more red flags means a poor grade.
- It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
- Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.
Good requirements 1 of 5
- Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
- Not met: Respects worker rightsJudged on where its coffee is grown: worker rights are poorly protected in Brazil, Vietnam and Colombia.
- Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
- Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
- Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
Red flags 2
- Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
- Red flag: Hidden supply chain: no certification, independent audits or supplier list
Stars it would earn as Good
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Estimates for its products
Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using 3 Corações's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.
- A product carrying the Fairtrade mark: Good
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Where its coffee is grown
3 Corações names some of the countries its coffee comes from: Brazil. The rest is shown as where coffee is usually grown.
| Country | Worker rights | Legal minimum wage | Forced labour risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Systematic violations | Below a living wage | Moderate |
| VietnamUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| ColombiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| IndonesiaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| EthiopiaUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| HondurasUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| PeruUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
| UgandaUsual for the industry | Systematic violations | Far below a living wage | Moderate |
| GuatemalaUsual for the industry | No guarantee of rights | Well below a living wage | Moderate |
Evidence
What we found
- Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: coffee is on the US Department of Labor child or forced labour list for over a dozen countries, and farm-gate prices often fall below a living income.
Research notes 3 Corações sources its coffee in Brazil and names growing regions such as Cerrado Mineiro, Mogiana Paulista, Sul de Minas and Rondônia, but publishes no farm or supplier list, certified share or results of farm labour checks. Brazilian coffee farms, especially in Minas Gerais, have repeated cases of workers rescued from slave-like conditions, including farms supplying other major roasters. Its group launched a traceability programme, Verified Coffee, in 2023 but has not published how farms are checked for labour abuse.
Sources and actions
Sources 4
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- Multinational coffee companies ignore accusations and continue buying from suppliers linked to farms with slave labour (Repórter Brasil, 2022) · search the archive · Workers rescued from slave-like conditions on Minas Gerais coffee farms in 2021 (sector context; 3 Corações not named)
- 3 Corações lança novo café Robusta Amazônico (ABC da Comunicação, 2026) · search the archive · Robusta Amazônico coffee grown in Rondônia, Brazil
Published by 3 Corações or its owner
- Café 3 Corações lança Rituais (company release) · search the archive · Brazil's largest coffee group, over 6,000 employees, 7 plants; blends from Cerrado Mineiro, Mogiana Paulista and Sul de Minas; sold in 320,000 Brazilian outlets
- Tres Coracoes Alimentos SA 2023 Sustainability Report · search the archive · 2023 report lists launch of Verified Coffee traceability programme
Company details
- Owned by
- Grupo 3corações (Brazil)
- Headquarters
- Brazil
- Employees
- About 6,000
- Last researched
- 30 October 2026
- Cite this page
- Labour Lens, "Is 3 Corações ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/3-coracoes, last researched 30 October 2026, accessed [date].
- Method
- Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means
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