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This A+ list mostly movie actor who sometime directs is expressing shock and dismay about one of his biggest sponsors.

He doesn’t care enough though to walk away from the contract or to donate any of the money to help the people the sponsor is exploiting.

George Clooney

Nespresso

George Clooney ‘surprised and saddened’ by child labor claims against Nespresso

George Clooney, a brand ambassador for Nespresso, said he was “surprised and saddened” to learn of child labor allegations facing the coffee giant, according to a report.

A forthcoming investigation from the British documentary program Dispatches claims Nespresso and Starbucks rely on beans picked by young children working long, “grueling” shifts in Guatemala to pick beans for their coffee.

“Honestly I was surprised and saddened to see this story,” Clooney, 58, said in a statement sent to USA TODAY. “Clearly this board and this company still have work to do. And that work will be done.”

The Oscar winner has spent seven years Nespresso’s Sustainability Advisory Board with the expressed goal of improving the conditions of farmers, the outlet reporter. The actor claims to understand the “complex issues regarding farming and child labor” because he grew up working on a tobacco farm in Kentucky since he was 12 years old.

Clooney encouraged Dispatches to continue its reporting on farm conditions in order to provide a “check and balance of good corporate responsibility.” But he still touted the board as a “success” even as the company allegedly sources beans from farms that work kids to the bone.

“I’m enormously proud of the success of their efforts,” he wrote. “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 simple truth is that this program is overwhelmingly positive for coffee farmers around the world.” – Source

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