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You might not be "in the mood" to do so if you knew where that chocolate came from in Western Africa, where trafficked child labor is widely used for chocolate production. Unlike most leading global chocolate makers (including those in the U.S.), Hershey is still declining to take steps to curb such abuses in its supply chain. ...
The National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) today announced the recipients of the 25th Annual Lewis Hine Awards for Service to Children and Youth. ...
For example, the average American consumer will drive nearly 11 minutes out of their way to buy a cause-marketing product and 83% of employees would seriously consider leaving their job if their employer used child labor in sweatshop factories. Do Well Do Good, LLC president James Epstein-Reeves explains, “It is time to write the obituary on the idea of ...
Good news for parents this Halloween: It's easier than ever to avoid buying chocolate from Hershey, the largest U.S. chocolate company. Hershey fails to ensure that child labor is not part of its chocolate. Two major reports this September called out Hershey's failure and the prevalence of egregious child labor, forced ...
The Payson Center for International Development at Tulane University released its fourth annual report on Oversight of Public and Private Initiatives to Eliminate the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana. The report underscores the lack of progress that is being made by voluntary programs adopted by the cocoa industry to ...
In West Africa, where Hershey sources much of its cocoa, the scene is one of child labor, trafficking and forced labor," according to a major new report from Global Exchange, Green America, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) and Oasis USA. ...