A consumer class action has been filed in the federal district court of Massachusetts, alleging that Hershey’s has been misleading consumers by failing to disclose alleged child labour in its supply chains to consumers at the point of purchase. Similar class action lawsuits have now also been brought against Mars and Nestlé in the same […]
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The Human Trafficking Secretariat of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) conducted a two-day capacity-building training for Ghanaian cocoa cooperatives. The training was conducted in collaboration with the European Union (EU), Expertise France and the leadership of the Department of Cooperatives, and was held at the Credit Unions Training Centre in Kasoa.
The Executive Director of the Mark Impact Foundation and author of the book “Poverty My Greatest Enemy”, David Nana Edjah, has voiced the need to work together in eradicating child labour in Cocoa-growing communities. The Mark Impact Foundation is a non-governmental organisation that works primarily for the welfare of children. The foundation distributed copies of
READING FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE – BOOKS DONATED TO CHILDREN OF GHANAIAN COCOA FARMERS Read More »
Seven chocolate giants including Nestle, Hershey and Cargill have been cleared of charges of child slave labour in their cocoa supply chains, bringing an end to a US lawsuit filed in early 2021. Eight young men from the West African country of Mali accused Hershey, Nestle, Cargill, Mars Inc, Mondelez International, Barry Callebaut and Olam
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Nestlé has announced plans to combat child labour in cocoa farming across Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, where the company sources most of its Cocoa. The food group intends to incentivise cocoa farmers to send their children to school instead of farms. This will be accomplished by paying farmers cash directly, on top of the Living
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The problem with emotive words like child slavery is that the image it conjures is so repugnant that nobody wants to present a different perspective. In a recent speech, Mr Nico Roozen, honorary president of the Solidaridad network, called for a tighter definition of the term. Mr Roozen believes there should be a clear understanding
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The University of Bath in the UK says it has developed a system that allows the DNA testing of cocoa. Using the results, buyers will be able to identify the precise farm from where the cocoa has been grown, thus creating an irrefutable evidence-based report. The University has released the research including a video, in
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Ten men from Burkina Faso were jailed in Côte d’Ivoire last week for attempting to smuggle forty children between the ages of 10 and 17 years old. The children were earmarked for cocoa plantations and were intercepted by police along two main routes to the cocoa belt. The children were shortly returned to Burkina Faso,
CÔTE D’IVOIRE JAILS 10 FROM BURKINA FASO FOR CHILD TRAFFICKING Read More »
Ferrero claims to have met goal of sourcing 100% sustainable cocoa through independently managed standards
FERRERO AND ‘SAVE THE CHILDREN’ PARTNER ON COCOA SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS Read More »
Police rescued 11 children and 2 teenagers working on cocoa farms in southwestern Cote d’Ivoire and arrested three farmers on suspicion of people trafficking.
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