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Boy collecting cocoa after beans have dried. The Harkin–Engel Protocol, [a] sometimes referred to as the Cocoa Protocol, is an international agreement aimed at ending the worst forms of child labor (according to the International Labour Organization's Convention 182) and forced labor (according to ILO Convention 29) in the production of cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate.
Lawyers representing the Louisiana Municipal Police Employees' Retirement System (LAMPERS) have sued Hershey (NYS: HSY) , alleging the confectionary giant uses cocoa produced with unlawful child ...
Unfortunately, the chocolate industry has been getting a bad rap recently, with lawsuits and boycotts against big names like Nestlé, Hershey, and Mars for reportedly supporting child slave labor ...
The World Cocoa Foundation, of which all major chocolate manufacturers, buyers and the ICI are members, reported in 2020 that hazardous child labour had been reduced by one-third in communities where company programs such as Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems were in place; that Governments’ actions on education have led to ...
Class action lawsuits were filed against Hershey's, Nestle and Mars. The suits claim each knowingly had cocoa sources linked to child slaves. Did a child slave make the chocolate bar you're eating?
The Hershey Company was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company, originally established as a subsidiary of his Lancaster Caramel Company. The Hershey Trust Company owns a minority stake but retains a majority of the voting power within the company. [6] Hershey's chocolate is available in 60 countries. [7]
In 2012 Global Exchange joined with Green America and the International Labor Rights Forum to pressure The Hershey Company to go fair trade [12] and end child labor in the Theobroma cacao fields. The campaign is called Raise the Bar, Hershey. [13] [14] The Mexico Program confronts the rising violence and unrest. The program is described as ...
Raise the Bar, Hershey is a campaign to urge the Hershey chocolate company to go fair trade, as well as adopt more transparent sourcing policies. [16] Green America is part of Voice, a watchdog coalition for a reformed cocoa industry. [17] Godiva chocolates and child labor is one focus.