‘Why’s chocolate so cheap?’: Aussies call for transparency
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that behind the foil-wrapped seasonal merriment and the squealing delight from Easter egg hunts is ...
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Documentary maker Miki Mistrati wants consumers to know the truth about chocolate
Miki Mistrati has been documenting child labour in West Africa’s cocoa industry since 2007 – and he’s in therapy. “You ...
Anti-slavery brand finds 1,700 child workers in supply chain
The Sunday Times reports that anti-slavery chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely has admitted at least 1,700 child labourers were involved in ...
Are chocolate giants on the verge of solving child slavery?
Campaigners have dismissed new reports by chocolate companies that child labour is being addressed in their supply chains. Despite a ...
Ivory Coast, Ghana push to boost cocoa payments
Ivory Coast and Ghana asked cocoa and chocolate companies last week to pay more in premiums to support farmers' wages, ...
Starbucks must face claims over ‘ethically sourced’ cocoa label
Bloomberg Law reports that Starbucks Corp. must face claims alleging it deceptively advertises hot chocolate as “ethically sourced” despite the ...
EU subsidies for chocolate companies profiting from child slaves would be “outrageous”
European Union subsidies to the end child labour in Ivory Coast would be a waste of taxpayer funds, spent corruptly ...
Class action against chocolate giants could win damages for 50,000 child slaves
The world’s chocolate giants could face punitive damages of US$50 million for each of eight former child slaves leading a ...
Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares of forest to cocoa
Reuters reports that Ivory Coast lost 47,000 hectares (116,000 acres) of forest in its cocoa-growing regions in 2020, an environmental group ...
Nestle invites KitKat cocoa farmers to new scheme
Ending its KitKat relationship with Fairtrade, Nestle has said it will provide financial support to farmers so they can certify ...
Free, prior and informed consent required as clean energy threatens Indigenous Peoples
A new coalition of Indigenous Peoples is calling for free, prior and informed consent to be negotiated without exception as...
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