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Tell Hershey to Go Fair Trade!
Ten years after making a commitment to put an end to child labor on cocoa farms, the Hershey Company continues to source cocoa that is tainted by the worst forms of child labor and hundreds of thousands of children continue to work long, grueling hours on cocoa farms in West Africa.
- Green America and its allies recently released a follow-up Real Corporate Social Responsibility report on Hershey that found the company continues to lag behind its competitors when it comes to tracing its supply chain and preventing labor abuses in its cocoa.
- In a report commissioned by the US Department of Labor, experts at Tulane University recommended third party certification as the most effective way to prevent child labor, human trafficking, and forced labor in cocoa production. Hershey's refuses to adopt third party certification for any of its name-branded products.
- Hershey's major competitors, including Mars and Nestlé, have committed to begin sourcing cocoa that is third party certified in order to track and eliminate the worst forms of abuse. And some companies, like Green & Black's and Ben & Jerry's, have moved their entire cocoa supply chain to Fair Trade. No candy bar under the Hershey's label is Fair Trade.
It was one year ago that we first called on Hershey to Raise the Bar and remove exploitive child labor from its chocolate by switching to Fair Trade certification. Already more than 50,000 consumers have taken action. With Halloween around the corner we need to let Hershey know this issue is as important as ever, especially to chocolate-lovers! Tell Hershey it needs to eliminate child and forced labor from its cocoa, and needs to go Fair Trade.
Please send Hershey an email today!
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Andy McCormick, Vice-President for Public Affairs, The Hershey Company;
Todd Camp, Director, Corporate Social Responsibility, The Hershey Company;
James D. George, Vice-President, Corporate Social Responsibility, The Hershey Company;
Kyle A. Newkirk, Responsible Sourcing Senior Manager, The Hershey Company
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