Coerced or enslaved labor, both Native American and African, produced almost all the cacao exported from Brazil until the latter quarter of the 19th century. Although never used on the same scale as that employed on sugar and tobacco plantations, slave labor would play an important role in the...
Pipseater, it is such a sad statement on humanity that we exploit our own children for free labor and cheap goods. There are many large chocolate companies that obtain cheap cocoa from questionable sources - the big corporations like to pass off the blame, but they certainly take advantage of...
Many of the plantations throughout West Africa, which supply Western companies, use slave and child labor, with an estimation of more than 2 million children affected. 西非很多向西方国家供应可可豆的种植园使用了奴隶和童工,据估算,有超过2...
Many of the plantations throughout West Africa, which supply Western companies, use slave and child labor, with an estimation of more than 2 million children affected. 西非很多向西方国家供应可可豆的种植园使用了奴隶和童工,据估算,有超过200万的孩童被迫劳作, This is a complex problem that persists ...
West Africa, which supply Western companies, use slave and child labor, with an estimation of more than 2 million children affected. This is a complex problem that persists despite efforts from major chocolate companies to partner with African natio...
Consumers who want ethical chocolate should look for certifications designating Fair Trade, Rain Forest Alliance, UTZ, and Fair for Life, according toSlave Free Chocolate’s guideto chocolate companies. Additional resources Want to learn more about the science of chocolate? Check out theMIT Laboratory...
How can you identify ethical chocolate, and how can we shift our world so that companies and governments that profit from problems in cacao will solve the problems they have helped create? To choose healthful and ethical craft chocolate made from cacao that is not traded on commodities markets ...
To avoid legislation that would have forced chocolate companies to label their products with "no child labor" labels (for which many major chocolate manufacturers wouldn't qualify), the industry fought back and finally agreed to a voluntary protocol to end abusive and forced child labor on cocoa...
Fact: The chocolate manufacturing companies tried to get approval to call a substitute real chocolate. A few years ago in a move that had chocolate lovers up in arms, the American chocolate manufacturers tried to petition for approval from the FDA to replace cocoa butter with Hydrogenated Vegetabl...
Green and Black’s(whose “Maya Gold” bar, which is delicious, was the world’s first Fair Trade chocolate bar) Dagoba Divine Equal Exchange These are just a few of the many companies who insist on quality chocolate.