Some of the world's largest chocolate manufacturers have been accused of child slavery in a US court, a case that also involves agri-food and ingredients heavyweights. related to Barry Callebaut, Cargill, Hershey, Mars, Mondelez International, Nestle, Olam International, Confectionery, Dried foods, Corporate responsibility, Emerging markets,
Eight young adults are suing a number of chocolate companies — including behemoths such as Hershey and Nestlé — for what they claim is the knowing use and profit of child slavery in the .
Nestlé, Cargill, Barry Callebaut, Mars, Olam, Hershey and Mondelēz are the multinational companies being accused of aiding and abetting the illegal enslavement of “thousands” of children on cocoa farms in their supply chains.
Claiming they were used as slave labour on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast, children have filed a lawsuit against Mars, Nestle, Hershey and many others.
Mars, Nestlé and Hershey are among some of the chocolate companies facing a child slavery lawsuit after eight young adults claimed to have been used for slave labour. The lawsuit was filed recently on behalf of the eight plaintiffs by human rights firm International Rights Advocates (IRA) in Washington DC. The world’s biggest chocolate companies …