weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigationwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down11 cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eebenjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foonews@beehaw.org
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigationwww.cbsnews.comweirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square30fedilink cross-posted to: brainworms@lemm.eebenjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foonews@beehaw.org
minus-squarebetweenthesixes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoHere is a company that is trying to do the right thing: Tony’s Chocolonely Note: I am not affiliated in any way, but simply heard about them via another story.
minus-squareHello_there@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoPbs newshour and John Oliver have done stories on them in the past few yes
minus-square🦄🦄🦄@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoThey are paying more money per tonne of cocoa to the slave owners… I don’t see any indication that this “living wage” actually goes to the slaves themselves tho. https://tonyschocolonely.com/int/en/our-story/news/why-we-wont-stop-paying-a-higher-price-for-cocoa
Here is a company that is trying to do the right thing: Tony’s Chocolonely
Note: I am not affiliated in any way, but simply heard about them via another story.
Pbs newshour and John Oliver have done stories on them in the past few yes
They are paying more money per tonne of cocoa to the slave owners… I don’t see any indication that this “living wage” actually goes to the slaves themselves tho.
https://tonyschocolonely.com/int/en/our-story/news/why-we-wont-stop-paying-a-higher-price-for-cocoa