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Candy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigation

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Children in Ghana, some as young as 5, are working cocoa fields and wielding machetes instead of attending school.
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    7•1 year ago

    Where is that mythical ethical chocolate?

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      Tony’s is one of the bigger brands. Even they will admit their efforts aren’t always perfect but it’s about constant audits to keep the supply line safe

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        Yeah I know about Tonys’s. Do you know where I could find the findings of those audits?

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          It used to come in an annual report but I couldn’t find the last few years

          https://tonyschocolonely.com/uk/en/annual-fair-reports/annual-fair-report-2019-2020

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          Directly on their website: https://tonyschocolonely.com/uk/en/annual-fair-reports/annual-fair-report-2021-2022

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            But that isn’t an audit report, is it? Just pr material that they themselves produced.

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      Look for fair trade. (Endandgered species chocalate is pretty good) they all still have shady practices ofc but you will get better chocalate!

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      1•1 year ago

      Mythical? It’s at Aldi!

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      I eat chocolonely, it’s in supermarkets near me.

      Here’s a list of ethical chocolate companies:

      https://www.slavefreechocolate.org/ethical-chocolate-companies

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