USA: Hershey's Chocolate Company To Source Child Labor Free Independently Certified Chocolate - Huffington Post - International Initiative to End Child Labor

USA: Hershey’s Chocolate Company To Source Child Labor Free Independently Certified Chocolate – Huffington Post

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Posted February 1, 2012

In Agriculture, child labor in agriculture, Child Labor News, Children in the Fields, Cocoa + Chocolate Production, Corporate Social Responsibility

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Hershey’s Child Labor: Chocolate Company To Source Independently Certified …
Huffington Post
Reports of Hershey’s using child labor in its cocoa fields have been widespread, and the publicity hasn’t been kind. In the past year, the Raise The Bar campaign, aimed at calling attention to Hershey’s child labor issues, has been putting pressure on …
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