If You Eat Chocolate, You Need to Know About This Lawsuit

English - November 05, 2021 11:00 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MB
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At the end of last month, a Chicago-based nonprofit filed suit against Hershey's and the Rainforest Alliance.

Corporate Accountability Lab alleges that Hershey's and it's sustainability certification are violating consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about labor practices in cocoa supply chains. External reports and investigations by CAL show that child labor occurs on farms that supply cocoa to Hershey's.

In today's episode, Alexa gives a brief overview of the social and environmental problems in the chocolate industry. Next, she explains this novel litigation and why you should care about it.

Learn more about social and environmental issues in chocolate: https://novelhand.com/?s=chocolate

CAL's blog post: https://corpaccountabilitylab.org/calblog/2021/11/2/cal-files-suit-against-hershey-and-rainforest-alliancenbsp

Read the complaint: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5810dda3e3df28ce37b58357/t/618167d28dd7f307c90da0e4/1635870679248/CAL+v.+Hersheys+and+RA_Stamped+Complaint.pdf