What percent of chocolate comes from slavery?

What percent of chocolate comes from slavery?

Over 60% of the world’s cocoa comes from two countries in West Africa – Ghana and the Ivory Coast. According the Global Slavery Index 2018 thousands of children today are trafficked and forced to work on the cocoa farms.

How many slaves are in the cocoa industry?

Adults in forced labour in cocoa agriculture An estimated 4.2 adult workers12 per 1,000 adult workers in cocoa agriculture, equating to around 10,000 people aged 18 years and over, experienced forced labour in cocoa agriculture between 2013 and 2017.

Are slaves used to make chocolate?

In 2001, the United States Department of State estimated there were 15,000 child slaves in cocoa, cotton, and coffee farms in Côte d’Ivoire, and the Chocolate Manufacturers Association acknowledged that children were used in the cocoa harvest of cocoa.

Does the chocolate industry use child labor?

The Worst Forms of Child Labor As the chocolate industry has grown over the years, so has the demand for cheap cocoa. On average, cocoa farmers earn less than $2 per day, an income below the poverty line. As a result, they often resort to the use of child labor to keep their prices competitive.

Does Nestlé use child labour?

Nestlé’s code of conduct prohibits the use of child labour in its supply chain…

Does Nestle still use child labour?

Is Ferrero Rocher slavery free?

Ferrero promotes the respect of human rights and does not tolerate child labour nor any form of slavery as stated in its Code of Business Conduct*.

Do cadburys use palm oil in their chocolate?

Described as one of the cheapest and most versatile vegetable oils, palm oil is used in various Cadbury’s confectionery, including milk buttons. Sold by the Cadbury family in the 1950s, the chocolate brand is now owned by the American confectionery giant Mondelez, one of the world’s biggest buyers of palm oil.

Is Cadbury unethical?

The food giant that owns the Cadbury brand is embroiled in fresh allegations of employing child labour after an investigation obtained footage of children working with machetes on cocoa farms in its supply chain.

Is Nutella palm oil?

The palm oil we use in Nutella® is 100% sustainable palm oil, traceable back to the mills. It mainly originates from Malaysia (averaging around 80% of our volumes) followed by Indonesia.