Das Süßwarenunternehmen Mars verwendet Kakao, der von Kindern ab 5 Jahren in Ghana geerntet wurde: Untersuchung von CBS News

by CBSnews

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  1. Here’s a preview of the article:

    In the blistering heat, CBS News found children in Ghana as young as 5 years old using machetes nearly as big as themselves to harvest the cocoa beans that end up in some of America’s most-loved chocolates. Our team traveled across Ghana’s remote cocoa belt to visit small subsistence farms that supply the U.S. chocolate giant Mars, which produces candies including M&Ms and Snickers.

    We found children working at each one of the farms — despite the company’s vow to have systems in place to eradicate child labor in its supply chain by 2025.

    Mars has also boasted about rescuing thousands of children, who are listed as beneficiaries of what it calls a robust monitoring system meant to keep children off cocoa plantations and in schools.

    CBS News exclusively obtained copies of these lists from a whistleblower and was able to confirm that some of the listed children were still working in the fields.

    **Read more:** [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-harvesting-cocoa-used-by-major-corporations-ghana/](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-harvesting-cocoa-used-by-major-corporations-ghana/)

  3. Mars also owns VCA vet clinics, which are part of what’s destroying the veterinary industry. Mars should be boycotted wherever possible.

  5. It’s the uncomfortable truth. Nearly every supply chain has slave or child labor.

  6. Chocolate companies have been making promises of cutting child labor for the past 3 decades and constantly pushing back deadlines.

    In the 90s it was supposed to be gone by the 2000s, then 2003, 2005, 2007, now it’s 2025 but by next year it will be 2027 or something instead.

    As a side note, this kind of reminds me of “The Onion” which made a report on Gap’s new line of “For kids, by kids” line of clothing.
    https://www.theonion.com/gap-unveils-new-for-kids-by-kids-clothing-line-1819594630

  7. Nestle recently went all the way to the SCOTUS to be able to continue having literal slavery in their production pipeline without being liable. This shouldn’t be news to anyone.

  8. The entire western world runs on the literal blood and some sweat from third world countries. But hey, great chocolate for 1$ goes brrrrrr!

    “oh look, black friday deals! let’s forget about this human slavery issue for that sweet 250$ tv”

  9. Wow, another evil corporation…I’m so surprised…Wow…

    This is why governments needs to regulate the crap out of these companies. “Competition” isn’t the answer, and it’s shown time and time again that it doesn’t actually do what so many right-wingers claim.

  10. This shit is just so sad and there’s not a realistic thing I can do that will have a real impact

  11. There is no such thing as ethical consumption in late-stage capitalism.

  12. Yeah it’s been a big problem for a long time but nothing is changing because vampires run everything.

  13. Companies are itching to bring child labor back like this in the US

  15. I somehow misread this as Mars stealing corneas from children in Ghana. Which wouldn’t shock me, to be honest.

  16. People are really missing the silver lining here. Jessica, Jacob and Emily of the Mars PR department got bonuses for the ‘handing out slogan backpacks’ thing, and have since moved on to start their own PR consulting agency!

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