GUIGLO, Ivory Coast — Five boys are swinging machetes on a cocoa farm, slowly advancing against a wall of brush. Their expressions are deadpan, almost vacant, and they rarely talk. The only sounds in ...

(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a proposed class action by eight Malian citizens who sought to hold Hershey, Nestle and five other companies liable for child labor on Ivory ...

DAKAR (Reuters) - A forthcoming U.S. report that shows child labour has risen in the West African cocoa sector is to be reviewed independently after Ivory Coast and Ghana objected to the methodology, ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Nearly half children in cocoa-growing households in Ghana and Ivory Coast engaged in child labour Child labour monitoring ...

Accra, March 9, GNA – Ghana has reaffirmed its commitment to eliminating child labour in cocoa-growing communities following the successful completion of the International Labour Organisation ...

Nkrankwanta, (Bono), Oct. 14, GNA-Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union is supporting the establishment of school-based child labour clubs to help eliminate the growing trend of child labour ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC- Experts focused on improving labor practices on West African cocoa farms gathered on Tuesday, October 3rd, at a unique, first-ever forum, led by the United States Department of State ...

Nearly 138 million of these children – about one in 17 – are engaged in child labour, including 54 million in hazardous work that endangers their health and safety, according to estimates by the ...

Mondelēz International has announced significant strides in its commitment to human rights and sustainability through its 2024 Human Rights Due Diligence and Modern Slavery Report. The company has ...