One child laborer is one too many.

Dear Green American,

Valentine's Day chocolate with child labor, deforestation, and toxic pesticides? No, thanks! Take a pass on big name chocolate and take action instead.

After decades of corporate promises to end child labor in cocoa, there has been very little progress, AND exposure to toxic pesticides has increased. Despite chocolate being a $100 billion per year industry, cocoa farmers make less $1 per day. This inequality and destruction must end.

We are calling on the largest chocolate companies, including Nestlé, Hershey, and Godiva, to end child labor, pay farmers a living income, rapidly reduce pesticide usage, and stop deforestation!

As it is currently operating, the cocoa industry is not sustainable. Chocolate must benefit those who grow the cocoa beans and the land that allows cocoa to grow must be treated with respect.

Sign the petition today demanding Nestlé, Hershey, Mars, Lindt, and others put an end to child labor, deforestation, and large-scale pesticide usage.

Thank you for all that you do,

Charlotte

Charlotte Tate
Labor Justice Campaigns Director
Green America 

 

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