weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigationwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down11 cross-posted to: benjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansnews@beehaw.org
arrow-up1308arrow-down1external-linkCandy company Mars uses cocoa harvested by kids as young as 5 in Ghana: CBS News investigationwww.cbsnews.comweirdbeardgame@lemmy.world to worldnews@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square30fedilink cross-posted to: benjamingetthemusket@lemmy.cafehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansnews@beehaw.org
minus-squareSerinus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoWhat if we keep eating slave chocolate, but we make the slave owners buy “freedom cocoa” credits from places where cocoa is being farmed ethically already?
minus-squareVaryk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThen we’ll be prolonging unnecessary child slavery and abuse. They’re slave owners, their profit margin is pretty wide and their industry standards are not very strict, as you might imagine. The most effective way to end trafficking/slavery linked to chocolate is to stop buying slave chocolate.
What if we keep eating slave chocolate, but we make the slave owners buy “freedom cocoa” credits from places where cocoa is being farmed ethically already?
Then we’ll be prolonging unnecessary child slavery and abuse.
They’re slave owners, their profit margin is pretty wide and their industry standards are not very strict, as you might imagine.
The most effective way to end trafficking/slavery linked to chocolate is to stop buying slave chocolate.
It’s mocking carbon credits.