MINNEAPOLIS, MN–One year after Cargill announced a commitment to eliminate deforestation and land conversion from its soy supply chains in South America “by 2025,” the company has subtly extended the deadline to “the end of 2025.” This 12-month delay comes amid alarming new data showing rapid deforestation in Brazil, the overwhelming majority of it driven…
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African Child Laborers Sue Cargill, Others For Exploitation on Cocoa Farms
WASHINGTON D.C.–Late last night, International Rights Advocates (IRAdvocates) filed a lawsuit on behalf of nine children against Cargill, Mars, and Mondelēz for profiting from brutal conditions classified as the “worst forms” of child labor on the plantations where they source their cocoa in Ghana, West Africa. A Brazilian court found Cargill guilty of using child…