Posts Tagged ‘child slavery’
Is your Easter Egg TraffikFree
Help Eliminate Child Slavery in the Cocoa Industry Easter is a time of year when a huge amount of chocolate is sold and eaten all around the world. The shocking truth is that children as young as 10 are trafficked and exploited to create chocolate. This year join us as we campaign for #TRAFFIKFREE chocolate.…
Read MoreMake Easter Traffik Free in 2015
Briefing Sessions ACRATH, as a coalition member of STOP THE TRAFFIK, is participating in the Make Easter Traffik Free in 2015 campaign. Briefing sessions for those wishing to take part will be held over the coming weeks. To attend a session click on the appropriate link below. Adelaide 12 February Melbourne 17 February Canberra 19 February…
Read MoreYour Voice Counts
End Trafficking in the Chocolate Industry Activists all over the world are continuing to raise their voices, together calling for an end to the use of trafficked child labour in the production of our favorite chocolate treats. The world’s largest chocolate companies have a vital role to play in ending this injustice. They must ensure…
Read MoreAdvocate for Slavery-Free Easter Chocolate in 2015
Write to Supermarkets Now You can help to reduce child slavery in the chocolate industry. Join with ACRATH and other organisations advocating for slavery-free Easter Eggs. Now is the time to write to supermarkets asking them to ensure they have adequate stocks of Easter eggs certified free of child slavery for Easter 2015. Download a…
Read MoreAsk Mondeléz International to Commit to Traffik Free Chocolate
This Problem is Urgent Human trafficking and exploitation remain bitter hidden ingredients in the chocolate that we eat. Thousands of boys as young as 10 yrs old, from the Cote D’Ivoire and neighbouring countries, continue to be trafficked to pick and harvest cocoa beans that are used to create our favourite chocolate treats. Their freedom…
Read MoreSlave Free Easter in 2015
Now is the Time to Plan ACRATH would like to thank Aldi supermarkets and Haigh’s Chocolate for making it easier to purchase ethical Easter eggs in 2014. Your sale of products which carry a certification label gives consumers confidence that the products they are buying do not have slavery in their supply chain. ACRATH now…
Read MoreWe Want Traffik Free Chocolate
Message for Mondelez Mondelez end child trafficking in your chocolate by setting a public deadline to certify your entire chocolate range. Other global chocolate companies have made a commitment to have their entire chocolate range certified by 2020. When will Mondelez make a public commitment to reduce the risk of child trafficking in their cocoa supply…
Read MoreCongratulations Haigh’s Chocolates
UTZ Certified Easter Egg and Easter Bilby Haigh’s Chocolate are proud to be the first Australian-owned bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer to achieve international UTZ certification for ethically and sustainably farmed cocoa beans, which includes a zero-tolerance policy towards trafficked child labour. UTZ certification puts Haigh’s at the forefront of a sustainable production program that spans cocoa-growing…
Read MoreBe a Good Egg This Easter
Buy Slavery-Free Chocolate Presently children as young as 12 years old are picking cocoa in West Africa to make the chocolate we eat. Some of these children are trafficked. Most are forced to pick cocoa from an early age for minimal or no wages, for long hours, in dangerous working conditions, without any possibility of…
Read MoreAdvocates Visit Mondelèz
When Will Toblerone be Child Slavery Free On Friday 18th October, Anti-Slavery Day, Peter Gilfedder, Therese Power, Claire Griffin and Christine Carolan from the Victorian ACRATH group joined with a coalition of others to send a message to Mondelèz, one of the world’s biggest chocolate companies. Like other chocolate companies, they have known about child…
Read MoreChild Trafficking in Haiti
3,000 Children Trafficked out of Haiti Annually The American Journal Counter Punch reports that UNICEF estimates approximately 300,000 Haitian children are restavèk (child slaves) and that 3,000 children are trafficked out of Haiti each year. However, these figures are widely considered conservative both because there are no serious studies to date on this subject and…
Read MoreWhen Will Toblerone Be Traffik-Free
Child slavery in the Cocoa Industry Thousands of children are trafficked into the cocoa industry each year. The cocoa beans they harvest are used to make our chocolate. These children have never tasted chocolate. What can you do about this form of forced child labour? Send a postcard to Mondelez, the world’s largest chocolate company…
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