Green America wants to make you aware that Hershey chocolate company "lags well behind its competitors in taking responsibility for the local communities from which it sources cocoa around the world. Last Monday, Hershey released its first-ever Corporate Social Responsibility Report. It failed to outline a credible plan for ensuring that its supply chains aren't tainted with forced labor, human trafficking, and abusive child labor – all notorious problems for companies that source cocoa. "
Green America would like you to complete Hershey's online survey and let them know you would like Fair Trade certification of their products as soon as possible. In addition to pressuring Hershey to be more responsible, Green America suggests three more ways to help end labor abuses in the cocoa supply chain:
1. Purchase Fair Trade chocolate from businesses listed in the National Green Pages™ »
2. Work to make Fair Trade more accessible in your community, using resources from our Fair Trade Your Supermarket Campaign »
3. Take your kids "Reverse Trick-or-Treating" for Halloween, and share Fair Trade chocolate with your neighbors. Use the code GREENAMERICAN to order your FREE kit »
Again, to complete the survey, Click Here.
For years, I have included a "Do Something!" column in my newsletter, The Crystal News, which encourages readers to do what they can to improve the world. This new blog is a mini journal of my social action deeds and a spotlight of some of the individuals and groups I see doing positive work. I hope you are as moved to act as I am...
No comments:
Post a Comment