Question: Does the company have a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) in place that covers 100% of their cocoa sources, is assessed by a third party and references ongoing commitments to improve/expand?
Answer:
In Development
13006908
Walk Free
2021
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updated almost 2 years ago by Gabby

"P7 These stakeholder visits are an opportunity to gain

insights into our sustainability programs and investments, including CLMRS programs, prevention and remediation efforts

(such as building schools or helping get birth certificates), and training farmers on topics like child labor."

"P5 We further strengthened our efforts to combat child labor by introducing the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System

(CLMRS) through our suppliers on Cocoa For Good farms and their local communities in Cote d’Ivoire (CDI) and Ghana.

Hershey has committed that all cocoa sourced from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana will be directly sourced by 2025 and with 100%

CLMRS coverage of our directly sourced cocoa in these two countries by 2025. We expect this expansion of CLMRS to cover

125,000 children by 2025, which would be a 350% increase in the number of children (2018 baseline) being supported by

our CLMRS system. CLMRS is the leading method of detection and remediation of child labor amongst children aged 5-17

and was developed through the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI). We are encouraged by the early, but positive, impact of

CLMRS and the scalability this system can have. To date we have identified 0 instances of forced labor. More information on

the results of our CLMRS program can be found here."

Gabby.....2022-07-01 03:02:11 UTC