...Slavery in the Chocolate Industry Day to day many of us consumers just buy products in stores and consume them without really thinking how and where they came from. Surprisingly the chocolate industry yields approximately 13 billion dollars annual. This number is very high although, should be a reasonably lower since there is slavery in the chocolate industry. Child slavery has been increasing over the past decade in Ghana and the Ivory Coast. Greed and corruption has in the past decade ruined the morality of the chocolate industry. It has also ruined countless lives and families in the process of making an already wealthy individual even wealthier. There are many surrounding issues behind the child slavery in the chocolate industry. The underlying problems are systemic, corporate, and individual issues. The systemic issues are that even though these are put in place, they are rarely enforced. This is a main concern because there are many “open borders and a large shortage of enforcement officers.” The oaths and outlooks of local officers are altered by bribery of money and other materialistic items and privileges from the members of the slave trade. Many cocoa farmers believe that slavery is the only way to lower the already low prices even more. Recently the prices fell from 67 cents a pound to 51 cents a pound due to global forces (which are no control to the farmers). The problem is these farmers are already making a substantial amount of money. They are just being...
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...Table of contents Contents Summary ................................................................................................................................................. 2 The benefits of the “big4” ....................................................................................................................... 3 Kraft..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Nestlé .................................................................................................................................................. 3 Mars .................................................................................................................................................... 4 The Hershey Company ........................................................................................................................ 5 Common project between Marc and Hershey ................................................................................... 6 “Big4”, consequentialism and utilitarianism....................................................................................... 6 Moral and human rights infractions ....................................................................................................... 7 Recommendations for cocoa and chocolate industry ............................................................................ 9 Challenges remaining for...
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...CREATING SHARED VALUE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN-‐ THE NESTLE COCOA PLAN SUBMITTED BY: KUSHAL RAMESH (001753444) SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 6210 CREATING SHARED VALUE IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN-‐ THE NESTLE COCOA PLAN INTRODUCTION Nestle was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle. It has its headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. Nestle is today the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Nestle employs 339000 people worldwide and has 442 factories in 86 countries. Nestle’s products include baby food, bottled water, breakfast cereals, coffee and tea, confectionery, dairy products, ice cream, frozen food, pet foods, and snacks. Creating Shared Value: Nestle aims to create value for society and shareholders in the areas where the company can have the biggest impact-‐ nutrition, water and rural development. These are core to its ...
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...solution to poverty. Fairtrade is an organization that offers the poor better trading conditions allowing them to earn the money that they should earn. Fair trade has lived up to their values by; reducing poverty, supporting better work conditions and protecting human rights in addition. The chocolate industry has a very bittersweet story behind it which includes child slavery and human trafficking. Human trafficking is a hardship that many developing countries are suffering and the main cause of trafficking is poverty. Those who are in the state of being severely poor are willing to give up anything even for the smallest thing like water for example. Fairtrade has helped to reduce poverty by supplying Kuapa Kokoo (A co-operative based in Ghana that provides only ‘Child-labour’ free cocoa beans) with necessities that help to support over 45,000 individual cocoa farmers. Things such as water, food and proper housing are slowly in construction ever since farmers have been selling directly to fair trade therefore a decrease in poverty has taken place. A male farmer who goes by the name Issac Frimpong has said that “Fair trade has helped me get money to look after myself and my children, to buy food and to look after myself”. Because Fair trade has partnered up with Kuapa Kooko, farmers have received equal human rights. Farmers no longer have to worry about getting paid unequally because everybody gets the amount of work that they put in. Farmers now have the money to buy food...
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...Nestle cocoa supply chain 1. Introduction The aim of this report is to introduce the supply chain management of Nestlé. Nestlé is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It is one of the largest food companies in the world. The history of Nestlé begins back in 1866, when the first European condensed milk factory was opened in Cham, Switzerland, by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. Nowadays, Nestle has around 450 factories, operates in 86 countries. The number of employees in Nestlé is about 339 000 worldwide. The emphasis of the report will be on how Nestlé’s cocoa products are globalization and the development of the Nestlé Company. 2.1 Brands and Products: Nestlé‘s Brand is “Good Food, Good Life”. That is the promise they commit to everyday, everywhere – to enhance lives, throughout life, with good food and beverages. Nestlé owns over 2000 brands, like Aero, Butterfinger, Kitkat, these are the brands of Cocoa products. 2.2 Nestlé Corporate mission Nestlé believe that research can help them make better food. Nestle helps provide selections for all individual taste and lifestyle preferences. Research is a key part of heritage at Nestle and also it belongs to an essential element for the future. There is still much to discover about health in our lives. Nestlé will continue to search for answers to bring consumers Good Food for Good Life. 2.3 Nestlé Cocoa Plan In order to improving the lives of cocoa farmers and the...
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...in almost every country around the world. Cadbury’s Global Journey In 1824 John Cadbury opened his shop on Birmingham's exclusive Bull Street and served tea, coffee, and, fatefully, cocoa and drinking chocolate. In 1854 the Cadburys open a London office and receive a Royal Warrant as manufacturers of chocolate and cocoa to Queen Victoria. In 1921 cadbury opened its first overseas factory in Tasmania, Australia. In 1969 Cadbury merged with Schweppes (an Australian based drink company). In 2003, the humble Birmingham chocolate becomes the world's number one confectionery company with the acquisition of US chewing gum giant Adams. In 2008, Cadbury launched the Cadbury Cocoa Partnership. £45 million was put aside to put into cocoa farms in Ghana, India, Indonesia and the Caribbean over a decade. In 2010, Cadbury was bought by American food behemoth Kraft Foods in an £11.5bn deal. In 2012, a new global research and devlopment centre opened in Bourneville as part of a £17 million investment in R&D in the UK. CADBURY WORLDWIDE Cadbury enjoys a value market share of over 70% - the highest Cadbury brand share in the world. Cadbury is the largest confectionary company in the world and has its presence in Beverages in Australia and Americas. The brands that are enjoyed in almost every country around the world are Schweppes, Halls, Trident, Dr Pepper, Snapple, Trebor, Dentyne, Bubblicious, and Bassett. 12 Focus Markets of Cadbury USA ...
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...Marketing Mix of Mondelez: Products– Mondelez has a power house lineup of products. In fact many of these products have been acquired by its merger with Cadbury. Cadbury had generated a number of cash cows in its product range. Some in the chocolate business are Dairy milk, Bournville, Five star, Perk, Cadbury eclairs. In the biscuits segment it has launched Oreo in 2010 which is gaining market share at a fast pace crossing 100 crores in revenues. In beverages there is bournvita which again is one of the leaders in milk addittives. Halls as a mouth freshener as well as a remedy during cold is used across India. Due to its products, Mondelez is the leading name of chocolates across the world. Price - With quality comes price. As the quality of the products is high, and the beverages and Oreo requires constant marketing to be on top, the price of Mondelez products is also high in some cases, whereas in others it is very much reasonable. Products like perk, five star and eclairs give the taste of Cadbury even at lower price. Dairy milk is considered to be a premium brand of chocolates due to this positioning, but because of lower priced chocolates, it is also accepted across various target segments. Cadbury has many varieties of products in the chocolate segment and the pricing of each chocolate is different based on the type of customer who is going to buy it. However, in all these, the Dairy milk brand is the clear winner. Priced in high as well as low variants, the cadbury...
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...1&*" 1, / &0" 1%" / 1A> />:E HKIHK:M> 0HLIHGLB;BEBMR />IHKM ?HK MA> %>KLA>R HFI:GR TIME TO RAISE THE BAR: The Real Corporate Social Responsibility for the Hershey Company September 2010 Prepared by WWW.GLOBALEXCHANGE.ORG WWW.GREENAMERICATODAY.ORG WWW.LABORRIGHTS.ORG WWW.OASISUSA.ORG. 2 September 2010 1:;E> H? HGM>GML Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Areas for Improvement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Desired Outcomes for a Fair Hershey’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Problems at the Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Lack of Transparency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Lack of Certification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Commitment to Ethical Cocoa Sourcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Certification Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Other Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Job Losses and Worker Rights Abuses in the US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Desired Outcomes for a Fair Hershey’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Appendices A. Breaking the...
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...has led to adoption, development and implementation of various code of ethics to be followed by companies in order to evolve ethically in business world. History has many evidences of rise and fall of various major corporations, by means of involving in various unethical activities and frauds, such as, HIH insurance, One.Tel, Enron etc to name a few. One of the renowned MNCs, Nestle, has been in the conflicts since long regarding the issues of corporate social responsibility and ethics. Nestle has faced severe criticism for its marketing and business strategies, for transgressing human and workforce rights and environment. Nestle had a bad name in history with its infant formula controversy, as the company involved in marketing, promoting and selling its product unethically in underdeveloped nations, due to which it had to face a global boycott ( Post, 1985). This led to new international code of marketing by WHO, for breast milk substitutes and also raised various issues and concerns regarding human rights and commercial interests, in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (Post, 1985). Nestle, seemed to have not learned much from its experiences as it is continuously being among one of the most controversial...
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...Biogas plant - Jordberga, Sweden: Six storage tanks with steel and double membrane roofs were designed, manufactured and installed by Balmoral Tanks Sir C Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen: Design, manufacture Potable, non-potable water storage and firefighting sprinkler tank type GRP sectional Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital NHS Trust: Balmoral Sectional Tanks to replace all the cold water storage tanks throughout the Basildon hospital site in 2009 Coca Cola Bottling Company of Ghana: This tank was supplied to The Coca Cola Bottling Company of Ghana Ltd, at their plant in Accra, as part of an expansion of their production facilities in 2000 South West Water, Callington, Devon: Replaced an existing concrete reservoir with a 500m³ GRP sectional tank for the storage of potable drinking water Worcester Royal Infirmary, Worcester: Braithwaite provided several GRP sectional water storage...
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...The Dark Side of Chocolate is a documentary about the continued allegations of trafficking of children and child labor in the international chocolate industry. Cocoa plantations in Ghana and the Ivory Coast provide 80% of the world with chocolate, according to CorpWatch. Chocolate producers around the world have been pressured to “verify that their chocolate is not the product of child labor or slavery. The filming started in Germany, where Mistrati asked vendors where their chocolate comes from. They then flew to Mali, where many of the children are from. Next, they explored the Ivory Coastwhere the cocoa plantations are located. The film ends in Switzerland where both the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Nestle headquarters are located. Much of the footage in this documentary is recorded using a secret camera located in a bag Mistrati carries with him. The documentary was released in 2010, first in Denmark, and later in Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, and Norway. A team of journalists investigate how human trafficking and child labor in the Ivory Coast fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. The crew interview both proponents and opponents of these alleged practices, and use hidden camera techniques to delve into the gritty world of cocoa plantations. While we enjoy the sweet taste of chocolate, the reality is strikingly different for African children. In 2001 consumers around the world were outraged to discover that child labor and slavery, trafficking, and...
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...Case study Nestle Pure Life Nestle has flown into another storm concerning its approach to marketing in the Third World. Bottled water has been one of the success stories of the past 20 years. Always popularin some European countries such as France and Italy, fears about contamination of water supplies coupled with rising affluence has resulted in exponential growth in the market in countries where previously people were perfectly happy to drink tap water. The growth in the world population, and consequently increasing pressure on freshwater supplies, means that tap water in many countries is either contaminated or (at best) tastes unpleasant owing to residues from the purification system. The problem for many of the firms in the industry has been the cost of purifying and bottling the water; traditional sources of mineral water, such as the Perrier springs, are inadequate to cope with the potential world supply. Nestles answer to the problem is to source the water in China, where bottling costs are low, and rather than use expensive spring water, to purify ordinary tap water. This renders the water safe to drink, but at a fraction of the overall cost of using spring or mineral water. Nestle initially entered the Asian market by buying out local brands. The company now owns over 50 local brands in Asia, and is lobbying governments in Pakistan, Ghana and the Philippines to allow foreign ownership of local companies: In some Asian countries, notably...
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...Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean which grows primarily in the tropical climates of West Africa and Latin America. The cacao bean is more commonly referred to as cocoa, so that is the term we will use throughout. Two West African countries, Ghana and the Ivory Coast, supply 75% of the world’s cocoa market.[1] The cocoa they grow and harvest is sold to a variety of chocolate companies, including some of the largest in the world. In recent years, a handful of organizations and journalists have exposed the widespread use of child labor, and in some cases slavery, on West African cocoa farms.[2,3] Since that time, the industry has become increasingly secretive, making it difficult for reporters to not only access farms where human rights violations still occur, but to then disseminate this information to the public. For example, in 2004 a journalist was kidnapped and remains missing today.[4] More recently, three journalists from a daily newspaper were detained by government authorities in the Ivory Coast after publishing an article about government corruption related to the cocoa industry.[5] The farms of West Africa supply cocoa to international giants such as Hershey’s, Mars and Nestlé – revealing the industry’s direct connection to child labor, human trafficking and slavery. A child’s workday begins at sunrise and ends in the evening. The children climb the cocoa trees and cut the bean pods using a machete. These large, heavy, dangerous knives are the standard tools...
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...Hershey Company Name University Abstract The Hershey Company introducing the world of chocolate examines the remarkable successes and failures of the company. They are the largest North American manufacturer of chocolate and sugar confectionery products in its constant pursuit to maintain growth and profitability in a competitive industry. Hershey Company has an array of chocolate and confectionery products, which includes candies, beverages, baking ingredients, gums, syrups, and toppings for ice cream. Hershey Company produces and maintains more than 80 different brands. Hershey chocolate bar is known as the “Great American Chocolate Bar,” which is produced by Hershey Company and was invented by Milton Hershey over a hundred years ago and its products are sold in sixty different countries. We will look at the history of the company, its good marketing plan to expand that allows them to be more profits and more world recognition. Hershey Company maintain its dominant position in the industry and where the company is going in the near future. Hershey Company Mission and Objective Vision The vision of The Hershey Company is—Continuing Milton Hershey’s legacy of commitment to consumers, community and children, we provide high-quality Hershey’s products while conducting our business in a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner (The Hershey Company, n.d.). Mission Statement The mission of Hershey’s is encapsulated in the following words: Bringing...
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...Notes for Exam 5- Geography North America Tuesday, November 16, 2010 Physical Geography * Latitude is very important –broad range * Western climates- Mountains (change the climate of the region) * Example: Sierra Nevada and Rockies * Deserts and dryness- Because the mountains are so tall they absorb the precipitation * Further west- very wet * Louisiana- very close to the equator, nothing to stop the storms -2 of the largest countries in the world include (Population)- 1. Canada- 1/10th of the US- 33 million * Lots of empty land in this area 2. The US- 300 million pop * Highly urbanized (D): Megalopolis- Applies to the US and Canada, very big *PROS OF North America 1. -Farming and Ranching and Agriculture * Used to be dominate * 1790: employed 90% of the work force * 1880: dropped down to 50%- because of industrialization * Today: less than 2% * In the US only 1% of population are farmers * Farm populations fell by 2/3 in the beginning of the 20th century * Farms are consolidating * 20% drop in the number of farms * Agriculture has become more meganized (more industrial) More money to keep it going, more land and more machines * Farms are still critical in the US and Canadian economy * 2000: US Alone, $216 billion dollars in farming alone * Land use, agriculture remains dominant * Varies by region * Dairy farming in the east * Live Stock...
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