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Do You Know Your Suppliers? Counting the Cost of Ignorance

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The concept of ethical sourcing has risen in popularity during the past four years.” . It doesn’t take a very deep search to uncover recent global headlines of abuses in production. In April 2022, allegations arose claiming children as young as 10 in Ghana , West Africa were harvesting cocoa beans for food industry giant Mondel?z

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Unethical Supply Chains Cost More Than Dollars and Cents

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Companies are increasingly encouraged or propelled to include human rights, environmental and social considerations within global supply chains. More recently, Cadbury’s supply chain in Ghana was found to include children as young as 10 working on cocoa farms while missing school.