NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold Nestle, the world's largest food maker, accountable for using child slaves to harvest cocoa ...

Legislation that would prohibit Arizona state entities from entering into or renewing contracts with companies that knowingly use forced labor or child labor for the manufacturing of their products, ...

United State of America has passed a bill banning companies from selling goods produced by child and slave labor most of whom come from Africa. The New York Times reports that President Obama has ...

WASHINGTON -- International chocolate makers and Democratic members of Congress on Monday announced a four-year plan to end use of child slave labor by cocoa growers and to certify cocoa that is grown ...

Chocolate manufacturers, human rights groups and the Ivory Coast Government have signed pact aimed at ending the abuse of child labour in the chocolate industry. The agreement aims to address the use ...

Amazon has been accused of “turning a blind eye” to modern slavery by failing to prevent companies from using its website to sell clothes allegedly made by abused workers. An investigation by the ...

Despite decades of progress, child labor remains deeply embedded in global supply chains, with millions of children engaged in hazardous and exploitative work to produce everyday goods. The scope of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday added South Sudan, Suriname and Vietnam to its list of 74 countries where adults and children as young as 5 are subjected to serious labor and ...

Their lawsuit claims that, aware of the child slavery problem, the companies offered financial and technical assistance to local farmers in a bid to guarantee the cheapest source of cocoa. A U.S.