Send Nestle a message.
This year, we’ve seen some fantastic - and big - commitments from chocolate companies: Cadbury and Green & Black's have committed to producing ethical chocolate, ie, using cocoa that has not been produced through trafficked or child labour, for at least some of their chocolate bars.
But what about Nestle? They have resisted in making changes and public commitments to date.
You can help change that... TAKE ACTION NOW!
Call on Nestle to use Fairtrade certified cocoa in their products. Below is a suggested message for you to send to Nestle (or you can write your own).
Copy and paste the message into the box on Nestle's online contact form. And why not forward this page to your friends and get them involved too?
This is a joint action between Don't Trade Lives and Stop the Traffik campaign.
Suggested message
Subject line: Nestle: A Good Life for Who?
Dear Nestle
I am deeply concerned that thousands of children have been trafficked onto cocoa plantations in the West African country of Ivory Coast. Further, it has been found that tens of thousands of children are trapped in forced labour in the West African cocoa industry. I note that 75% of the world’s cocoa supply comes from West Africa.
While I note that Nestlé has taken some small actions to discourage the use of exploited child labour in cocoa production, you have not joined Cadbury and Green & Black's in declaring that you will use cocoa which is independently certified as being free of exploited child labour.
I want to be certain that the chocolate I buy from you is free of cocoa that has been produced by children trapped in slave-like conditions or who have been the victims of trafficking. Therefore, I ask that Nestlé announce that it will use only Fairtrade certified cocoa in all its chocolate products, starting with at least one product line by 2010. In this way I will know that you have paid a fair price for the cocoa used in the production of your chocolate products.
Wherever possible I will give preference to purchasing chocolate that is Fairtrade certified.
Yours sincerely