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NFS Welcomes Hershey’s New Commitment to Improve Supply Chains
Not For Sale welcomes the news that the Hershey company has pledged $10 million to educate West African cocoa farmers on improving their trade and combating child labor. The leading US chocolate producer has announced it will release a new version of Hershey’s Bliss brand, which will be 100% made from Rain Forest Alliance-certified farms mostly in Ivory Coast and Ghana. Chocolate is one of the most well-known industries using forced and child labor, yet up until now Hershey has refuse to use fair trade certified cocoa.
Not For Sale Store Unveils Revamped Free2Rock
Not For Sale kick-started the newly revamped ‘Free2Rock’ T-shirt campaign today. Each month, for two weeks only, the Not For Sale Store will reveal a limited-edition T-shirt, designed by a different band or celebrity and available only through the store.
“What does the modern-day abolitionist movement need to succeed?”
Recently at Not For Sale I have been working with various colleagues to look at how we can best communicate the fact that, in order to end modern-day slavery, we must do more than just raise awareness. That, in actuality, awareness of the problem is just the first (albeit hugely important) step in the process of abolition. So what comes next?
Sometimes when I try to describe things in the clearest way, I produce some pretty abstract metaphors. This week is no exception, so bear with me…
Not For Sale Commemorates the 2011 Global Forum on Human Trafficking
After celebrating the hugely successful 2011 Global Forum on Human Trafficking, Not For Sale is eager to share some of the highlights.
The innovative event achieved its goal to unite freedom and innovation under one roof as it brought together some of the world’s most influential people to fight human trafficking.
Not For Sale would like to thank the 1,000 smart activists who attended the third annual forum and the 2,400 abolitionists who watched the event live online as more than 50 respected speakers took to the stage including the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, who was given a standing ovation.
