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In 2021, Mondelez International was named in a class action lawsuit filed by eight former child slaves from [[Mali]] who allege that the company aided and abetted their enslavement on [[Cocoa production in Ivory Coast|cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast]]. The suit accused Mondelez (along with [[Nestlé]], [[Cargill]], [[Mars, Incorporated|Mars]], [[Olam International]], [[The Hershey Company]], and [[Barry Callebaut]]) of knowingly engaging in forced labor, and the plaintiffs sought damages for unjust enrichment, negligent supervision, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<ref>{{cite news |last=Balch |first=Oliver |author-link=Oliver Balch |date=February 12, 2021 |title=Mars, Nestlé and Hershey to face child slavery lawsuit in US |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/12/mars-nestle-and-hershey-to-face-landmark-child-slavery-lawsuit-in-us |access-date=February 13, 2021}}</ref>
As with deforestation, Mondelez is 'starting to implement good policies' according to the 2022 Chocolate Scorecard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/ |title=Chocolate Scorecard 2022 |publisher=Chocolatescorecard.com |date= |access-date=August 4, 2022}}</ref> Its Cocoa Life programme for sustainable cocoa aims to address the root causes of child labour with a holistic approach, collaborating with families, encouraging school attendance and monitoring child labour on farms.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mondelezinternational.com/Snacking-Made-Right/ESG-Topics/Child-Labour-in-Cocoa | title=Child Labor in Cocoa | access-date=July 4, 2022 | archive-date=July 5, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191759/https://www.mondelezinternational.com/Snacking-Made-Right/ESG-Topics/Child-Labour-in-Cocoa | url-status=dead }}</ref> Cocoa Life farms accounted for 43% of Mondelez' cocoa needs by 2018 and the company planned to have 100% coverage with Cocoa Life by 2025.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.confectionerynews.com/Article/2019/10/03 | title=All news articles for October 03, 2019 | date=February 14, 2008 }}</ref>
An investigation in 2022 by Britain's Channel 4 ''Dispatches'' found children as young as 10 working on farms in Ghana supplying the Cadbury’s brand of Mondelēz International.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ungoed-Thomas |first=Jon |date=April 3, 2022 |title=Cadbury faces fresh accusations of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/apr/03/cadbury-faces-fresh-accusations-of-child-labour-on-cocoa-farms-in-ghana |access-date=January 13, 2024 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref> The investigation went to an address on Mondelēz’s Cocoa Life website in 2022 and discovered child laborers harvesting cocoa without protective clothing. ''Last Week Tonight'' host [[John Oliver]] joked: "I don't know what statement Mondelēz could release in the wake of that other than maybe 'Honestly, did not think anyone would actually check'"<ref>{{Citation |title=Chocolate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwHMDjc7qJ8 |access-date=January 13, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>{{importance-inline|date=March 2024}}{{better source needed|date=March 2024}}
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