Hershey Pledges $10M To Improve Business Practices

In the wake of the CNN Freedom project, which uncovered evidence of rampant child labor in the cocoa industry, Andy McCormick, Vice President of Public Affairs for the Hershey Company, explains Hershey's decision to pledge $10 million to improve West African cocoa farming practices.

Feb 1, 2012

In the wake of the CNN Freedom project, which uncovered evidence of rampant child labor in the cocoa industry, Andy McCormick, Vice President of Public Affairs for the Hershey Company, explains Hershey's decision to pledge $10 million to improve West African cocoa farming practices.

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