Hotel Chocolat is committed to preventing acts of modern slavery and human trafficking from occurring within both its business and supply chain.
www.hotelchocolat.com
ETA: It's not a question of whether the chocolate is ethically sourced or not. It's a requirement of British law, and, it would seem, Australian law too, that companies are transparent about how they monitor their supply chains
Information to help you identify if your organisation needs to publish a modern slavery statement.
www.gov.uk
As I understand it, most companies are quite content to comply with the legislation, at least in the UK -- the point about it is that doesn't place anyone at a competitive disadvantage by following best practice, and also it gives the business' buyers every reason to take a close look at how the products they source are manufactured.
The sellers can't simply say, "why does it matter, so long as we fulfill our side of the contact?"
I suppose it helps prevent the worst abuses, but I don't think anyone's hands are clean.
They can't be, given the conditions of mining, agriculture and production in many parts of the world, any more than they have been for the last several hundred years.
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