A child collects palm kernels from the ground on a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia, Nov. 13, 2017. The AP traced the fruits of this labor to the supply chains of popular kids’ cereals, ...

Child labor has long been a dark stain on the $65 billion global palm oil industry, identified as a problem by rights groups, the United Nations and the U.S. government.

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Hershey and other big chocolate companies pledged in 2001 to regulate themselves to expunge child labor-connected cocoa from their candy bars after European and U.S. media reports, including an ...

A child helps her parents work on a palm oil plantation in Sabah, Malaysia, Monday, Dec. 10, 2018. With little or no access to daycare, some young children in Indonesia and Malaysia follow their ...

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They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children. Olivia Chaffin, a Girl Scout in rural Tennessee, was a top cookie seller in ...

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Palm oil is also used in supply chains of popular cereals, candies and ice creams sold by Nestle, Unilever, Kellogg’s, PepsiCo and many other leading food companies.