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CAL in the Media

• Sea Choice, US Federal Trade Commission urged to investigate BAP certification, November 27, 2024

• News Ghana, Cocoa Farmers Challenge COCOBOD Over Poor Conditions, November 6, 2024

• My Daily News Online, 35 Cocoa Farmers Petition COCOBOD Over Poor Conditions, November 6, 2024

• GBC Ghana Online, 35 Cocoa farmers petition COCOBOD over poor farm and farmer conditions, social issues, November 6, 2024

• Neighbours of Fish Farming, BAP certification is little more than a marketing tool, November, 5, 2024

• In Ghana News Today, 35 Cocoa farmers petition COCOBOD over poor farmer and farm conditions…Using COCOBOD’s own ESMS, November 4, 2024

• MetroTV Online, Farmers Petition COCOBOD, Demand Greater Influence in Leadership Decisions, November 2, 2024

• Newswires EIN, CAL and Southern Shrimp Alliance urge FTC to investigative deceptive seafood certification scheme, November 1, 2024

• Intrafish, NGOs, wild shrimpers ask US government to investigate Global Seafood Alliance marketing practices, November 1, 2024

• The Fish Site, Global Seafood Alliance faces formal complaint over BAP certification of Indian shrimp, November 1, 2024

• The Center Square, Louisiana, Shrimp certification mired by low-quality imports, human rights abuses, November 1, 2024

• Modern Ghana, Ghana’s cocoa farmers push for major industry reforms, November 1, 2024

• The Fuller Project, US blocks imports from former doTERRA frankincense supplier over forced labor, November 1, 2024

• Reuters, Ghana's cocoa farmers file complaint over prices and child labour, October 31, 2024

• The Haitian Times, Haitians in Dominican sugarcane fields endure abuse while fighting for better conditions, October 17, 2024

• Associated Press, As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers, September 30, 2024

• Vox, The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights, July 5, 2024

• Seafood Source, CAL’s Dean Pinkert calls on US shrimp buyers to investigate their Indian supply chains, April 4, 2024

• We Are Aquaculture, Labor abuses persist in the Indian shrimp industry, March 21, 2024

• Chicago Tribune, AP finds grueling conditions in indian shrimp industry that report calls dangerous and abusive, March 21, 2024

• Seafood Source, CAL, AP, Outlaw Ocean reports allege forced labor, antibiotics used in Indian shrimp production, March 21, 2024

• The Fish Site, Non-profit publishes damning report on Indian shrimp sector, March 21, 2024

• Fisch Magazin, Indien: "Allgegenwärtige Arbeitsrechtsverstöße" in der Shrimp-Industrie, March 21, 2024

• Intrafish, New reports claim abuses throughout India's shrimp supply chain, March 20, 2024

• ABC News, Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India, March 20, 2024

• Associated Press, AP finds grueling conditions in Indian shrimp industry that report calls ‘dangerous and abusive’, March 20, 2024

• The Africa Report, Google, Tesla, Apple: Blow for activists as US court dismisses child labour cases, March 11, 2024

• The Africa Report, DRC: Blow for activists as US court dismisses child labour case against five tech giants, March 11, 2024

• Sourcing Journal, Stringency of US Forced Labor Law Is Crucial to Its Success, November 27, 2023.

• Mother Jones, Federal Agents Investigate Sugar Exporter Over Allegations of Forced Labor, October 23, 2023.

• The Nation, Exploiting Prison Workers for Cheap Sheets, March 10, 2023.

• The Packer, Fair World Project merges with legal nonprofit, January 25, 2023.

• Mötesplats Social Innovation Podcast, Social Innovation Foresight #5 on Human Rights, November 28, 2022.

• Ana Swanson, U.S. Blocks Dominican Republic Sugar Imports, Citing Forced Labor, New York Times, November 23, 2022.

• Sandy Tolan & Euclides Cordero Nuel, PARAMILITARY-STYLE GUARDS INSTILL FEAR IN WORKERS IN DOMINICAN CANE FIELDS, The Intercept, October 22, 2022.

• Josh Marcus, An ‘escaped inmate’, injuries, death and no idea who foots the bill: Inside the Kentucky factory flattened by a tornado, The Independent, December 21, 2021.

• Scott Simon, Opinion: Do you know who's picking your açaí berries?, NPR, December 4, 2021.

• Terrence McCoy, Small children are climbing 60-foot trees to harvest your açaí, Washington Post, November 28, 2021.

• Paras Shah, The Chocolate You Buy Keeps Farmers in Poverty, Expert Says, The Click, November 5, 2021.

• Melissa Logan, Organization for Ethical Source Launches Hippocratic License 3.0, Strengthening Enforcement and Adding Flexibility, GlobeNewswire, September 29, 2021.

• Simran Sethi, Can U.S. chocolate companies be liable for child-labor abuses in the global cocoa supply chain?, The Counter, June 2, 2021.

• BBC News Hour, Gaza: no ceasefire yet, May 19, 2021. Radio interview.

• For a Better World podcast, How We Hold Corporations Accountable, with Charity Ryerson of Corporate Accountability Lab, April 27, 2021.

• Molly Shah, US Prisoners are Exploited Slave Labor, The Real News Network, April 16, 2021.

• UCLA School of Law, International Human Rights and Corporate Accountability: Current and Future Challenges, The Corporation as Global Superpower, February 26, 2021. Panel.

• UCLA School of Law, International Human Rights and Corporate Accountability: Current and Future Challenges, February 26, 2021. Virtual Symposium hosted by Corporate Accountability Lab, UCLA Law’s Promise Institute for Human Rights, and the Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs.

• Lela Nargi, Can companies be held accountable for problematic supply chains in chocolate, coffee and more?, Salon, February 16, 2021.

• Lisa Vives, Chocolate Multinationals Collude with Mali’s Child Slavery Rings, In-Depth News, February 15, 2021.

• International Lawyers Assisting Workers Network, Virtual Launch of the ILAW Network’s Global Labour Rights Reporter, February 2, 2021. Panel.

• The Human Trafficking Legal Center, Using the U.S. Tariff Act to Disrupt Forced Labor in Supply Chains - A Practitioner's Perspective, January 28, 2021. Webinar.

• Peter Whoriskey, Supreme Court weighs child-slavery case against Nestlé USA, Cargill, Washington Post, December 1, 2020.

• Rupa Shenoy, Big chocolate companies use child labor. Can a 1789 US law hold them accountable for violations abroad? The World, October 29, 2020.

• Oliver Balch, Chocolate industry slammed for failure to crack down on child labour, The Guardian, October 20, 2020.

• The Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Podcast, What Is Corporate Accountability and How Is It Being Enforced? with Charity Ryerson of Corporate Accountability Lab, October 20, 2020.

• Vivienne Walt, Big Chocolate’s child-labor problem is still far from fixed, Fortune, October 19, 2020.

• Shashank Bengali, These gloves help fight COVID-19. But they’re made in sweatshop conditions, LA Times, September 22, 2020.

• Zeb Larson, American Companies Are Profiting Off of Labor Camps in Xinjiang, The Progressive, September 18, 2020.

• Charity Ryerson, Innovation labs and the future of human rights practice, OpenGlobalRights, September 10, 2020.

• Oliver Balch, US could become ‘safe haven’ for corporate abusers, activists warn, The Guardian, August 5, 2020.

• Peter Whoriskey, On Valentine’s Day, a push to keep companies from making chocolate with cocoa grown with child labor, Washington Post, February 14, 2020.

• Raw Data, Technically Sweet, November 21, 2019.

• The Takeaway, Your Halloween Chocolate Most Likely Comes from Child Labor in West Africa, WNYC Studios, October 22, 2019.

• Peter Whoriskey, U.S. weighs plan to block cocoa imports produced with child labor. Ivory Coast calls ban unfair, Washington Post, August 7, 2019.