FGV Holdings Berhad, which supplies to companies like Hershey’s and Nestlé, has been accused of child and forced labor by several organizations
Major international companies such as Procter & Gamble, Mars, Nestlé, Hershey, and Pepsi purchase a portion of their palm oil, whether directly or indirectly, from FGV Holdings Berhad. The company operates 800,000 acres of palm oil farms in Malaysia and over the last several years those farms have been the subject of multiple damning reports by watchdog organizations and the U.S. government detailing human rights violations against migrant workers.
Advocates for the workers charge that migrants working on FGV farms are forced into debt bondage with the farm, have their passports confiscated, and are prevented from leaving the property. The organizations say some farms may use child labor. The allegations are in line with reports from the U.S. Department of State’s. Roughly 20,000 migrants are believed to work on FGV plantations in Malaysia.
In January, FGV had pledged to shareholders that it would “correct all charges in respect of human rights abuses and violations,” according to the. But the organizations fighting for a ban on the company’s palm oil say that there are still reports of labor abuses at FGV farms., companies that use FGV palm oil took different levels of responsibility for the supply chain.
The palm oil industry is far from the only offender facing accusations of forced labor. A 2015 investigative report by the Associated Press found that many U.S. restaurant chains werereported that companies such as Nestle, Godiva, and Nutella were purchasing hazelnuts from farms with terrible records of
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