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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago
[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nestle is currently lobbying the Commission to not dilute the supply chain act. Yes, I also had to do a double take when first reading that.

Which goes against the lobbying of associations of smaller companies whom, largely, the thing doesn't even (yet) apply to because they're not big enough.

Not really defending them they're all too big to exist but their business interests do seem to be aligned with doing the right thing, for once. Tough to sell stuff to Africa when you're accused of slavery and I bet they're sick and tired of lawsuits, those will be much easier to defend against when they have extensive reporting, protocols of inspections, etc. Also the profit they're making off slavery is probably marginal anyway, the local slavers are going to sell to Nestle etc. for marginally below non-slavery costs and pocket the difference.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Token gestures mean nothing when every other action is utterly horrible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_of_Nestl%C3%A9

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