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How are the owners of the two biggest private #chocolate companies doing?
Their fortunes surged to $161 billion last year, Oxfam International says its analysis showed—“more than the combined GDPs of Ghana and Ivory Coast.”
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📢 Good news for human rights and the planet!
🟢 The European Parliament has just raised the bar by giving the green light to new supply chain rules!
Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU 2024, it's your turn now – let's wrap it up swiftly to start holding companies accountable!
#CSDDD
Rich countries espouse active industrial policy at home while continuing to impose outdated policies abroad.
Rana Foroohar's opinion piece in today's Financial Times is a must-read.
ft.com/content/6482a6…
“[...] the intl. financial institutions that rich countries dominate are still prescribing a heavy dose of the Washington Consensus to developing countries,” Adriana Erthal Abdenur said at an Oxfam International event.
“The system is fueling #inequality rather than fighting it.”
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…
'If the chocolate industry paid fair prices for #cocoa , I could actually [...] make a decent living,' said Ismael Pomasi, Chairman of Cocoa Abrabopa Association.
Lindt, Mondelēz, and Nestlé together raked in nearly $4 billion in profits from chocolate sales in 2023.
foodnavigator.com/Article/2024/0…
Empowering Women’s Rights Organizations in agriculture can unlock access to vital information, resources & economic opportunities to combat #climatecrisis . Read from #Ethiopia that highlights the pivotal role of WROs as frontline responders #ClimateAction
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The decision to call off UN regional climate weeks exposes rich nations’ lack of goodwill. Funding these would cost them little but provide a potentially invaluable forum for developing countries.
Read Fati N'Zi-Hassane’s piece for African Arguments ⬇️
africanarguments.org/2024/04/callin…
.Oxfam International experts and #cocoa farmers will be at the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels (21-24 April).
For a copy of our media advisory, with new data on the profits of #chocolate giants, or to set up interviews, contact: [email protected] and [email protected]
Corporate power is exploiting and magnifying economic, gender and racial inequalities. #InequalityInc provides recommendations on how to rein in corporate power and build more equal societies.
#FightInequality #TaxTheRich oxf.am/48P6ubY
#SpringMeetings
Since 2020, the richest five men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people globally have become poorer. #InequalityInc #FightInequality #TaxTheRich #springmeetings
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“More than ever, the US and other rich nations must wake up the reality that that [IMF and World Bank], as they function, have not only outlived their usefulness, but fallen into a destructive obsolescence,” said Ndongo Samba Sylla/nssylla.bsky.social at an Oxfam International event.
washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…
1/2 REACTION: World Bank announces plan to expand health services to 1.5 billion people.
“The Bank's promise to expand access with a focus on primary healthcare and cutting fees is welcome —but the devil will be in the details,” said Linda Oduor-Noah.
worldbank.org/en/news/press-…