Article 23DZM Firms such as Kellogg's, Unilever and Nestlé 'use child-labour palm oil'

Firms such as Kellogg's, Unilever and Nestlé 'use child-labour palm oil'

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Rob Davies
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Amnesty claims producer Wilmar employs children to do back-breaking physical labour on refineries in Indonesia

Global firms behind popular brands such as Kit Kat, Colgate toothpaste and Dove cosmetics use palm oil produced by child workers in dangerous conditions, Amnesty International has claimed.

The human rights organisation traced a range of well-known products back to the palm oil company Wilmar, which it alleged employs children to do back-breaking physical labour on refineries in Indonesia.

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