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MARS CHOCOLATE UK has today announced a commitment to source Fairtrade certified cocoa for all Mars bars in the UK and Ireland by autumn this year.
The commitment is in partnership with The Fairtrade Foundation under a cocoa sourcing programme which aims to deliver more opportunities for cocoa farmers to sell on Fairtrade terms.
The bars are expected to appear on the shelves from October this year onwards.
It also works to connect them with businesses that actively support efforts to improve farmer livelihoods.,
Mars was the first global chocolate company to commit to certify its entire cocoa supply as being produced in a sustainable manner by 2020.
In a statement today, the company said it will expand its project to more west African cocoa cooperatives covering its existing volumes over the coming years.
“This partnership brings us one step closer to sustainable, ethically sourced cocoa becoming the norm in the chocolate industry,” commented Bla Maquiver, President of Mars Chocolate UK.
Mike Gidney, Chief Executive of The Fairtrade Foundation, also said cocoa farmers are always anxious to sell more of their crops on Fairtrade terms. He added that it can “start to change their lives when they receive fairer rewards for their efforts”.
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Brave hotel…
Much lower unemployment rate at 36% than our indigenous “minority”…maybe we could swap?
Ah come on. Photos!!!!
Mister gypsey? Ill be entering my boss so..
Gypsy *
So if we have ‘travellers’ have we any gypsies in Ireland ?
There the same thing
So why don’t they call themselves gypsies and be proud ?
You will have to ask them that
Because we are not the same .gypsy and travellers come from completely different backgrounds
I’m not an expert on this…. But I believe the Roma Community merged with the Travelling Community. However, the Travelling Community is by blood predominantly Irish. Being that the Travelling Community is a closed society, through the years they kept their coupling within the community.
So today, in Ireland the Roma Community and the Travelling Community are two distinct groups with some similarities.
Because they arent Gypsies.
Irish Travellers are a distinct Irish ethnic minority, who separated from the settled Irish community at least 1000 years ago; the claim was made that they are distinct from the settled community as Icelanders are from Norwegians.[25] Even though all families claim ancient origins, not all families of Irish Travellers date back to the same point in time; some families adopted Traveller customs centuries ago, while others did so more recently.[26] It is unclear how many Irish Travellers would be included in this distinct ethnic group at least from a genetic perspective.
Irish Travelers are Irish!
I am not so sure 1000 years is enough for any sort of genetic variation, specially considering that there would be cases where this separation you speak of would break.
“I am not so sure 1000 years is enough for any sort of genetic variation”
Your concerns have been noted.
We don’t have travellers left here, this generation are sponging good for nothings who use the traveller title and name as an excuse to be a scourge on society.
If they separated from the community years ago, why do they take our dole, rent allowance etc. without giving anything back but sh1te to the community ?
This should be good…
Pikeys either way
Jaysus! Imagine the smell of piss at it!!
Lovely stuff.. they won a weekend in a layby
Wonder will the bar be open?
A Paegent, judged by people not from their community buy from the fashion and media circles? Why was their no educator on the panel? Sounds like there young men and women are being manipulated yet again.
There, their and they’re.
So when are the Mister and Miss Traveller contests starting?
Neglected minority???!!! Would you ever go away and F_ck yourself. You separated yourselves from society because you can’t be anyway civilised!
If it doesn’t make …… Follow the money. Someone is profiting from this.
……..make sense……. Sorry.
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