Most people have never heard of carnauba wax, yet this remarkable substance from palm trees in northeastern Brazil is a crucial ingredient in products we use every day—from gummy bears and lipstick to smartphones and pharmaceuticals. Behind this invisible ingredient, carnauba workers—oftentimes migrant laborers from across Brazil
Despite the growing awareness of, and commitments to, ethical recruitment, an analysis of CUMULUS data from early 2019 to the present reveals that less than five percent of employers fully absorb the true cost of cross border recruitment, including all recruitment fees and related costs. Instead, those costs continue to be passed on to foreign migrant workers.
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