Women and the 'Big 10'

Corporations like Coca-Cola and Danone reach millions of customers every day with their products. But their impact on the developing world, in particular, is even greater as they source ingredients from smallholder farmers and produce foods and beverages there.

But how well are these corporations treating women in their supply chains?

Oxfam has been tracking how what it calls the Big 10 food and beverage companies — Nestle, PepsiCo, Unilever, Mondelez, Coca-Cola, Mars, Danone, Associated British Foods, General Mills and Kellogg’s — "treat people and the planet" as part of a broader advocacy campaign to help boost global food security. It scores these companies on several issues like women's empowerment.

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