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The Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing is a front group for tobacco industry interests under the guise of a corporate social responsibility initiative. Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing was co-founded by British American Tobacco and represents an alliance of tobacco companies and growers - led exclusively by members of the tobacco industry. In 2016 every member of the board came from tobacco. <ref>Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2018_06_08_iloPRESS RELEASE Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Calls on ILO to Finally Sever Ties with Deadly Tobacco Industry], June 2018, Accessed 30 September 2018 </REF> The Organization has close ties to the United Nation's agency for labor, the International Labour Organization. The partnership has been ongoing since 2002 and seeks to eliminate child labor and promote workers’ rights in tobacco-growing communities in Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-geneva_should-the-ilo-maintain-financial-ties-to-the-tobacco-industry-/44506474 Should the ILO maintain financial ties to the tobacco industry?], ''Swiss Info'', October 2018, Accessed 13 September 2018 </REF> In November 2018, the International Labour Organization announced it would no longer rely on tobacco-industry funding for its projects to end child labor and promote workers’ rights in select tobacco growing communities. The International Labour Organization will no longer rely on its public-private partnerships with the tobacco industry to fund projects on addressing child labor and tobacco workers’ rights in the short term. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.devex.com/news/after-3-deferments-ilo-finally-decides-on-tobacco-industry-funded-projects-93820After 3 deferments, ILO finally decides on tobacco industry-funded projects], ''Devex'', November 2018, Accessed 30 November 2018 </ref> In 2018, Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing provided training and communications to farmers and rural community members to raise awareness of human rights issues, which reached over 134,000 beneficiaries in 2018. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=30}}
 
The Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing is a front group for tobacco industry interests under the guise of a corporate social responsibility initiative. Eliminating Child Labor in Tobacco-Growing was co-founded by British American Tobacco and represents an alliance of tobacco companies and growers - led exclusively by members of the tobacco industry. In 2016 every member of the board came from tobacco. <ref>Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/press-releases/2018_06_08_iloPRESS RELEASE Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Calls on ILO to Finally Sever Ties with Deadly Tobacco Industry], June 2018, Accessed 30 September 2018 </REF> The Organization has close ties to the United Nation's agency for labor, the International Labour Organization. The partnership has been ongoing since 2002 and seeks to eliminate child labor and promote workers’ rights in tobacco-growing communities in Brazil, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/international-geneva_should-the-ilo-maintain-financial-ties-to-the-tobacco-industry-/44506474 Should the ILO maintain financial ties to the tobacco industry?], ''Swiss Info'', October 2018, Accessed 13 September 2018 </REF> In November 2018, the International Labour Organization announced it would no longer rely on tobacco-industry funding for its projects to end child labor and promote workers’ rights in select tobacco growing communities. The International Labour Organization will no longer rely on its public-private partnerships with the tobacco industry to fund projects on addressing child labor and tobacco workers’ rights in the short term. <ref> [https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.devex.com/news/after-3-deferments-ilo-finally-decides-on-tobacco-industry-funded-projects-93820After 3 deferments, ILO finally decides on tobacco industry-funded projects], ''Devex'', November 2018, Accessed 30 November 2018 </ref> In 2018, Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Growing provided training and communications to farmers and rural community members to raise awareness of human rights issues, which reached over 134,000 beneficiaries in 2018. {{r|BAT_AR2019|p=30}}
 
With the coordination of the Vamos a Andar Foundation and together with Alliance One Tobacco Argentina, BAT carries out the Open Arms Program to collaborate with the prevention of child labor in tobacco areas. <ref> Diario Popular, [https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/general/bat-argentina-adhiere-al-dia-mundial-contra-el-trabajo-infantil-n642988 BAT Argentina adhiere al Día Mundial Contra el Trabajo Infantil], 13 June 2022, Accessed 22 August 2022 </ref>
 
  
 
British American Tobacco launched"A Greener Tomorrow: innovation and sustainability for a greener tobacco growing"in Naples. British American Tobacco Italia presented "A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project", a pilot project created in collaboration with the Campania startup JustOneEarth and the organization of tobacco producers Italtab, which aims to develop the digitization of production processes in the tobacco sector, thus reducing the environmental impact of crops." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://videoinformazioni.com/a-greener-tomorrow-digital-project-bat-italia-lancia-il-progetto-pilota-di-monitoraggio-satellitare-per-una-tabacchicoltura-piu-sostenibile/ A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project”: Bat Italia lancia il progetto pilota di monitoraggio satellitare per una tabacchicoltura più sostenibile], ''Video Informazioni'', 15 September 2021,  20 September 2021</ref>
 
British American Tobacco launched"A Greener Tomorrow: innovation and sustainability for a greener tobacco growing"in Naples. British American Tobacco Italia presented "A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project", a pilot project created in collaboration with the Campania startup JustOneEarth and the organization of tobacco producers Italtab, which aims to develop the digitization of production processes in the tobacco sector, thus reducing the environmental impact of crops." <ref>[https://web.archive.org/save/https://videoinformazioni.com/a-greener-tomorrow-digital-project-bat-italia-lancia-il-progetto-pilota-di-monitoraggio-satellitare-per-una-tabacchicoltura-piu-sostenibile/ A Greener Tomorrow Digital Project”: Bat Italia lancia il progetto pilota di monitoraggio satellitare per una tabacchicoltura più sostenibile], ''Video Informazioni'', 15 September 2021,  20 September 2021</ref>

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