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• Cocoa value chain (Movements)

  Labour exploitation is endemic in global tea and cocoa industries, international study finds

  31 May 2018, by POSTLES Hannah

  Large scale reforms are needed from governments, global corporations, certification organisations, and industry auditors to eradicate forced labour – including living wages and strong enforcement of labour standards.
  The two-year Global Business of Forced Labour study investigated the (…)

• Cocoa value chain (Movements)

  Cocoa Industry Under Attack for Failing to Act on Child Labor

  19 May 2018, by JHA Manisha

  The cocoa industry is nowhere close to meeting its commitments to reducing child labor and environmental degradation and, in the top growers, the number of children working to produce the chocolate ingredient is actually increasing, according to a report.
  Despite more than a decade of (…)

• Cocoa value chain (Movements)

  Ethical cocoa schemes no panacea for struggling farmers

  19 April 2018, by IONOVA Ana

  LONDON (Reuters) - Global chocolate makers are buying more cocoa sourced through schemes aimed at stamping out poverty as they rush to make their supply chains more ethical ahead of self-imposed 2020 deadlines.
  The trouble for cocoa farmers is the premiums they receive for beans sold under the (…)