A reader asked if it was true that children are involved in cocoa production for the Swiss chocolate industry. Swissinfo ...

A fresh industry study has forecast the global cocoa bean market to expand towards a total of $20.8 billion by 2032, growing ...

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has called for increased efforts to end child labour, especially in sectors such as cocoa farming and artisanal mining in the country. Dr Vanessa Phala ...

which is associated with child labor. To spur change across its industry, the company makes it easier for others to source cocoa beans ethically and sustainably. Tony’s Open Chain initiative gives ...

At the town of Gbapleu, a rope tied between two metal barrels separates Ivory Coast from Guinea. A thin trickle of traffic ...

“As you guys know, we do a lot to ethically source our cacao, from paying our farmers a ‘Living Income Reference Price,’ using 100% Fairtrade certified beans and we audit and remediate child labor on ...

There are now 138 million child laborers, down from an estimated 160 million in 2020, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO) said in a joint ...

The U.S. government found child labor violations involving over 3,800 minors in 2022. At the same time, some states say there is too much regulation of child labor. Katherine Walts, director of ...

Chocolate comes from the cacao tree, which grows in warm, rainy places like Central and South America, Africa, and parts of ...

Chocolate is a beloved foodstuff with a nigh incalculable number of beans produced around the world each year. But only one country can produce the most.

So that is incentive enough. You also look at the prices of cocoa in the international market, the nearly triple the peak to 13,000. Now those settled at 9000.

Prevalence of child labour Since 2000, for nearly two decades, the world had been making steady progress in reducing child labour. But over the past few years, conflicts, crises and the COVID-19 ...