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

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

“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 ...

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

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 ...

Women consume more chocolate than men and experience its effects more intensely, according to several studies. But as healthy as they tell us it is (something that is also questionable), its ...

In March 2024, the price of cocoa beans traded on the international market rose sharply, reaching $10,000 per tonne, more than three times the typical average price. The unprecedented surge shone ...

Speaking further, he said that to ensure deforestation and child labour- free in the cocoa industry, farmers and other stakeholders must embark on a National traceability project that would determine ...

American TV channel, CBS News, has uncovered appalling child labour conditions in the remote cocoa-growing regions of Ghana. The report broadcasted last November, said young Ghanaian children, aged ...

Child labor in the cocoa industry is a complex issue that stems from the realities of rural poverty in West Africa. The vast majority of cocoa is grown by smallholder farmers, who often lack access to ...

The company behind some of your favorite chocolate bars is accused of relying on child labor to assist in the harvest of cocoa beans used in its products, like M&M's and Snickers. According to a ...