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“We are standing by cocoa farmers and paying them the living income
reference price long-term, to provide them income security,”
FRITS SNEL, TONY’S CHOCOLONELY
A cocoa farmer harvests
cocoa pods from a cocoa
tree on a farm in Asikasu,
a town in the eastern
region of Ghana.
child education and agroforestry,
with additional income underpinned
by cash incentives.
In December 2024, the International
Cocoa Initiative with support from
The Hershey Company implemented
a project for developing and testing strategies
to address children’s exposure to pesticides
in cocoa-producing areas in Côte d'Ivoire.
Other big-name leaders in the quest
to clean up the industry include Ferrero,
Mars Wrigley and the German-based family
company Ritter Sport, according to the 2024
5th edition Chocolate Scorecard.
Coordinated by an Australian-based
coalition of anti-slavery organisations called
Be Slavery Free, and compiled by a team
of academics, the scorecard grades the world’s
chocolate companies on sustainability issues
and reports annually.
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