date:Jun 27, 2012
sourcing their entire supply from certified farms.
Certification reduces child labour
Around 1.8m children are currently working on cocoa related activities in Ghana and Cte dIvoire. The industry will be complicit in their toils if it fails to act.
If chocolatiers were to commit to sourcing only certified cocoa, it would allow organisations offering certification to up farmer training and educate on child labour to reduce its occurrence.
Certification cannot guarantee no child labour, but ch