SUSTAINABLE COCOA SOURCING


Open Chain (TOC) 5 Sourcing Principles are proven to work. In the cooperative partners  child labour prevalence rate decreased from   The TOC initiative invites other companies to collaborate in ending exploitation to               ensuring the cocoa beans in their production                          


       thousands more cocoa farmers to earn a          5 Sourcing Principles. This was followed        Feastables – bringing the current total to 20 Mission Allies. 


                         committed to enabling cocoa farmers to cross the living income benchmark through         child labour and exploitation that still exists on cocoa farms in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire. We also want to collaborate with the biggest       the same cocoa farms we do. Change won’t 


Tackling barriers to investment          established in 2015 to tackle barriers to farm investment and resilience. Its mission is to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities through the          and children are protected.  


16 Kennedy’s Confection April 2025


By pooling sourcing from multiple companies and committing to longer- term contracts, competing businesses can work together to reduce supply chain risks, increase transparency, and align with new regulations such as the EU Deforestation Regulation”


           supports cocoa farming communities across seven cocoa-growing countries. It has also addressed the rising demand for sustainable cocoa with a 288% increase in sustainable  


                                         economic and environmental challenges.     struggle with child labour due to economic 


         The program is focused on prevention           on response coordination and long-term                    research organisations in order to                in cocoa-growing communities.                              


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