DO YOU CHECK CHOCOLATE RETAILER SCORECARD?
Friend, Valentine's Day only comes around once a year. But children labour in cocoa farms every day to make the chocolates in heart-shaped boxes. Before you head to the store to buy Valentine’s Day treats for your loved ones, use our Chocolate Retailer Scorecard to see which stores are tackling child labor and deforestation and which aren’t. Retailers make billions of dollars on chocolate sales, taking up to 44% of the profits while cocoa farmers earn a measly 6.6%. This is unacceptable, and the unfair division of profits must change. While child labor and deforestation remain big problems in the chocolate industry, we are seeing some positive changes, due in part to pressure from individuals, like yourself, calling for a more sustainable chocolate industry. In the past few months, we have seen numerous industry conversations about how to achieve a living income for cocoa farmers AND some of the largest chocolate companies called for legislation that would require greate...