https://modernfarmer.com/2023/04/chocolate-scorecard-2023/
"This year’s Chocolate Scorecard shows who is making progress in the chocolate
industry and who is falling behind.
What goes into your favorite chocolate bar? Sugar, cocoa, caramel…and
potentially, a host of environmental and social issues, ranging from forced
labor to deforestation.
It’s a lot to put on the shoulders of a chocolate bar. But the organizers of
the annual Chocolate Scorecard say having full transparency into the cocoa
industry is the first step in righting those wrongs.
This year’s scorecard, which was released last week, offers updated rankings of
chocolate companies and retailers across the globe. The chocolatiers are ranked
on six key metrics, decided by a team of experts in collaboration with Green
America, Mighty Earth, Be Slavery Free, and the universities compiling the
stats and scores: Macquarie University, The University of Wollongong and the
Open University. The metrics are: traceability of products, if workers are paid
a living income, if the supply chain contains child or forced labor,
deforestation, agroforestry and agrichemical management."
https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
