Twelve of the world's leading cocoa and chocolate companies have agreed to collectively work towards ending deforestation and forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, with an initial focus on Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana... (sustainablebrands.com)
Welcomed at the time by human rights groups and labour watchdogs, the protocol set out to eliminate the worst forms of child labor from cocoa supply chains. (bakeryandsnacks.com)
We should note that «On 10th October 2007, major global players in the food industry initiated a programme for a more sustainable cocoa supply chain in the Ivory Coast, to improve social and environmental practices. (treehugger.com)