| More than 70 percent of Europe’s cocoa comes from Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana. Chocolate companies both in the EU and around the world are working together to create an accurate picture of how cocoa is farmed in West Africa.
In West Africa, 90% of cocoa is grown on small family farms. The vast majority of cocoa farms are not owned by the companies that make chocolate or supply cocoa. It has therefore been important to work with governments in West Africa, experts in labour standards and the communities themselves to help create programmes that drive improved labour standards. Together with our partners, and in line with the Protocol commitments, we have developed a “Certification” process in the cocoa farming sector.
Through an ongoing process of data collection, reporting, remediation and independent verification, certification improves labour practices in the cocoa farming communities of Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.
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