Mondelez International Strengthens Efforts to Address Child Labor in Cocoa Production
24 May 2016 --- Embode, a human rights consultancy, have published the results of two independent assessments of child protection in the cocoa sector in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. Mondelez International commissioned these assessments as part of the company's continuing efforts to empower cocoa-farming communities through its Cocoa Life program.
Embode assessed conditions in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana in 2015 and analyzed the environment and national child protection infrastructure.
• Developing and implementing a child protection policy and code, which would explicitly require the reporting and referral of child protection cases, including child labor and child slavery
• Taking more initiatives aimed at improving children's access to education
• Reviewing targets and indicators to measure progress on children's well-being
• Working alongside communities with a "system-strengthening" approach to ensure sustainability of outcomes over the long term
• Working in closer partnership with local and national authorities to align and contribute to governments' strategies for cocoa sustainability and child well-being
• Engaging proactively with the cocoa sector to share Cocoa Life's distinct approach to cocoa sustainability
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