This post is part one in a two-series post, the second post will outline in more detail the good, the bad, and the better options for your ethical chocolate consumption - we’ll do the research for you!
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Chocolate has become one of the biggest hot button ethical sourcing issues in the last 15 years due to the widespread use of child labour in the Western African locations that supply the majority share of the world’s cocoa. It sounds far from home to us here in Australia, but let me share with you some staggering statistics. In July, Tulane University released a research report commissioned by the US Department of Labour on child labour in the cocoa industry, with the finding that there are still 3.73 million labourers aged 5-17 working in the cocoa fields of Cote d’Ivoire alone, an increase of 5% since the previous report commission in 2008/09.
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1 June |
More than 45 million people trapped in modern slavery with two-thirds in Asia-Pacific region, report finds (ABC Home) |
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21 April |
Australian companies fail to disclose supply chain (ABC 7:30) |
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4 April |
Child labour and palm oil lend chocolate easter eggs a bitter taste (Sydney morning herald) |
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24 March |
Ethical Easter Eggs (Choice) |
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10 Feb |
Exploitation in the electronics supply chain (Sydney Morning Herald) |
