Chocolate

Tu Rinsche’s Deep Dive on Cocoa with its Long-standing, Widespread Child Labor

August 28th, 2025: Why Business Must Lead on Ending Child Labor and Forced Labor in the Cocoa

Thu Aug 28 2025

10+ Films about Child Labor for Teachers and Students

July 22nd, 2025: Students and teachers interested in the topic of child labor will be glad to know

Tue Jul 22 2025

“Last Week Tonight” with HBO’s John Oliver takes aim at rampant child labor in the production of chocolate

November 1st, 2023: Chocolate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Wed Nov 1 2023

Global Civil Society Statement on Child Labour in Cocoa, June 12th, 2021

June 12th, 2021: Today, June 12th, is the International Day against Child Labour. On this day, as a

Sat Jun 12 2021

New CLC Press Release: Chocolate Companies Must Do More to Reduce Widespread Child Labor Confirmed by New Report on the West African Cocoa Sector; Due Diligence Legislation is Needed to Fix Supply Chains

October 21st, 2020: A new report out this week confirms that the chocolate industry’s deep

Wed Oct 21 2020

After 20 Years of Little Results, New Approaches are Needed to End Child Labor in the Cocoa Sector

March 23rd, 2020: Here at the National Consumers League we are very proud that we’ve been a

Mon Mar 23 2020

Holiday Shopping? Some Strategies to Consider if you are Concerned about Child Labor and Want to Shop Responsibly

December 14th, 2017: With the holidays approaching and many Americans scrambling to buy presents,

Thu Dec 14 2017

Today is National Chocolate Day….Something to Think about When You Enjoy Some Chocolate

September 13th, 2017: There’s no doubt that humans love

Wed Sep 13 2017

For Love of Chocolate…On World Chocolate Day, We Look at the Human Cost Behind Chocolate

July 7th, 2017: There’s no doubt that humans love

Fri Jul 7 2017

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