Question:
Does the company have a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) in place that covers 100% of their cocoa sources, is assessed by a third party and references ongoing commitments to improve/expand?
Answer:
pg. 6
"In addition, we are continuing to implement our monitoring and remediation systems
which cover 237 farmer groups, including 220,878 farmers in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and
Cameroon. The percentage of the farmer groups we directly source from with whom
we undertake child labor monitoring and remediation activities is 61%"
pg. 10
"To help us identify and address child labor in our cocoa supply chain, we continued in 2020/21 to
implement child labor monitoring and remediation systems based on the industry practice as developed by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) . To undertake monitoring and remediation, we work on the ground in cocoa origin countries, visiting households and communities to identify children at risk of child labor."