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Heck, what’s not to love about ice cream with a 3-part social mission that covers:
And now, Ben & Jerry’s is committing to Tony’s Open Chain - an initiative that helps companies fight exploitation in cocoa: poverty, child labor and deforestation.
Right now, at least 30,000 people are victims of forced labor and 1.56 million children* are engaged in child labor in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
*NORC report, 2020
The root cause? Poverty. Millions of cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are forced to live in poverty because they’re not paid a price for their cocoa that enables them to earn a living income.
By sourcing traceable cocoa via the Tony’s Open Chain way-of-working, Ben & Jerry’s became the first ice cream company to join our mission, in 2022. Tony’s Sourcing Principles - rights-based way of doing business – are at the center of this approach:
Ultimately, by working together to build long-term business relationships with our suppliers in West Africa, we’re enabling cocoa farmers to earn a living income.
