Unifor, Canada’s largest private sector union is supporting the establishment of school-based child labour clubs to help ...

Ivory Coast will lift a suspension imposed this week on cocoa sustainability schemes run by Hershey after the U.S.-based chocolate maker committed to paying a premium aimed at combating poverty among ...

By Ashoka Mukpo A rush to plant cacao in southeastern Liberia is destroying large tracts of rainforest. According to ...

Ivory Coast has raised the fixed farmgate price paid to cocoa farmers more than 21% to 1,000 CFA Francs ($1.80) per kg for the main crop of the 2020/2021 season starting Thursday, President Alassane ...

In 2023, the EU created a new deforestation regulation (EUDR) to curb deforestation. The regulation prohibits European marketing of products that contribute to deforestation, namely coffee, cocoa, ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo is rich with lithium, an essential mineral for electric car batteries. Credit - JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP—Getty Images In crude mines across Central and Sub-Saharan Africa, ...

Ruth Davison explores the 2025 Chocolate Scorecard, uncovering how the industry is confronting slavery, child labour and sustainability challenges in cocoa. Cocoa beans and pod, at the heart of ...

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — The owner of two Culver’s locations in North Georgia must pay a fine of more than $60,000 after a federal complaint says the restaurants violated child labor laws. In the civil ...

Chocolate is unquestionably one of the world’s most beloved sweet treats. In fact, it may well take the number one spot - it certainly does with this writer. It’s a favourite in drinks, snacks, cakes, ...

Cargill Inc. has halted cocoa grinding in Ivory Coast as poor-quality beans with unusually high levels of waste material curb yields and risk damaging machinery, according to people with knowledge of ...

Every high school football game is important. But Hershey head coach Mark Painter says that there are three each year he measures his Trojan team by. It’s Palmyra. It’s Lower Dauphin. And of course, ...