A reader asked if it was true that children are involved in cocoa production for the Swiss chocolate industry. Swissinfo ...

July 7, the world celebrates the creation of a popular sweet treat. World Chocolate Day is a holiday that has been introduced ...

Chocolate comes from the cacao tree, which grows in warm, rainy places like Central and South America, Africa, and parts of ...

“As you guys know, we do a lot to ethically source our cacao, from paying our farmers a ‘Living Income Reference Price,’ using 100% Fairtrade certified beans and we audit and remediate child labor on ...

A fresh industry study has forecast the global cocoa bean market to expand towards a total of $20.8 billion by 2032, growing annually at 4.9% and up from a figure of $13.5 billion two years ago, ...

In the heart of Alabama, a shocking labor scandal unfolded that exposed how one of the world’s largest automakers operated. Apparently, Hyundai Motor Company allowed children as young as 12 to ...

They toil in mines, tend crops, scrub floors. An author of a new report on child labor points to great progress in reducing the number of kids who work but says the numbers remain "unacceptable." ...

Chocolate is a beloved foodstuff with a nigh incalculable number of beans produced around the world each year. But only one country can produce the most.

While cocoa gets the most attention from the chocolate industry when it comes to eliminating child labour, other ingredients like sugar, nuts or vanilla are also high risk.