Welcome to the International Cocoa Initiative

The presence of illegal child labour (hazardous child labour, cases of trafficked children) in the cocoa supply chain is a concern to many and the elimination of these practices is what the ICI Foundation was created to support. Our experience shows that children are involved in hazardous tasks, may not be able to go to school and that there are some cases of forced child labour in the sector.

ICI was created to work with the cocoa industry, civil society and labour unions and governments in collaborative efforts that seek to eliminate child labour and forced labour from cocoa production. Although there remains much to do, our programmes have proven successful showing the way in combating these phenomenons.