Resources

Research on forced labour has focused almost entirely on the big brand businesses at the top of the supply chain. The worksites that deploy and manage forced labour usually involve smaller and more informal business actors. They receive much less attention.

The Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2017/18 was conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service in partnership with government bodies, such as the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Education Service, and with technical support from the United Nation’s Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

The international community has made clear that the persistence of child labour in today’s world is unacceptable and, in the Sustainable Development Goals, has renewed its commitment to eliminating all forms of child labour by 2025. This report by the International Labor Organisation (ILO) aims to contribute to such efforts by offering an analysis of trends and an evidence-based discussion of policy solutions.

This article, published in the journal Sustainability, explores the social, economic and environmental effects of voluntary sustainability standards and corporate initiatives implemented by public-private-civil society partnerships in cocoa value chains.

This report, prepared by UNICEF, an ICI board advisor, explores how the cocoa sector impacts children's rights in Côte d’Ivoire. Its principal objective was to develop key points of discussion with businesses, the cocoa industry, civil society, and governments on how ensure children's rights are protected along the cocoa supply chain.