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This brochure introduces the Business Handbook on Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector: Addressing Child Labour and Forced Labour, developed by the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).

This document complements the Business Handbook on Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector: Addressing Child Labour and Forced Labour (hereafter referred to as “the Handbook”), developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), with co-financing from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It outlines resources and tools (Part 1) which can help companies operationalise risk-based due diligence to address human rights risks and impacts in the cocoa supply chain, focusing on child labour and

The Business Handbook on Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector: Addressing Child Labour and Forced Labour (Handbook) helps companies identify, prevent and address risks related to human rights in the cocoa sector, with a focus on child labour and forced labour risks. The Handbook is based on the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the ILO Conventions on child labour and forced labour, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD Guidelines for MNEs), and the OECD recommendations on risk-based due diligence detailed in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for

ICI’s learning agenda is a set of questions to guide ICI's research and learning activities to fill identified knowledge gaps in relation to child labour and forced labour in the cocoa sector. The learning agenda is collectively defined and prioritised, based on input from ICI's members and partners. It sets out our vision for the collective learning process over the next strategic period and will reviewed on an annual basis. This version of the learning agenda was last updated in November 2022.

The difference between light work, child work and hazardous child work depends on several factors: the age of the child, the nature and duration of the work undertaken, and the working conditions. This flowchart can be used to support the analysis of data collected on child labour, through a child labour prevalence survey or a child labour monitoring questionnaire, to determine whether a child should be considered to be engaged in light (authorised) work, child labour or hazardous child labour. All definitions are aligned with the latest legislation in the Côte d'Ivoire National Framework of