News from ICI
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Five ways literacy can help in the fight against child labour in cocoa8 September 2021Today marks International Literacy Day. This important day falls during the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour. As part of the International Year, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) is sharing information about what works to tackle child labour. This article explores the important role that literacy can play, particularly amongst women, in protecting children in cocoa-growing communities in West Africa. Educating parents, protecting children When parents in cocoa-growing households are more educated the risk of child labour is lower. This is particularly the case whenRead more
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Cocoa and coffee merchant Walter Matter joins ICI as a contributing partner6 September 2021The Geneva-based cocoa and coffee merchant Walter Matter has joined ICI as a contributing partner, as part of its efforts to address the issue of child labour in the cocoa value chain. The 100-yearRead more
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Improving the Effectiveness of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems9 July 2021The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has launched a new study analysing data from various stakeholders’ Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS).Read more
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John's apprenticeship journey9 July 2021As part of the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) implemented with Tony’s Chocolonely through the ABOCFA cooperative, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) supported sixteenRead more
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Cocoa coalition partnership agreements paper: Press release24 June 2021We, a group of companies (Ferrero, Mars Wrigley, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, Tony’s Chocolonely, Unilever), certification organisations (Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance), NGOs (FairRead more
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ICI's 2020 Annual Report: A Platform to Scale-up Impact1 June 2021Today, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its 2020 annual report. Last year marked the end of ICI’s 2015-2020 strategy, during which the organization’s work with its partners reached over 422,000 children in cocoa-growing communities.Read more
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Defining and strengthening Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) for the cocoa sector29 April 2021To support the scale-up of effective systems to prevent, monitor and remediate child labour, and respond to these calls, a new study by ICI provides a common operational definition of a CLMRS and sets out key indicators to monitor progress.Read more