CHOCOLATE MAJORS SUPPORT DUE DILIGENCE REGULATION TO CREATE A LEVEL SUSTAINABILITY PLAYING FIELD IN GLOBAL COCOA MARKETS
May 2nd, 2020
THE INTERNATIONAL chocolate industry has been making all the right noises about practising due diligence over supply chains, so that brands ensure their cocoa is grown and processed responsibly - environmentally and socially. But doubts persist among NGOs that enough checks are made by companies and supplier country partners (including governments) and when wrongdoing is discovered it is contested effectively, in the confectionery and other sectors. So much so that regulators are mulling making supply chain due diligence mandatory.
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