News from ICI
- The Netherlands Passes Historic Child Labour Due Diligence Bill29 June 2019After almost three years of introduction into the Dutch Parliament, the Wet zorgplicht kinderarbeid or the Child Labour Due Diligence Bill was passed by the Dutch Senate earlier last week. Netherlands has demonstrated its seriousness about combatting child labour in supply chains and is standing out as a frontrunner in the international trend towards mandatory human rights legislation towards businesses. This is also an important step towards the achievement of SDG Target 8.7 of the Sustainable Development Goals that aims to eliminate child labour by 2025, by mandating companies to assess theRead more
- Combating child labour in Côte d'Ivoire: New challenges integrated into the 2019-2021 National Action Plan27 June 2019"The challenge of effectively implementing this action plan, as you know, is crucial (...) It concerns each of us, because it is about the future of thousands of children, and for them, no compromiseRead more
- Quality education and clean water for the children in Petit Sentier20 June 2019The children of the cocoa-growing community Petit Sentier (Méagui, Côte d'Ivoire) recently became the beneficiaries of a modern school granting them access to quality education.Read more
- ICI commissions new classroom block in Ankra Muanu17 June 201914th June, 2019 will forever be remembered as a great day in the lives of the people of the Ankra Muanu cocoa community. Parents, teachers and children there witnessed their chief, and other communityRead more
- Chasing dreams: The difference a little help can make in shaping a child's future12 June 2019It is early morning and we see a group of young adults hurrying off. Among them is Bernice, a young lady from Mehame, a cocoa community in Ghana. She is happy as her laughter is heard from a distanceRead more
- ICI awards four schools at 2019 WDACL commemoration ceremony12 June 2019The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), today, awarded four schools from four cocoa-growing communities during the commemoration of the 2019 World Day Against Child Labour (WDACL). The schoolsRead more
- ICI results in 2018: Critical steps on a transformational journey11 June 2019To mark the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) today launches its Annual Report for 2018, which shows that a “dual approach” combining prevention and response toRead more