Highlighted Projects

We work with our members and partners to test innovative new solutions to child labour and forced labour risk in the cocoa sector.

These projects range from creating and testing new tools and methods to activities that directly support farming families. See below for some of our ongoing projects and please contact us if you would like more details or to learn more about our work.

Tackling child and forced labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining
With funding from the Norwegian Government through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, ICI, Solidaridad and the Rainforest Alliance are
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Strengthening the resilience of cocoa-growing communities
This project aims to improve the resilience of cocoa-farming families and communities against potential future shocks. The Covid-19 pandemic had
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Targeted income support to reduce child labour
This project is testing new approaches to reduce the prevalence of child labour amongst cocoa-growing households in Ghana. The project is exploring
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Responsible management of child labour risks in Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa sector
This project seeks to improve child labour risk-management by Ivorian cocoa cooperatives through the development, testing and deployment of a child
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Developing a toolkit to identify and address forced labour in cocoa
In 2019, ICI launched a pilot project to better understand forced labour in the cocoa supply chain and how to address it. This pilot project led to
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The Issues

Child labour and the risk of forced labour are both present in the cocoa supply chain.

Knowledge Hub

Our open-access Knowledge Hub contains resources and tools related to child labour and forced labour in cocoa and other sectors. External resources hosted here do not necessarily reflect the position of ICI.