Conclusion
Tony’s Open Chain mission allies pay a higher price for all the cocoa we source. This enables cocoa farmers to earn a living income. We hope that, over time, more companies will realise that doing the bare minimum by paying a price
that enables a living income for all farmers is not just the right thing to do, but the smart thing, too. Even in times
of significant inflation, we stand by our commitment to pay the living income reference price to farmers for their cocoa, and to prompt structural change and eliminate illegal labour from the cocoa supply chain through Tony’s 5 Sourcing Principles.
We proactively look for child labour at all partner cooperatives in order to fix it. The average rate of child labor in the chocolate industry is 46.5% (NORC Report, 2020). This rate is 4.4% at the Tony’s Open Chain partner cooperatives we have worked with the longest.
We know all the farmers we source from, and have insight into how their farms work thanks to GPS mapping. This helps us guarantee full
traceability, and that there is no deforestation happening in the cocoa supply chain.
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Tony’s Open Chain impact report 2021/22
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