What’s really going into the chocolate we buy?

We eat chocolate for comfort, celebration, and indulgence. Cocoa is the key ingredient in chocolate. What is really going on with the sourcing of cocoa? We surveyed the world’s biggest chocolate companies to find out!

Chocolate Scorecard: Brands & Suppliers

Companies are listed by performance

Scorecard Key

Leading the industry on policy.

Making progress on implementing policies.

Lacking in transparency: Did not respond or complete survey.

Needs to catch up with the industry.

Starting to implement good policies.

Chocolate Scorecard: Retailers

Companies are listed by performance

Scorecard Key for Retailers

Developing their own programs and partnerships to address the issues

Doing something more than certification

Relying entirely on certification

Lacks transparency: either did not respond or complete

No significant initiatives

Original Beans for their regenerative approach to growing and making chocolate

Tony’s Chocolonely for seeking to bring structural change to the entire cocoa sector through collaboration

General Mills and Walmart for their lack of public policies and commitment for their cocoa procurement. A general lack of transparency in implementing their policies makes it difficult to hold them accountable.

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