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- The Cocoa Protocol: Success or Failure?
- International Labor Rights Forum 6/30/2008
- This report is our newest analysis of the implementation of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which was meant to eliminate child labor in the cocoa industry in West Africa. It was issued in advance of the July 1, 2008 Protocol deadline which is described in the report.
- Letters Regarding Cocoa Industry "Certification"
- 6/17/2008
- A number of organizations and chocolate companies sent these letters to Senator Harkin and Representative Engel expressing concern about the way the big chocolate companies have defined "certification" as part of the Harkin-Engel Protocol which is meant to end the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa industry.
- Commitment to Ethical Cocoa Sourcing
- 2/12/2008
- Almost 60 organizations and fair trade chocolate companies have endorsed a joint statement titled "Commitment to Ethical Cocoa Sourcing: Abolishing Unfair Labor Practices and Addressing Their Root Causes.
- Global Exchange's Fair Trade Cocoa Curriculum
- Global Exchange 1/28/2008
- Check out this Fair Trade Cocoa Curriculum for K-6 teachers. This curriculum was developed by Global Exchange.
- Focus on Fair Trade Curriculum - K-2 Unit: Chocolate Explorers
- Elisa Arond (TransFair USA) 1/1/2008
- TransFair USA's Focus on Fair Trade Curriculum offers an accessible way to introduce students of all ages to the concept of global interdependence and citizenship, through an exploration of familiar foods produced outside the USA: chocolate, bananas and coffee.
- Chocolate Company Scorecard
- ILRF 2/1/2007
- This scorecard, produced by ILRF for Valentine's Day in 2007, rates the "sweet," "bittersweet" and "bitter" chocolate companies. If you are a consumer looking for information on what chocolate to buy, check out this list.
- Cocoa Protocol Update & Analysis
- International Labor Rights Forum 10/1/2006
- This report from the ILRF critiques the Harkin-Engel Cocoa Protocol and raises key questions about the cocoa industry's progress in eliminating child labor since 2001.
- Letters from Linden Hills Congregational United Church of Christ in Minneapolis, MN
- 11/30/2005
- 2005 Cocoa Protocol Update
- 4/30/2005
- The World Bank and IMF Policies in Cote d’Ivoire: Impact on Child Labor in the Cocoa Industry
- ILRF 1/1/2004
- This report by ILRF focuses on the impact of World Bank and International Monetary Fund policies on the problem of child labor in Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa industry.