Thanks to the pressure of hundreds and thousands of Green Americans, chocolate companies from Hershey to Godiva have taken actions to address child labor and related issues in their cocoa sourcing. We have proven that the power of consumers is a force to be reckoned with.
Starbucks' chocolate isn't that sweet, failing to pay cocoa farmers a living income, address child labor, or protect forests.
Green America’s partners recently launched the sixth edition of the Chocolate Scorecard, which ranks chocolate companies on living income, gender, traceability and transparency, pesticides, child and forced labor, and deforestation and climate. If you are looking to choose chocolate that is better for people and the planet, this is a great resource.
Time and time again, small chocolate companies rank better than major chocolate brands on social and environmental issues. Direct and fair trade chocolate companies have been placing farmers front and center of their business models for years. Take a look at some A-rated chocolate companies.
Sustainability means “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Most chocolate is currently not sustainable, but solutions to child labor, deforestation, and hazardous pesticide are not only possible but vital to the health of people and planet. Consumers can make informed choices and demand tangible change.
We have had many big breakthroughs recently. Major companies across all industries are changing -- proof of the power of consumer pressure. We are witnessing how our economic power is truly changing the world for good and towards a simpler, more sustainable way of living. We are winning and we are opening doors for more businesses to go green.
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Child labor in slaughterhouses is shocking, and it’s something we have the power to stop. Join us in demanding JBS, Perdue, Cargill, and Tyson Foods stop child labor.
The communications industry contributes at least 2.5% of our global greenhouse gas emissions and consumes an enormous amount of electricity from fossil fuels each year. And Comcast is a big part of that.
Safeway and other major grocery chains have a huge climate problem. Refrigerators in the companies’ stores using potent super-pollutant gasses, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), are leaking and accelerating the climate crisis.
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