Posts Tagged ‘chocolate’
Make Sweet Choices That Matter
Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) urges Australians to look a little deeper into their shopping baskets this Easter with the ACRATH APPROVED Easter campaign. Many chocolate products, including those found in Australian shops, are made with cocoa beans harvested by child labourers, often subjected to enslavement and hazardous working conditions. “This Easter…
Read MoreCheck the New Chocolate Scorecard
The 6th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has been released. How did your favourite chocolate score? Tony’s Chocolonely, Ritter Sport, Nestlé and Mars Wrigley have been named as among the most sustainable chocolate companies according to the 6th Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard initiative co-ordinated by Be Slavery Free, an Australian coalition campaigning against modern…
Read MoreTrick or Treat
Halloween is all about indulging in treats, but what if we told you there’s a hidden trick behind many of the chocolates we enjoy? Beneath the wrappers, millions of farmers and children are facing the bitter realities of poverty in the cocoa growing industry. We aim to expose the reality of cocoa production — and show you…
Read MoreAct to End Child Labour
World Day Against Child Labour is observed each year on 12th June. The theme for 2024 is Let’s Act on our Commitments: End Child Labour. 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the adoption of ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999), which, in 2020, was the first ILO Convention to…
Read MoreBuy Better Chocolate
A better chocolate is better for people and the planet! It’s free of child labor, provides a living income for cocoa farmers, empowers women, and cares for the environment. Be Slavery Free has surveyed the world’s chocolate companies to find out what’s really going into the chocolate you buy. The 5th edition of the Chocolate Scorecard is…
Read More2023 Chocolate Scorecard
The Fourth Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard is now available! Approximately 95% of the chocolate industry is captured by the Chocolate Scorecard. These account for 95% of global chocolate products, Easter eggs among them, and include giants such as Mars, Lindt, Nestlé, Mondelēz (Cadbury), Ferrero and Hershey. The 2023 edition of the Chocolate Scorecrad also…
Read MoreSarah’s Still Loving Slavery-Free Chocolate
Sarah Coffey happily agreed to be the ‘poster girl’ for ACRATH’s slavery-free Easter chocolate campaign in 2014. Today, she’s still promoting slavery-free chocolate and eating it! Sarah’s image has been used over the years as a message to consumers that slavery-free chocolate, certified FAIR TRADE or Rainforest Alliance, is as delicious as other chocolate. And…
Read MoreHow to Be A Good Egg This Easter
Download the How to Be a Good Egg poster (A4 version or A3 version). Post it at your school, community noticeboard, parish home or office and spread ACRATH’s message. Look for Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance logos on your chocolate wrapper.Download the Be Slavery Free Chocolate Scorecard! to find out what’s really going into your chocolate and how your favourite brands rate.…
Read MoreTake the Bitterness Out of Chocolate
Easter chocolate is already on the supermarket shelves, so let’s recommit to using our chocolate dollars to buy slavery-free chocolate this year. It’s also the right time to tell our families, friends and communities about the exploitation of children in chocolate production. Encourage them to start buying slavery-free chocolate now – and to keep going…
Read MoreMelissa Hopes Change Is Coming
Melissa Halliday knows first hand what’s possible when someone learns the extent of human trafficking globally and in Australia. Change is what’s possible. Melissa gained a deep understanding of human trafficking and supply chains during her work with Caritas Australia and in the years since she has tried to learn more and modify her buying…
Read More2022 Cocoa Barometer
It is now 20years since chocolate companies signed the Harkin-Engel protocol, a voluntary agreement to end the worst forms of child labour in the cocoa industry. The 2022 Cocoa Barometer raises the question “why haven’t we solved these problems yet?” It seems that instead of this problem being solved additional problems are impacting the cocoa…
Read MoreBuying Chocolate at Halloween
Love it or hate it, Halloween certainly has picked up momentum in Australia. As chocolate sales go through the roof, here is a stark reminder that as Halloween is celebrated it could be at the cost of child labour in cocoa fields in places such as West Africa! How do you know if your Halloween…
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