A British organisation Ethical Consumers investigated 82 brands of chocolates and found that only 17 followed ethical standards. These were primarily investigated as to whether they ensured farmers were paid enough to live on. About 60% of the world’s cocoa comes from west Africa, and about six in 10 cocoa-growing households in Ghana are estimated to use child labour, with four in 10 in Ivory Coast. Last year it was found that 10-year-old children were using machetes to harvest cocoa destined for Mondelēz’s supply chain -which produced Cadbury. Report also states that "buying chocolate from brands such as Fairafric, ’57 Chocolate and Chocolat Madagascar was expensive and could be hard to get hold of but they were good “as a treat or a present”, while Tony’s Chocolonely was widely available in supermarkets and “really trying to change the chocolate industry”
Please avoid buying these brands in case you like chocolates, and yes children must be made aware of these ethical lapse so that they are aware and become responsible citizens and compassionate human being.
