Be Part of The 'Sweet Solution' with Tony's Chocolonely
Tony’s Chocolonely has launched four limited editions ‘look-alike’ chocolate bars to raise awareness of the fact that 20 years after the chocolate industry promised to eradicate illegal child labour, it is still widely prevalent. Tony’s is calling on all chocolate fans to be part of the ‘Sweet Solution’ and sign its petition to support the need for human rights legislation that holds companies legally accountable for modern slavery and illegal child labour in their supply chains.
The bars, which have a link to the petition on the inside of the wrapper, will be exclusively available on brownthomas.com, in Fresh Dublin stores and from Fresh online as well as other global retailers.
Tony’s Chocolonely offers a ‘Sweet Solution’ to chocolate’s bitter truth: the chocolate industry has failed to address millions of shocking human rights violations in Ghana and Ivory Coast, but it is possible to make delicious chocolate without exploiting those at the start of the supply chain.
The history of the problem:
In 2001 the world’s biggest chocolate companies supported the Harkin–Engel Protocol, committing to eradicate illegal child labour and modern slavery from the chocolate supply chain. Since then, not much has changed.
Today, over 1.56 million children and at least 30,000 victims of modern slavery are forced to work on cocoa plantations as evidenced in the US-government sponsored NORC report published in October 2020.
Voluntary measures have failed, and self-regulation is clearly not enough. Companies are not legally obliged to do their due diligence to trace violations of human rights in their supply chains, let alone solve them.
To be part of the sweet solution and call upon governments to act this year, sign Tony’s petition here: https://tonyschocolonely.com/petition
Tony’s Sweet Solution bars were created solely to raise issue-awareness and inspire everyone in the chocolate chain to act. All profits from the bars will be donated to 100WEEKS, an independent platform that uses direct cash transfers and financial training to assist women in escaping the cycle of extreme poverty.