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Nestlé launches plan to fight child labor in cocoa

2022-01-27T15:52:46.766Z


The group relies on the payment of additional bonuses to farming families to deter child labour. The Swiss food giant Nestlé is launching a plan to combat the risk of child labor in cocoa, tripling its spending to put in place support measures for producers, it announced on Thursday. Read alsoTwo years after its sale by Nestlé, Herta flies on its own The Swiss group plans to increase them to 1.3 billion Swiss francs (1.2 billion euros) by 2030, with the gradual implementation of this progra


The Swiss food giant Nestlé is launching a plan to combat the risk of child labor in cocoa, tripling its spending to put in place support measures for producers, it announced on Thursday.

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The Swiss group plans to increase them to 1.3 billion Swiss francs (1.2 billion euros) by 2030, with the gradual implementation of this program which aims to encourage the schooling of children and the practices of regenerative agriculture, he said in a press release.

The group that owns Smarties confectionery, KitKat chocolate bars and Cailler pralines in particular plans to pay bonuses intended to improve the living conditions of families on cocoa plantations.

They will be added to the premiums already introduced by the governments in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana as well as the premiums for certified cocoa that the group already pays, he insists in the press release.

In 2019, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana imposed a so-called decent income differential bonus providing for an additional payment to producers of $400 per tonne of cocoa.

Premiums of 480 euros then 240 euros

Under its scheme, families will be able to earn up to the equivalent of 500 Swiss francs per year for the first two years, with the bonus being higher upfront to help accelerate the implementation of good practice. agriculture, details Nestlé.

It will then be reduced to the equivalent of 250 Swiss francs

"when the program begins to provide tangible results"

, he specifies.

This premium will not depend on the volume of cocoa sold, the objective being to provide

“significant support to small farmers”.

The program plans to split payments with the spouse responsible for household expenses and childcare to help empower women.

Nestlé had launched a pilot project in 2020 with 1,000 farmers in Côte d'Ivoire and now plans to extend this program to 10,000 families before setting it up in Ghana in 2024.

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After the test phase, the group will assess the necessary adjustments before rolling it out to all producer families in its entire global supply chain by 2030, he said.

Source: lefigaro

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