Blog | Cocoa

CASE STUDY VIDEOS
Stories of children we are helping
CHILD LABOR REPORT
How the pillars of the
Nestlé Cocoa Plan help with tackling child labor
CHILD LABOR REPORT
Helping children who return
to child labor
CHILD LABOR REPORT
The complexity of remediation
CHILD LABOR REPORT
Maternal literacy and child labor

Chicken rearing by a women’s coop

We helped women’s coop Koado-Due set up a chicken rearing business to complement its cocoa activities.

Financial training at the Farmer Business School

In January 2018, together with one of our suppliers Cocoanect, we launched a capacity-building initiative called the Farmer Business School for a group of Ghanaian cocoa farmers keen to professionalize their operations.

Certifiying our cocoa

Working with our partners for external assurance

Our partnership with the Jacobs Foundation

Since 2016, the programme has established more than 50 bridging classes with around 75 community staff, reaching almost 2000 students.

Working to end deforestation

Nestlé and the Cocoa & Forests Initiative

How is cocoa grown?

Find out more about this unique crop

Key achievements in 2018

Progress against our strategic pillars: better farming, better lives, better cocoa

Beekeeping as an alternative source of income

Part of helping cocoa-growing communities thrive is introducing schemes to diversify sources of income year-round.

Village Savings and Loans Associations

Confidence, empowerment and possibilities for the future

Our partnership with Eneza Education and the ICI to deliver education via SMS

When children in the Côte d'Ivoire can't get to school, this novel "virtual classroom" can help