At chocolate time, we've discovered what the brands that score best on child labour and the environment and have in common
- Written by John Dumay, Professor - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
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What distinguishes a company that makes “good” chocolate (chocolate untainted by child labour, modern slavery, deforestation and the overuse of agrichemicals) from one that merely makes chocolate?
Our annual Chocolate Scorecard[1] investigation, which is a collaboration between Be Slavery Free[2], Macquarie University[3], The University of Wollongong[4] and the Open University[5], suggests it might be a mission that goes beyond making food and profit.