Europeans are the world’s largest consumers of chocolate, and the EU imports more cocoa than any other global region. EU legislation that affects cocoa supply chains can help cocoa farmers achieve living incomes and avoid deforestation and child labour.

Members of the European Parliament, Commissioners and Commission staff, and EU member state governments all have a critical role to play in promoting a sustainable cocoa sector, through:

• Effective implementation of three new items of EU legislation: the EU Deforestation Regulation, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Forced Labour Regulation.
• Establishing action-focused long-term partnerships with the governments of cocoa-producing countries, ensuring that all relevant stakeholders are engaged, including local community representatives, farmers, industry and civil society.

The Cocoa Coalition includes companies, non-governmental organisations and multi-stakeholder initiatives; we are the most broadly based grouping active within the debates around cocoa and sustainability. We want to work with you to help achieve these goals. Please do contact us to discuss any of these issues further.