A real-world look at how one global cocoa company piloted a new survey tool to identify, assess, and address forced labor risks within its supply chain.
This case study details how a major agricultural trading company developed and tested a forced labor survey to strengthen its human rights due diligence efforts. Piloted across Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire, the tool gathers worker-level data to uncover risk indicators such as coercion, debt bondage, and abuse of vulnerability. The report outlines key challenges—like limited worker awareness and lack of baseline data—and shares lessons for scaling ethical recruitment and labor monitoring. It demonstrates how systematic data collection and local engagement can make forced labor prevention more effective and measurable across global supply chains.
Cocoa
