According to its latest Tackling Child Labour report, the company has invested $227 million in the past decade.
The company said it has almost doubled its outreach to include 78 580 children across 1 750 communities over the past two years and continues to invest $45 million annually in its Nestlé Cocoa Plan to achieve 100% sustainable cocoa sourcing for the manufacturing of its confectionery products by 2025.
“The system continues to be successful in identifying children involved in child labour, with over 18 000 children identified. Through awareness-raising and assistance, 55% of these children have been able to stop participating in child labour. Nestlé will continue its efforts to provide solutions for all the children identified,” the report claimed.
Since 2012, over 87 000 children within and outside of Nestlé's supply chain, have benefited from remediation. This process includes the following activities:
- Building and renovating schools and funding bridging classes.
- Providing school kits or uniforms.
- Financing the issuing of birth certificates that provide access to the education system.
- Raising awareness of the importance of preventing child labour with half a million farmers and community members.
- Improving women’s literacy and providing support for other income-generating activities to support livelihoods.
The International Cocoa Initiative
Working with the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) database of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), the scheme covers roughly two-thirds of Nestlé’s supply chain, with plans to expand reach in West Africa, where child labour is prevalent. This does not mean that child labour will be eliminated, but that the issue has been reported and remediated.
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