Nestlé makes progress on empowering women in cocoa supply chain Mittwoch, 21. Januar 2015 - 15:00

Nestlé's work to empower women in the cocoa supply chain in Côte d'Ivoire kicked off in 2013 and we're making more headway with our partners on this important issue.

The new measures are reflected in a new progress report Nestlé has published on its Action Plan to help improve the lives of women in its cocoa supply chain in Côte d'Ivoire.

Nestlé's progress report reflects actions it has taken between August 2014 and January 2015. The report discusses Nestlé's plans for 2015 under three main action pillars: promoting equal opportunities, giving women a voice and helping to increase women's income.

Though Ivorian women play a number of direct and supporting roles in cocoa production, their roles often go unrecognised. Men take responsibility for collecting payment for the cocoa, often making a woman's compensation for her labour dependent on her relationship with a man.

Thus, challenging the perceptions of women's roles in the cocoa supply chain are an important dimension to ongoing work of Nestlé and its partners. Nestlé plans to expand the roll out of its Action Plan for female cocoa farmers to Ghana in mid-2016.

Read more: www.nestle.com/Media/News/Nestle-empowers-women-in-cocoa-supply-chain-update

Download the progress report (pdf, 2Mb)

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