Tony's Chocolonely and Lindt topped Green America's Spring 2020 Chocolate Scorecard ... for their "industry-leading" commitments and progress on sustainability, traceability and labor rights issues in their cocoa supply chains. Godiva ranked last ... for "failing to take responsibility for the conditions with which its chocolates are made, despite making huge profits, ... [and for making] very little progress on social and environmental issues in the last few years," the report said...

"Godiva does not own farms and purchases cocoa through third parties which puts us at a distinct disadvantage on scorecards such as these that don’t allow for an accurate representation of our longstanding commitment to people and planet," a Godiva spokesperson told Supply Chain Dive via email...

The Godiva spokesperson said the company ensures ethical sourcing through supplier agreements and a company code of conduct that "explicitly prohibits the use of forced and child labor and requires suppliers to pay fair and reasonable wages ... [and] requires suppliers to comply with local laws and regulations governing environment and local resources." ...

Nestlé​, which received a "leading" scorecard rating for its efforts to combat both practices [...] is also "addressing child labor issues, tackling deforestation and agroforestry programs, training farmers programs, income diversification, increasing access to basic financial services, [and] encouraging women’s empowerment through increased literacy," through its Nestlé​ Cocoa Plan Initiative, a company spokesperson told Supply Chain Dive via email.