Nestlé has today reported significant progress in its efforts to tackle the issue of child labor in the cocoa communities of West Africa. Its latest 'Tackling Child Labor' report shows that it is possible to have a positive impact at scale...

[I]ts Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System [...] allows Nestlé to identify, track and address child labor in its supply chains. Assistance is provided through community-wide solutions as well as those tailored to individual needs.

Over the past two years, Nestlé has almost doubled its outreach...

The system continues to be successful in identifying children involved in child labor...

[R]emediation includ[es] the following educational activities:

• Building and renovating schools...
• Financing the issuance of birth certificates that give access to the education system...
• Improving women’s literacy as well as providing support on other income-generating activities to support livelihoods...

The monitoring and remediation system is part of Nestlé's broader approach to sustainability in cocoa... The objectives are to make cocoa farming more sustainable and improve the lives of those living in farming communities...

Nestlé will continue to expand its cocoa sustainability program... The company will roll out its Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System... It will also continue to work with governments, industry peers and other partners to make a difference beyond its own supply chain.