As a requirement of a company's affiliation with the Fair Labor Association (FLA), the FLA annually conducts independent assessments of a sample of each affiliated company’s supply chain. For Nestlé, which joined the FLA in 2012, this means monitoring the portion of its cocoa supply chain served by the Nestlé Cocoa Plan (NCP), which represents around 20 percent of its total cocoa supply chain. [Provides findings from visits to 200 farms.  Includes: "Assessors found four children under the age of 15 working in the cocoa fields, as well as one case of forced labor involving a young worker from Burkina Faso, believed to be 15, who had been working without pay or documentation since he was 13. Seven other young workers between the ages of 15 and 18 were also found working on the farms..." Includes remedial actions recommended and underway in various areas]