This scorecard ranks and grades chocolate companies on key sustainability issues. Working together, the three organizations Mighty Earth, Green America, and Be Slavery Free developed a survey, sent it to all the companies chosen, and graded the companies.

We focused on the largest and most important cocoa traders and chocolate manufacturers in the industry, as they either take the largest toll or could make a large positive impact. 

The survey asked questions covering support for mandatory due diligence regulation, transparency and traceability, deforestation and climate, agroforestry, living income, and child labor. These are some of the most pressing, vital sustainability issues facing the chocolate industry today...

We recognize that some companies are in the process of addressing key areas of this scorecard; and rather than give them an undeservedly low ‘egg score’ we identified this ‘work in progress’ aspect with an asterisk next to their score for that category...