Recent News
Cairns, Australia – The ICVB was recently featured at the International Conference on Child Labor and Child Exploitation as a model for Constructive Corporate Engagement addressing the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa sector. Government representatives, international experts, academia, and corporate representatives from around the world attended the conference focused on “exploring the challenges ahead in securing rights for children in the 21st century” hosted by Children’s Rights International (CRI). Read the entire story
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ICVB Vision Statement
Verification is an essential step in
assessing labor conditions in cocoa-growing communities in West Africa. The ICVB
holds the strong conviction that accurate data will help guide strategic
planning and programming to effectively address potential areas of concern,
including child and forced adult labor. Properly verified data will ensure that
future remediation activities are more strategic, cost-effective, targeted and
synergistic. Our true stakeholders are the cocoa farmers and children and we
measure our success or failure by how well their lives improve, in part, due to
our work. Accurate data matters.