Publications

2025 Cocoa Barometer

The Cocoa Barometer is a publication with the aim of creating an up-to-date, fair, and clear overview of the state of sustainability of the cocoa sector. The Barometer looks at the sector as a whole, but also couples aggregated and disaggregated company and country data with clear visualizations and fair contextualization of challenges, commitments, and accomplishments. It is published by a consortium of civil society actors from across the globe, and hosted by the VOICE network.

In the lead up to the 2025 Cocoa Barometer, the Consortium will once again be releasing several consultation papers.

Good Purchasing Practices in Cocoa

The first of the 2024 Consultation Papers is a deep dive into Good Purchasing Practices. This document is looking at what are the principles and steps that cocoa and chocolate companies should take to ensure the way they do their core business is sustainable.

• Good Purchasing Practices (English/French/Spanish)
• Executive Summary (English/French)
• One Page Summary (English/French/Spanish/German)

Good Governance for Living Income in Cocoa

The second Consultation Paper, published in February 2025, focused on which governance policies are more effective than others in creating an enabling environment conducive to smallholder farmer incomes.

• Good Governance for Living Income in Cocoa (English/French/Spanish)

2022 Cocoa Barometer

2022 Cocoa Barometer (English)
2022 Cocoa Barometer Executive Summary (English)
2022 Baromètre de Cacao (Français)
2022 Baromètre de Cacao Résumé
2022 Barómetro del Cacao (Español)
2022 Barómetro del Cacao Resumen Ejecutivo
エグゼクティブサマリー 2022 Cocoa Barometer Executive Summary (Japanese)

2022 Cocoa Barometer Consultation Papers

• Latin America Baseline Cocoa Barometer (September 2022) English/Spanish.
• Living Income Compendium (September 2022) English/French
• Transparency & Accountability (October 2022) English

Previous Barometers

• Cocoa Barometer 2020
  • 2020 Cocoa Barometer Executive Summary
  • 2020 Baromètre de Cacao (Français)
  • 2020 Baromètre de Cacao Résumé
  • 2020 Barómetro del Cacao (Español)
  • 2020 Cacao Barometer (Nederlands)
  • Cocoa Barometer 2020 Support Documents
    • Infographics as separate images
    • Key Messages 2020 Cocoa Barometer Powerpoint
  • Cocoa Barometer 2020 Consultation Papers
    • Consultation paper on Agroforestry in Cocoa, July 2020 – online / pdf version
    • Document de consultation sur l’agroforesterie dans le secteur du cacao, Juilliet 2020
    • La agroforestería en el sector del cacao, la necesidad de enfoques de paisaje colaborativos ambiciosos, Julio 2020
    • Position paper on Living Income Farm Gate Prices, January 2020
    • Support database to Necessary Farm Gate Prices Paper, January 2020
    • Position paper on West African Floor Price, September 2019
    • Position paper on Certification, July 2019
• Cocoa Barometer 2018
  • Cocoa Barometer 2018 Executive Summary
  • Barometre du Cacao 2018 French
  • Barómetro del Cacao 2018 Spanish
  • Kakao Barometer 2018 German
  • Cacao Barometer 2018 Dutch
  • Infographics 2018 (ZIP file)
  • Consultation Paper: Raising Farm Gate Prices (Spring 2017)
  • Consultation Paper: Transparency & Accountability (Fall 2017)
• Cocoa Barometer 2015
  • Print friendly 2015
  • Literature list 2015
  • Infographics 2015
  • Support database 2015
  • Cocoa Barometer 2015 USA
  • Kakao Barometer 2015 German
  • Barometre du Cacao 2015 French
  • Cacao Barometer 2015 Dutch
  • Consultation Papers for 2015 Cocoa Barometer
    • Value Distribution (2014)
    • Defining a Decent Living (2014)
• Cocoa Barometer 2012
  • Print friendly 2012
  • Literature list 2012
  • Infographics 2012 (ZIP file)
• Cocoa Barometer 2010
• Cocoa Barometer 2009
• Sweetness Follows 2008

Colofon

The Cocoa Barometer Consortium consists of ABVV/Horval, Action against Child Exploitation (ACE), Alisos, Be Slavery Free, EcoCare, European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT), Fern, Freedom United, Global Labor Justice/International Labor Rights Forum, Green America, IDEF, Inades Formation, INKOTA-netzwerk, Mighty Earth, Nature and Development Foundation, Oxfam America, Oxfam Belgium, Oxfam Ghana, Oxfam Novib, Public Eye, Roscidet, Rikolto, SEND Ghana, Solidaridad Europe, Solidaridad West Africa, SÜDWIND Institut, Tropenbos International, Tropenbos Ghana, WWF Belgium, WWF France.

The Cocoa Barometer is coordinated by the VOICE Network.

Contact Requests for information can be addressed to: antonie@voicenetwork.cc

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