The cocoa industry was accused of profiting from child slavery and trafficking.
Heavy damage was also reported to the cocoa industry.
The world's largest cocoa industry in Ghana is entirely the creation of small enterprise capital formation.
The thriving cocoa industry drew in millions of foreign workers, most of them Muslim.
The Commission must be aware of the problem of forced and illegal child labour in the cocoa industry.
The cocoa industry faced potential consumer boycotts and harmful legislation if the bill were to pass.
Before the protocol was signed, the cocoa industry acknowledged the problem of forced child labor to address part of Article 1.
The 2005 Joint Statement gave the cocoa industry three more years to implement the protocol.
In 2011, the Payson Center reported the cocoa industry has not fully completed any of the six articles.
The cocoa industry still has to prove it can self-regulate.