Our Results
Tony's Open Chain's tried and tested approach proves positive change is possible
Tony's Open Chain helps companies take full responsibility for everything that happens in the cocoa supply chain. We do this through direct intervention. And we can see this approach is working in all key sustainability focus areas: child labour, deforestation and moving farmers towards achieving a living income.
Living Income & Farmer Resilience
of Tony's Open Chain beans for Mission Allies are paid at the Living Income Reference Price.
Our Mission Allies paid 44% above the main crop farmgate price in Côte d’Ivoire and 18% above the main crop farmgate price in Ghana in 2023/24.
of farmers at our 3 longest-term partner cooperatives earned at or above the living income benchmark in 2023/24.
Child labour
CLMRS coverage
We have a comprehensive Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) in place. We aim to cover 100% of farmer householders delivering to Tony’s Open Chain, and in 2023/24 we reached 98%.
TOC average
Average child labour prevalence rate at partner cooperatives level varies based on the onboarding of new cooperatives, but it remains significantly lower than industry average which is 46.7%
longer-term partner cooperatives
We continue to close more child labour cases year-over-year: between 2022/23 and 2023/24 the prevalence rate at long-term partner cooperatives dropped from 4.4% to 3.9%.
Environment & forests
of farms at all partner cooperatives are GPS polygon-mapped and assessed against protected areas.
of Tony’s Open Chain’s supply chain was verified deforestation-free for the 2023/24 season. Out of the 26,550 farms in scope in 2023/24, 14 farms were flagged for deforestation.
lower emissions in Côte d’Ivoire and 87% lower in Ghana for cocoa sourced via Tony's Open Chain compared to the regional average for cocoa production.