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.
farmers delivered cocoa to Tony's Open Chain and were paid premium payments above the farmgate price to enable a living income in 2024/25.
of farmers at our 3 longest-term partner cooperatives earned at or above the living income benchmark in 2024/25.
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 2024/25 we reached 93.7%.
Newer cooperatives
The prevalence rate across newer partner cooperatives is 13%, which is still significantly below the estimated industry average of 46.7%.
Longest-term partner cooperatives
Our longest-term partner cooperatives have maintained a prevalence rate of below 5% for the past 5 years.
Environment & forests
of farms at all partner cooperatives are GPS polygon-mapped, and assessed for deforestation risk and overlap with protected areas.
of Tony’s Open Chain’s supply chain was verified deforestation-free for the 2024/25 season. Out of the 42,540 farms in scope, 2 farms had confirmed cases of deforestation. These farms are receiving remediation support.
farms were identified as being at high risk of deforestation and are receiving support to mitigate the risk that deforestation will occur.