Child labor Archives | Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/issues/human-rights/child-labor/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:25:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-ra-frog-icon-32x32.png Child labor Archives | Rainforest Alliance https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/issues/human-rights/child-labor/ 32 32 The Impacts of Certification: Farmers Share Their Stories https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/the-impacts-of-certification-farmers-share-their-stories/ Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:07:34 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=120474 What’s it really like to work on a Rainforest Alliance Certified farm? Farmers, farm managers, and workers share how certification is shaping their livelihoods, strengthening their communities, and helping protect nature.... Continue Reading

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]]> To ensure cocoa farmers’ children go to school, try educating their mothers https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-news/to-ensure-cocoa-farmers-children-go-to-school-try-educating-their-mothers/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 10:00:45 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=news&p=114854 The Rainforest Alliance is helping cocoa-growing communities in Ghana keep children in school through women-led savings groups and community protection committees. A new Reuters feature spotlights this NORAD-backed initiative with partners Solidaridad and the International Cocoa Initiative.

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]]> 2024 Annual Report: The Future Can’t Wait https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/2024-annual-report-the-future-cant-wait/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 08:43:44 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=112034 Leap into our 2024 Annual Report to see the advances we’ve made toward a brighter future.

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]]> Project Profile: Rwenzori Education, Livelihoods, and Gender https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/business/projects/project-profile-rwenzori-education-livelihoods-and-gender/ Mon, 03 Feb 2025 14:38:39 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=106621 Building upon the success of a previous project, the Rwenzori Education, Livelihoods, and Gender Project aims to address the root causes of child labor. With support from Nespresso, the Rainforest Alliance has partnered with Kyagalanyi Coffee Ltd (KCL) to embed child protection into their business practices. The Rainforest Alliance will support the KCL cooperative’s farming households to increase their coffee production and incomes by providing training aligned with our certification standard. In doing so, the project seeks to create a coffee supply chain free from child labor.... Continue Reading

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]]> Rainforest Alliance Certified Hazelnuts https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/certified-hazelnuts/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:50:22 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=106126 Since 2013, we have been working with farmer groups, traders, brands, and retailers to increase sustainability farming practices, stop child labor, and improve the lives of hazelnut farmers througout Türkiye.... Continue Reading

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]]> How We Tackled Child Labor in Ghana’s Cocoa and Gold Communities https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-field/how-we-tackled-child-labor-in-ghanas-cocoa-and-gold-communities/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 14:00:25 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?p=103633 What do gold and cocoa have in common? Child labor, unfortunately. Find out about the innovative approach we took to helping cocoa families in Ghana thrive so they could let their kids be kids.... Continue Reading

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]]> More collaboration needed as cocoa firms battle deforestation and child labour risks https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/in-the-news/more-collaboration-needed-as-cocoa-firms-battle-deforestation-and-child-labour-risks/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:50:02 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=news&p=103967 An article in Reuters and Ethical Corporation explores the important role of collaboration in addressing the challenges facing cocoa farmers, including income accelerator programmes run in partnership with the Rainforest Alliance.

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]]> 2023 Annual Report | Destination: Regeneration https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/2023-annual-report-destination-regeneration/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:04:18 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=102552 Dive into our 2023 Annual Report to learn about the strides we’ve made toward a regenerative future.

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]]> Addressing Child Labor on Hazelnut Farms in Türkiye https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/addressing-child-labor-on-hazelnut-farms-in-turkey/ https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/addressing-child-labor-on-hazelnut-farms-in-turkey/#respond Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:40:18 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/uncategorized/addressing-child-labor-on-hazelnut-farms-in-turkey/ Child labor is widespread on Turkish hazelnut farms. Discover our collaborative approach to help farmers address child labor on the ground. ... Continue Reading

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]]> https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/addressing-child-labor-on-hazelnut-farms-in-turkey/feed/ 0 2022 Annual Report: We’re all in. https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/resource-item/2022-annual-report-were-all-in/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 18:02:16 +0000 https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/?post_type=resource-item&p=94925 Dive into our 2022 Annual Report—and discover the extraordinary people and places at the heart of our global mission. We’re all in. Are you?

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