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Chocolate brands “cut corners on traceability”, says NGO ahead of key EU deforestation vote

Published 00:01 on November 25, 2025 / Last updated at 16:48 on November 21, 2025 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean, US & Canada), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa, Europe, Middle East), Nature & Biodiversity (Corporate, Policy), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry)

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Household chocolate products may be marketed as ‘sustainable’ despite risks of containing cocoa linked to the destruction of Liberia’s Upper Guinean Rainforest, an NGO report said ahead of a key vote on the EU's contested anti-deforestation law.
Household chocolate products may be marketed as ‘sustainable’ despite risks of containing cocoa linked to the destruction of Liberia’s Upper Guinean Rainforest, an NGO report said ahead of a key vote on the EU's contested anti-deforestation law.


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