> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Checking In On: Industry Initiative Updates | #PSC 210 - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/checking-in-on-industry-initiative-updates-psc-210/ - Published: 2026-06-15T17:27:22.000Z - Updated: 2026-06-17T22:24:50.000Z - Description: OVERVIEW: Episode 210 focuses on updates to fact-checking claims, asking, “Have there been any updates?” Spoiler Alert: Why no, no there have not. We’ll discuss why you should care about the silence. - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream 🗓️ Episode 210 streamed on Tuesday, June 16th, 2026\. Click a link below to view the archived episode. This ****YOUTUBE** link is shareable. 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(June 14th was Flag Day, and June 21st is Father’s Day.) The link to participate can be found in the June member newsletter. --- ## **Episode 210** **Every major cocoa “sustainability” initiative since the Harkin-Engel Protocol** was enacted in September 2001 has operated within a governance model that virtually *guarantees* failure: voluntary commitments, industry-controlled decision-making, lack of public disclosure, deadline extensions, and the absence of binding enforcement mechanisms. --- 🌎 A before-we-begin update: June 12th was UN World Day Against Child Labor. The following was in the Monday weekly news brief I got today, but it was not accompanied in [the post I published online](https://thechocolatelife.com/tcl-weekly-chocolate-news-brief-june-8-14/) \[for Premium members\] because it did not cite a source URL: > **Sustainability / HRDD intensification.** Mondelēz and Tony's Chocolonely both used the World Day Against Child Labour window to publish fresh supply-chain commitments. I did some Googling about Tony’s “using the World Day Against Child Labour window to publish fresh supply‑chain commitments.” [What I got back](https://www.confectioneryproduction.com/news/58168/exclusive-tonys-chocolonely-raises-fresh-concerns-as-the-globe-marks-world-day-against-child-labour/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) \[« Confectionery News\] was that it was likely an author’s synthesis (expressing concern rather than commitment), not something supported by clearly dated Tony’s press materials. ### **More Fact Checking** [Echoes in an Empty Room: the UKCC & TogetherCocoa | #PSC 202OVERVIEW: Episode 202 of #PodSaveChocolate takes pause to catch everyone up on the recent updates on the formation announcements of the UK Cocoa Coalition and Together Cocoa. What, you say, there have been updates?![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons-1d06d9a6-cdfe-4887-b4af-8f34d62b4d41.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/Ep-202-Echoes---Featured1920x1080-a9b0809e-1489-48da-81d1-3b53c68936ab.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/echoes-in-an-empty-room-the-ukcc-togethercocoa-psc-202/) The last time I took a look at Together Cocoa and the UKCC was about one month ago. [Google NewsComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/google_news_192-443d2cc7-1074-435a-8539-12897c442d8d.png)Google News![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBuc-s0-w300-cf67d7fb-b961-4aa4-aa48-463d5a7cbf8b)](https://news.google.com/search?for=together+cocoa+foundation&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en&ref=thechocolatelife.com) ****Together Cocoa Foundation** [Google NewsComprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/google_news_192-f3719722-039e-400b-9736-0c22446ae9e5.png)Google News![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/J6_coFbogxhRI9iM864NL_liGXvsQp2AupsKei7z0cNNfDvGUmWUy20nuUhkREQyrpY4bEeIBuc-s0-w300-ad79f303-00c7-469a-85b2-50db1fefa4ae)](https://news.google.com/search?q=uk%20cocoa%20coalition&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en&ref=thechocolatelife.com) ****UK Cocoa Coalition** TL;DR: Within the past 30 days, there have been no new press releases, no published minutes, no expanded policy positions, and no technical annexes or implementation roadmaps for either TogetherCocoa or the UK Cocoa Coalition. [Chocolate ScorecardChocolate Scorecard is coordinated by Be Slavery Free, with universities, consultants and civil society groups engaging in transforming the chocolate industry.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/apple-touch-icon-bec9d7cb-2546-46da-a47d-6558ba76a5aa.png)![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/team-hero-be-slavery-free-7d92bd96-7bd0-44e5-ac08-3a80ebef044e.png)](https://chocolatescorecard.com/meet-the-team?ref=thechocolatelife.com) ****Meet The Team** ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2026/06/silenceIsADataPoint.jpg) Be Slavery Free imposes a double-standard, not holding itself to the same scrutiny it demands of the companies it reports on. This observation about silence applies to today’s topic more broadly: When can absence be evidence? ### **Tony’s: A Special Case** [Tony’s Chocolonely Annual FAIR Report 2023/2024Our annual FAIR report dives into our sustainability efforts, financial performance, and the impact we’ve made over the past year. It’s the what, where, and why of Tony’s mission. Together, we’ll end exploitation in cocoa.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/__favicon-x2-3933853e-68ac-47a5-8308-b0195b051ccc.image)FlippingBook![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/FacebookThumbnail-a0310c7b-bd08-4174-9bb4-4be1a6274885.aspx)](https://online.flippingbook.com/view/189607595/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2026/06/tonysOverview2023_24-Large.jpeg) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2026/06/tonysOverview2024_25-Large.jpeg) 32,133-20,296 = 11,183, not 15,355\. That is a nearly 30% (29.72% to be more precise) ***over**statement. That’s not a trivial difference. If they make such a public and simple maths mistake like this, what other, harder-to-spot mistakes are they making? [Tony’s Annual FAIR report 2024/25: Real impact, tough timesToughest cocoa season in decades. Still: we paid 32,000+ farmers a higher price and 99.9% of our cocoa is verified deforestation-free. 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