> ## 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. # The 2024 Chocolate Scorecard | #PodSaveChocolate - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/the-2024-chocolate-scorecard-podsavechocolate/ - Published: 2024-03-20T21:57:13.000Z - Updated: 2024-03-24T18:18:29.000Z - Description: Episode 29 of #PodSaveChocolate features a discussion of the recently released Chocolate Scorecard. The bad, the worse, and the truly ugly. - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream ## **When and Where to Watch** 🗓️ This episode airs live from 10:00 ****PDT** / 10:00 ****MST** (11:00 MDT, 12:00 CDT, 13:00 EDT) on Friday, March 22nd, 2024. [The 2024 Chocolate Scorecard | #PodSaveChocolateIn the weeks leading up to Easter, organizations around the world are hopping to it, metaphorically speaking, publishing guides aka scorecards to “ethical” c…![](https://www.youtube.com/s/desktop/74a09c08/img/favicon_144x144.png)YouTube![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F4PQTEmz69g/maxresdefault_live.jpg)](https://youtube.com/live/F4PQTEmz69g?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Click to watch in a new tab or window. Please subscribe (free!) to the [@PodSaveChocolate YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@podsavechocolate/featured?ref=thechocolatelife.com) as well as like this video, comment, and share to help grow the #PSC community. Link to [watch and comment](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Flavidacocoa-thechocolatelife-cacao-activity-7176335351811125248-epLH?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop) on LinkedIn. Link to [watch and comment](https://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateLife/) on TheChocolateLife page on Facebook. --- ## **Episode 29 Overview** In the weeks leading up to Easter, organizations around the world are hopping to it, metaphorically speaking, publishing guides aka scorecards to “ethical” chocolate brands – ones to laud and grace with our patronage and ones to cast aside as not worthy of our custom and to avoid. One question that always comes to my mind when I see one of these guides is, “Why should anyone pay attention to them?” ✳️ SPOILER ALERT: People like these scorecards because they serve as proxies for doing their own research. To understand why I ask this question and have come to the conclusions I havee, it’s important to take a look at what the scorecards do – and don’t – say and what we can learn from looking at the progress of the scorecards and the information they present. And that’s what I will do in this episode. [Chocolate — Be Slavery Free![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163feba1181ba25a2aa2541/fd6bee68-5484-490d-9fe2-ae37c426676a/favicon.ico)Be Slavery FreeAGROFORESTRY![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6163feba1181ba25a2aa2541/dc4051ab-7fe9-4c1e-9fa5-9e28136d8d9c/BSF_Xtreme+copy.png)](https://www.beslaveryfree.com/chocolate?ref=thechocolatelife.com) The current publisher of the scorecard being examined in this episode - Be Slavery Free. Given what I have seen of this year’s scorecard and the “progress” over past scorecards, this is not an organization I can recommend supporting. ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2024/03/BSF-download-4th-capture.jpg) Despite what this page on the BSF website says (on March 20, 2023) clicking on this image takes you to the 2024 results. [Updated: the wicked bad & wicked good listsNew and Improved! Renamed and updated! Now easier to use than ever to follow.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/12/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/03/composite-matheus-viana-sl5o9vDtDbI-unsplashFeatured1920x1080.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/wicked-bad-wicked-good-lists/) Creating these lists **is* difficult. You can help me keep these current! Please email updates to [Member Support](mailto:member.support@thechocolatelife.com). Members can post updates in the comments to this post. [Updated: the blacklistThere are many attempts to generate and maintain “whitelists” of ethical chocolate companies. This is not one of them.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/12/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons.png)The Chocolate LifeThe Archivist![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/01/luca-nicoletti-unsplash_Blacklist_Featured1920x.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/the-blacklist/) [TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Deconstructing the 2023 Chocolate ScorecardTheChocolateLifeLIVE resumes from its new home in Central Arizona on Friday, April 21st, from 12:00\~13:00 EDT (09:00\~10:00 PDT).![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/12/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2023/04/mark-konig-Y97fauNkNA8-unsplash-Featured1920x1080.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/thechocolatelifelive-deconstructing-the-2023-chocolate-scorecard/) 💡 I wish I could provide a link to download a PDF of the 2024 scorecard but it appears as if no such link exists. That’s part of the problem of what I can only assume is a deliberate attempt to make it harder than it should be to ascertain progress. [Chocolate Scorecard 2023 EngClick to download the 2023 scorecard.Chocolate Scorecard 2023 Eng.pdf6 MBdownload-circle](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2024/03/Chocolate-Scorecard-2023-Eng.pdf "Download") [Updated: Grading the 2022 Easter Chocolate ScorecardPart of my responses to “ethical chocolate ‘white’ lists” – what careful observation can tell us.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/size/w256h256/2020/12/JR_Pods60x60FavIconCutoutButtons.png)The Chocolate LifeClay Gordon![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2022/04/sincerely-media-IaQ0wmIU_bc-unsplash-Featured1920x1080.jpg)](https://thechocolatelife.com/grading-the-2022-easter-chocolate-scorecard/) [ChocolateScorecard2022-EngClick to download the 2022 scorecard.ChocolateScorecard2022-Eng.pdf11 MBdownload-circle](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2024/03/ChocolateScorecard2022-Eng.pdf "Download") [2021-ME\_Easter-ScorecardClick to download the 2021 scorecard.2021-ME\_Easter-Scorecard.pdf4 MBdownload-circle](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2024/03/2021-ME%5FEaster-Scorecard.pdf "Download") 💡 The ME in the filename above is Mighty Earth, one of the organizations that participated in its production. [Easter-Scorecard-2020-Updated May\_USA\_FINALClick to download the 2020 scorecard.Easter-Scorecard-2020-Updated May\_USA\_FINAL.pdf3 MBdownload-circle](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/files/2024/03/Easter-Scorecard-2020-Updated-May%5FUSA%5FFINAL.pdf "Download") 💡 I found the above scorecard at greenamerica.org. --- ### Related **Resources** [We Filed a Groundbreaking New Lawsuit Against Cocoa Titans for Ongoing Child LaborWe can prove for the first time that multinational companies have been intentionally defrauding the public at a massive scale.![](https://mailchi.mp/favicon.ico)![](https://mcusercontent.com/d7ce5bd5a8ca48c03005c3ce6/images/f5b1134b-288e-d96a-5557-349a6796067d.png)](https://mailchi.mp/internationalrightsadvocates/landmarkcocoalawsuit?ref=thechocolatelife.com) One clue as to who will get f\*cked. [Harkin–Engel Protocol - Wikipedia![](https://en.wikipedia.org/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png)Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.Contributors to Wikimedia projects![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Chuao_003.JPG)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harkin%E2%80%93Engel%5FProtocol?ref=thechocolatelife.com) Big Chocolate has failed to meet its voluntary commitments under Harkin-Engel after more than 20 years. --- **Episode Hashtags and Related Accounts to Follow** #scorecard #wickedlist #cocoa #cacao #cacau #chocolate #chocolat #PodSaveChocolate #PodSaveChoc #LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife --- ### **Next Episode** The topic and guest for the Tuesday, March 26th episode were still TBD when this post was published. --- ### **#PodSaveChocolate and #TheChocolateLifeLIVE Archives** **To read an archived post** and find the links to watch archived episodes, click on one of the bookmark cards, below. 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