> ## 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. # TheChocolateLifeLIVE – Deconstructing the 2023 Chocolate Scorecard - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/thechocolatelifelive-deconstructing-the-2023-chocolate-scorecard/ - Published: 2023-04-20T18:45:37.000Z - Updated: 2025-04-25T16:21:37.000Z - Description: TheChocolateLifeLIVE resumes from its new home in Central Arizona on Friday, April 21st, from 12:00~13:00 EDT (09:00~10:00 PDT). - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: Live Stream, The Wire One of the challenges with cocoa and chocolate is that the answer to many questions begins, “It depends on ...” The question of whether or not it’s possible to reduce the efforts of chocolate companies large and small to a simple score has a lot of “It depends ...” *dependencies*. Some of those depends include: - *It depends* on what the goal is. - *It depends* on what you are measuring. - *It depends* on how you are measuring. - *It depends* on the information gathering process. - *It depends* on the biases and backgrounds of the researchers and the biases and backgrounds of the organizations they belong. - *It depends* on how the results are presented. - And, *it depends* on *what* results are presented. [The Chocolate ScorecardDo you know what goes into your chocolate? How does your favourite chocolate brand rank for labour and environmental practices and policies?![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621486a23f6a6b01d7dbfbe3/46ed0ba1-8df0-4f87-9343-e768c29beab4/favicon.ico?format=100w)The Chocolate Scorecard![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/621486a23f6a6b01d7dbfbe3/t/6419045aded30c33ab7b1209/1679361114617/Website+Social+Preview.png?format=1500w)](https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) The home page for the scorecard. [Meet The Team — The Chocolate Scorecard![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/621486a23f6a6b01d7dbfbe3/46ed0ba1-8df0-4f87-9343-e768c29beab4/favicon.ico?format=100w)The Chocolate Scorecard![](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/621486a23f6a6b01d7dbfbe3/t/6419045aded30c33ab7b1209/1679361114617/Website+Social+Preview.png?format=1500w)](https://www.chocolatescorecard.com/meet-the-team?ref=thechocolatelife.com) The team involved in producing the scorecard. Download the current scorecard in any of more than a dozen languages by hovering over the Scorecard link in the top nav and selecting a language. --- ### **The Goals** One goal of projects like this are to serve as proxies for consumers and others to do their own research. This is because doing the research is difficult and time consuming. Many of the companies are private and to get the information requires access that most of us – including me – don’t have. Consumers are eager for logos they can look at that tell them the products they buy are ethical, sustainable, and maybe some other traits. This means that another goal of projects like this are to give consumers ***confidence*** they are making good, informed, purchasing decisions. --- ### **The Purpose of This Live Stream** The purpose of deconstructing the 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 scorecards is to assess if the Chocolate Scorecard meets its self-imposed obligation to give consumers the information they need – clearly, accurately, and completely – so they can confidently they are making good decisions. By extension viewers will be better equipped to look at other, similar, projects and assess them with more critical eyes. In the end, it is up to individuals to decide what to do with the information and whether to trust it. I will be *sharing *my* process* for looking at the reports of projects like this. - What do I look for? - What questions do I want to ask? - Are there any holes in the information? - Is the way the results are presented help or hinder understanding? ## Livestream Links ### **Watch/Participate on YouTube, Facebook, or LinkedIn.** [Visit TheChocolateWire Channel on YouTube](https://youtube.com/@TheChocolateLife?ref=thechocolatelife.com) [My LinkedIn profile](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/claygordon%5Fchocolatescorecard-chocolate-cacao-activity-7054887040928096256-3qmo?utm%5Fsource=share&utm%5Fmedium=member%5Fdesktop) [TheChocolateLife page](https://www.facebook.com/TheChocolateLife/) on Facebook (live event) --- ### **Hashtags** #chocolatescorecard #chocolate #cacao #cocoa #cacau #TheChocolateLife #LaVidaCocoa --- [Support TheChocolateLife by donating to our new Hot Chocolate Fund!](https://buy.stripe.com/5kA6qP6VX7pNc4EaEK?ref=thechocolatelife.com) 💡 ***Have thoughts to share or questions to ask?*** Leave them in the comments. **Not a member?** (You must be a member to comment.) Click the Join button to become a Free or Premium member today! ---