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Only 17 out of 82 companies investigated were found to use suppliers that paid cocoa farmers enough to live on 
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Toblerone is to remove the Matterhorn mountain peak from its packaging when some of the chocolate's production is moved from Switzerland to Slovakia.
Graham Watson's insight:
An interesting story about offshoring and the implications of this for the Toblerone brand, as they are no longer able to use the Matterhorn image on its packaging.
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It seems as though a majority of confectionery manufacturers are using chocolate suppliers who aren't paying a fair wage. The study also looked at whether they were adopting other sustainable practices in relation to sustainability, tax avoidance, the use of palm oil, deforestation and packaging.
As a result a number of big brands - among them Mars, Nestle and Mondelez were rated as "brands to avoid", indicative of low standards in relation to all of these measures.