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Tony's Chocolonely Celebrates Sustainability in Cocoa Supply

Supplychaindigital · · 829 words · By Louise Collins

The article reports on Tony's Chocolonely's performance in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard, highlighting its high scores in sustainability, gender equality, and living income. It also details the company's 'Open Chain' model, its Mission Allies program, and the activities of the independent Chocolonely Foundation.

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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Tony's Chocolonely has achieved one of only two overall green scores in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard.”
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Multiple independent sources, including Sustainabilitymag and 'Sustainable Cocoa', confirm that Tony's Chocolonely was one of only two companies to receive an overall green score in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely, often shortened to Tony's, is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller created in 2005 by television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken as a protest against child exploita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
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web search NEUTRAL — Join the TonyAwards.com e-mail list and you’ll be the first to hear about Tony news and events. © 2026 Tony Award ® Productions. All rights reserved.
https://www.tonyawards.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · The Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The 79th annual ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and hosted by Grammy‑w…
https://variety.com/2026/legit/awards/tony-nominations-2026-…
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“The company shares this distinction with HALBA, which took first position overall.”
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Confirmed by Tony's Chocolonely Global, HALBA's own announcement, and 'Sustainable Cocoa' that HALBA took the top position and also received a green score.
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web search NEUTRAL — Green galore! The results of the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard are in - and we're suuuuper proud to be 1 of only 2 companies to achieve an overall green score, with HALBA taking the top spot (congrats!!). …
https://tonyschocolonely.com/blogs/news/the-chocolate-scorec…
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web search NEUTRAL — For the first time, HALBA has taken first place worldwide among medium-sized and large chocolate manufacturers in the Chocolate Scorecard 2026. HALBA excels in all evaluated categories and receives th…
https://www.halba.ch/en/company/news/chocolate-scorecard.htm…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely has achieved one of two overall green scores in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard results. HALBA secured the top position in the assessment. The Chocolate Scorecard evaluates global choc…
https://fooddigital.com/news/sustainable-cocoa-tonys-green-s…
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“Be Slavery Free coordinates the annual assessment in collaboration with universities, consultants and non-governmental organisations.”
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Multiple web sources explicitly state that Be Slavery Free coordinates the Chocolate Scorecard in collaboration with universities and civil society groups.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Child labour is a recurring issue in cocoa production. Ivory Coast and Ghana, together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa each year. During the 2018/19 cocoa-growing season, research commissioned…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_cocoa_producti…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mondelez International, Inc. (stylised as Mondelēz; MON-də-LEEZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondelez_International
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely, often shortened to Tony's, is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller created in 2005 by television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken as a protest against child exploita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
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“Tony's Chocolonely also received the Gender Award.”
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Only Sustainabilitymag reports that Tony's Chocolonely received the Gender Award. Other search results for 'Tony' and '2026' refer to the Tony Awards for theater, which are unrelated.
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web search NEUTRAL — Join the TonyAwards.com e-mail list and you’ll be the first to hear about Tony news and events. © 2026 Tony Award ® Productions. All rights reserved.
https://www.tonyawards.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · The Tony Awards are presented by the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing. The 79th annual ceremony will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and hosted by Grammy‑w…
https://variety.com/2026/legit/awards/tony-nominations-2026-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 5, 2026 · Nominations for the 79th Tony Awards were announced on Tuesday. Here’s who made the list.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/theater/tony-awards-nomin…
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“Tony's Chocolonely ranked first for living income.”
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Both Sustainabilitymag and 'Sustainable Cocoa' report that Tony's Chocolonely ranked first for living income in the 2026 assessment.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely, often shortened to Tony's, is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller created in 2005 by television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken as a protest against child exploita…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely, often shortened to Tony's, is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller created in 2005 by television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken[1] as a protest against child explo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely achieves top green score in 2026 Chocolate Scorecard, ranking first for living income with HALBA securing the overall top position. Tony's Chocolonely has achieved one of two overal…
https://fooddigital.com/news/sustainable-cocoa-tonys-green-s…
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“The company also received top scores for its approaches to child labour prevention and deforestation monitoring.”
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While multiple sources confirm the overall green score, the specific detail about 'top scores for child labour prevention and deforestation monitoring' is not explicitly corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; it is implied by the overall green score but not detailed as a separate 'top score' in the snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Green galore! The results of the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard are in - and we're suuuuper proud to be 1 of only 2 companies to achieve an overall green score, with HALBA taking the top spot (congrats!!). …
https://tonyschocolonely.com/blogs/news/the-chocolate-scorec…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely has achieved one of only two overall green scores in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard. The company shares this distinction with HALBA, which took first position overall. The scorecard e…
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/tonys-chocolonely-celebr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely has achieved one of two overall green scores in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard results. HALBA secured the top position in the assessment. The Chocolate Scorecard evaluates global choc…
https://fooddigital.com/news/sustainable-cocoa-tonys-green-s…
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“According to Douglas in the company's 2024/2025 annual report, almost half of the beans Tony's Open Chain sourced went to other Mission Allies.”
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The specific quote from 'Douglas' in the 2024/2025 report regarding nearly half of the beans going to Mission Allies is found in one specific web result.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely, often shortened to Tony's, is a Dutch chocolate manufacturer and seller created in 2005 by television producer and journalist Teun van de Keuken[1] as a protest against child explo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony's_Chocolonely
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely has achieved a top score in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard, demonstrating its commitment to ethical cocoa sourcing practices.
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/tonys-chocolonely-celebr…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tony's Chocolonely earns a green score in the 2026 Chocolate Scorecard joining HALBA at the top for sustainability living income & gender equality progress.
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/tonys-chocolonley-sustain…
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“The company welcomed two new partners in 2025, bringing the total to 22 Mission Allies.”
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Two different web search results confirm that the company welcomed two new partners in 2025, bringing the total to 22 Mission Allies.
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web search NEUTRAL — "Almost half of the beans Tony's Open Chain sourced went to other Mission Allies (the other half went to Tony's) and last year we proudly welcomed two new partners to the movement, bringing us to 22 i…
https://sustainabilitymag.com/news/tonys-chocolonley-sustain…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mission Allies What is a Mission Ally? To successfully increase volumes sourced using our 5 Sourcing Principles, we need a group of committed companies to join Tony's Open Chain. We call them Mission …
https://www.tonysopenchain.com/whos-in/mission-allies
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web search NEUTRAL — The company welcomed two new partners in 2025, bringing the total to 22 Mission Allies. The following companies committed to sustainable sourcing, in year order: 2005: Tony's Chocolonely 2018: Albert …
https://supplychaindigital.com/news/tonys-chocolonely-celebr…
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“The following companies committed to sustainable sourcing, in year order: 2005: Tony's Chocolonely; 2018: Albert Heijin; 2020: Aldi, vly; 2021: Jokolade; 2022: The Flower Farm, Plus, Ben & Jerry's, Koro Source, Pleese; 2023: Huel, Cococo, Hema, Jumbo, Waitrose, Pip & Hut; 2024: Feastables, Holie foods, Johnny Cashew, Colruyt; 2025: Koeckebackers”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to verify the specific chronological list of companies joining the Open Chain from 2005 to 2025.
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“The Chocolonely Foundation operates independently from Tony's Chocolonely.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the independence of the Chocolonely Foundation from the company.
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“Tony's Chocolonely donates 1% of its net revenue annually to the Foundation.”
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