Tony's Chocolonely CLMRS: Growing, scaling and learning This project aims to take the next steps in addressing child labour in the Tony's Chocolonely supply chain and in the wider sector and in proving the effectiveness and business case for their approach to child labour in the cocoa value chain. As Tony's Chocolonely continues to grow, they need their Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) to grow with them, to be future-proof, and to demonstrate that it is a viable model at a larger scale. Tony's expects to add two new cooperatives each year, targeting an additional 2,000 farmers annually, and increasing the impact through Tony's Five Sourcing Principles. The more beans Tony's sources, the more premium they pay to coops and their members, and the more cases of child labour they can find and remediate.Tony's Chocolonely needs to prove that it is possible to be a profitable company, while implementing their approach and covering 100% of their supply chain with the child protection of the CLMRS. As part of this project, the CLMRS will be continued and improved at current (growing) cooperatives and rolled out at new cooperatives annually. A particular focus will be paid to ensuring a gender-sensitive approach to the CLMRS, with more women recruited to engage in monitoring and reaching more women with income generating activities. Efforts will also be made to increase the empowerment of women at coop and community level. Remediation of child labour cases has been a challenge in Tony's CLMRS implementation, and through this project Tony's will focus on efforts to increase the speed and effectiveness of remediation activities, and document and publish research on the most (cost) effective approaches. Finally, it is central to Tony’s strategy to inspire others in the cocoa sector to act, and Tony's will also conduct an external verification of their entire Five Sourcing Principles approach, with a particular focus on how Tony's approach to the CLMRS is replicable, scalable and affordable.Addressing the root causesDue to their intensive monitoring (via the CLMRS) and ongoing collaboration with the International Cocoa Initiative, Tony's maintains a clear view on the risks and root causes of child labour in our supply chain. In 2021, Tony's also implemented both an extensive needs assessment and the annual multi-dimensional poverty index study. The NORC report and the ILO Child Labour Global Estimates are also key sources.Tony's data and international research confirm that poverty is the primary cause of child labour. It is both a symptom and a cause of children engaging in labour. By paying farmers a fair price, ensuring thorough monitoring and rapid remediation of cases, empowering women, supporting community development projects, focusing on education and health, and enabling the professionalisation of partner cooperatives, Tony's seeks to alleviate poverty in the communities where they source cocoa. Investments in education are also critical in addressing the cycle of poverty. Tony's also raises awareness on child labour, in the recognition that a lack of understanding of what is and what isn't considered child labour can be considered a root cause.ApproachTony's implements the CLMRS at all partner cooperatives. They also implements the 100WEEKS programme (unconditional cash transfers and Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs)) at a third of our cooperatives. Farmer coaching, community-based awareness raising on child labour, and cooperative professional development with their partner TechnoServe are among their complementary interventions.