Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A global report into the chocolate industry has found that while some companies are improving their sustainability practices, many retailers are still failing to ensure transparent and accountable cocoa supply chains that would protect cocoa farming communities. The 7th Edition Chocolate Scorecard , released May 7, by Be Slavery Free, highlights the industry's uneven progress across eight key areas— traceability , living income, child and forced labor, deforestation, agroforestry, pesticides, gender, and health—with gaps particularly evident in retailers' own-brand products. University of Wollongong (UOW) Associate Professor Stephanie Perkiss from the School of Business is part of the Chocolate Scorecard team and sits on its Data Ethics and Integrity Committee.…