As of October 24th, 2022, ACE became a full member of the Voice network, a network of civil society organizations working for the realization of a sustainable cocoa farming and industry. With a secretariat based in the Netherlands, the global network consists of 22 civil society organizations and trade associations (as of October 2022) that work in regions and countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. The Voice network aims to address the challenges facing

We are a Japanese NGO active in international advocacy to protect children from exploitation across the globe. ACE aims to transform the world into a place where all children and youths are free to shape their own lives and capable of building a society that they want to live in.　Ending child labour is one of our core strategic goals.　We believe that achieving this goal in the long-term requires addressing every level of the global supply chain. As such, we operate through in

ACE won the Special Award category for our holistic approach to the long-term elimination of child labour, including supporting the quality education of children in India and Ghana, providing income generation support to low-income families, investigating human rights violations in supply chains, and promoting corporate social responsibility. The Japan Times’s Satoyama & ESG Awards are given to corporations, organisations and individuals who have made significant contributio