Cocoa Post

About 9,000 members of the Bia West Cocoa Farmers Union, with the assistance of Mondelez International, have pooled resources from their cocoa trade over the past 5 years to construct a soap processing factory valued at $1.5 million. The…
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Rainforest Alliance with funding from the Norwegian government through NORAD has met with government agencies and cocoa companies to discuss commitments made by them towards eradicating forced and child labour in their local communities.…
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Fairtrade International has updated its Cocoa Standard with a reinforced focus on human rights, the fight against deforestation, traceability, and living income. Confirming the development, the social justice organisation explained the…
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Tropenbos Ghana, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has been named the Change Agent of the Year at the 2022 Ghana Cocoa Awards, held in Accra. The organisation which is affiliated with Tropenbos International was recognised…
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Tropenbos International, an environmental non-governmental organisation, has welcomed the European Union (EU) Deforestation Law calling it a "historic agreement." Noting the law as the first in the world that takes significant steps to…
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Ghana will cut back 30% of cocoa exports to Europe and America onto emerging markets in Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia in line with a 5-year market diversification strategy, a source has hinted to Cocoa Post. The plan seeks…
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Development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package of $8.9 billion to the former's 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. The commitment is the largest replenishment in the history of the Fund and…
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Findings of the 2022 Cocoa Barometer report show that pursuing human rights and environmental protection to address cocoa sustainability without paying higher prices will fail. Chocolate manufacturers and industry have over the years…
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With effect from 1 December, China granted a zero-tariff condition to 98% of taxable products from 10 least-developed countries, most of them African, in what it said was aimed at promoting an open global economy. In a statement, Beijing…
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The European Union (EU) Parliament Tuesday morning passed a new law that will ban the import of commodities linked to deforestation. The EU Due Diligence law demands that products such as cocoa, coffee, soy, and beef, among others, meet a…
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