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Sustainability category presents updates on sustainability efforts by governments, organisations and research institutions to ensuring cocoa is preserved, produced and consumed in a responsible manner.
Mondelēz International joins Science-based Sustainable Business Growth Initiative
Global confectionery brand Mondelēz International has renewed its commitment to reduce environmental impact and drive sustainable growth at scale, by joining the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).
The scheme aims to set greenhouse…
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Fairtrade Africa Hosts Review Meeting on West Africa Cocoa Programme in Ghana
Fairtrade Africa is holding its first Joint Review and Planning meeting on the West Africa Cocoa Programme (WACP) for the year with Cocoa producers and allied partners in Ghana.
The session has been underway in Ghana's garden city of…
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Harnessing the Socio-Economic Benefits of Children Helping on Cocoa Farms
Society generally tags incidences of children helping on cocoa farms as “cocoa child labour”. A practice that is cruel, but rampant in cocoa. Several interventions on a global scale aim to reduce and eventually eradicate the practice.…
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Cocoa Unsustainable Without Living Income for Farmers – Voice Network
The Voice Network, a group of NGOs and Trade Unions tackling sustainability in the global cocoa supply chain, has released a new position paper on providing a living income for farmers in key African markets.
As the organisation noted,…
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PBC Courts Farmers’ Patronage With Cocoa Pension Scheme
Cocoa farmers have been encouraged to patronise the services of the Produce Buying Company (PBC) to benefit from the new pension scheme instituted by the government.
Andrea Franz, the PBC Central Regional Human Resource Manager, said the…
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Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Rolls out Comprehensive Programme to Improve Farmers’ Wellbeing
Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Limited, a subsidiary of Barry Callebaut (BC), the global chocolate manufacturer, has launched an ambitious project that is improving the lives of cocoa farmers.
Through a variety of strategic partnerships, the company…
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Cargill Injects $113 Million To Expand Processing In Ivory Coast and Ghana
Global food corporation - Cargill - says it is injecting more than US$113 million into expanding its cocoa processing sites in Ivory Coast and Ghana.
According to Cargill, an American cocoa processing multinational, $100 million out of…
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‘Giving Away Cocoa Farms will Affect Road Plans’ – Joseph Boahen Aidoo
Giving up cocoa farms to galamsey operators for their mining activities will negatively affect the Ghana Cocoa Board’s (COCOBOD) capacity to continue its development projects in cocoa farming communities, says the Chief Executive of…
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Cargill Targets 30% Cut
Cargill Inc. has renewed its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its entire supply chain – from farm fields to fast food kitchens – by 30% per ton of product in the next decade.
The commitment follows a contentious summer…
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Ghana’s Cocobod Chief Boahen Aidoo, Ivory Coast’s Brahima Kone Share top Cocoa Award
Chief Executive of Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, and his Ivorian counterpart Yves Brahima Kone have jointly been honoured with the "Cocoa Farmer Income Sustainability Honorary Award" at the historic first edition of the Ghana…
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