Climate Action

A global cocoa and ingredients trading giant, ECOM, has published a fresh set of commitments and time-bound targets to drive forward its mission to grow a smarter future for cocoa. The Smarter Cocoa Charter is ECOM’s first-ever…
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The Green Republic Project, a non-governmental organisation, has launched the ‘Plant Your Age’ campaign as part of its vision to lead the teeming youth of Ghana to overcome the climate crisis by planting 20 million trees by 2028 as their…
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Rainforests are crucial for the survival of the planet and life on Earth, they pull carbon dioxide out of the air and release oxygen, making the air we breathe cleaner. Recent research has shown that forests do more than just store carbon,…
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The African Cocoa Platform (AfCoP) has unveiled a new competition seeking to promote agroforestry and other sustainable practices in cocoa farming. Cocoa farmers from the three-member countries of the organisation, namely Ghana, Cameroon…
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A new Fairtrade study has revealed that the intensifying impacts of climate change pose a serious risk to global agricultural production and directly threaten the livelihoods of millions of Fairtrade farmers around the world. The study…
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Rainforest Alliance has called for investment into Nature-Based Solutions and Climate-Smart Agriculture ahead of the opening of the UNFCCC COP26 climate summit taking place in Glasgow, Scotland, from Oct. 31 - Nov. 12, 2021. The Alliance…
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In recent months, there has been continuous heavy rainfall across the country – with its accompanying challenges like flooding, breeding diseases and plant failure within the agriculture space – in which cocoa production is seriously…
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Pro-climate Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have teamed up with Microsoft and Rabobank to implement a series of pilot projects offering financial incentives for farmers adopting climate-smart practices and switching their farms to…
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Mars, Incorporated, in partnership with sustainability consultancy Guidehouse, has today announced the formation of a new coalition, the Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition (Supplier LoCT), to mobilize suppliers on climate action.…
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