Sustainable Sourcing

90% missed: Half a century to reach forgotten cocoa farming majority unless industry sources directly and talks price, says ICCFO

‘You can’t say you’re sustainable when you’re not reaching the majority,’ says cocoa farmer body

Cocoa sustainability to take 50 more years without step change: ICCFO

By Oliver Nieburg

The International Cocoa Farmers Organization has called on the chocolate industry to directly source from cocoa farmers and support efforts to reach 90% of farmers it says have been neglected in cocoa sustainability plans.

Taylors of Harrogate has launched its own range of Nespresso coffee pods

Taylors eyes future coffee investment

By Nicholas Robinson


Taylors of Harrogate will bring the production of its new coffee capsule products in-house as soon as possible, factory manager John Hennighan has said.

Cocoa child slavery: Is the chocolate industry stepping up or hiding secrets on its track record?

Chocolate makers accused of leveraging 'loophole' on child slavery

By Oliver Nieburg

The National Confectioners Association has hit back at U.S. senators it says mischaracterized the chocolate industry’s efforts on preventing labor rights abuses on cocoa farms in West Africa. But some Fair Trade chocolate companies say industry is being...

Vietnam’s cocoa sector set to boom with state-owned plantations

Dispatches from Asia Choco Cocoa Congress in Singapore

State-owned plantations could rouse Vietnam’s cocoa industry

By Oliver Nieburg

Vietnamese state-owned companies plan to convert some coffee and rubber plantations to cocoa, delivering a significant boost to the country’s annual output, says Vietnam’s principle cocoa buyer Puratos Grand-Place.