Cargill says its licensed buying company (LBC) model has helped double sustainably sourced cocoa in Ghana during the 2017/2018 crop season to 10,000 MT, and it will extend the program to four more districts moving forward, including Debiso A, Debiso B,...
Premium chocolate brand TCHO has installed 10 flavor labs globally to let farmers taste chocolate made from their own cocoa beans so they can charge manufacturers a premium for their higher quality cocoa varietals.
New promotion, "Forming Cocoa Pruners and Graders", will help cocoa farmers to manage crops, receive instruction on best practices, and plant physiology.
Seattle Chocolate’s CEO has said small chocolate companies can make a big difference in cocoa sustainability even though many of them source their beans from big suppliers like Barry Callebaut.
Premium chocolate maker Cémoi will push French pride further this year – all the way across the US – after its home country claimed victory at the 2018 World Cup.
Mars has adopted SAT4Farming, a digital and satellite technology to help small-scale cocoa farmers improve their productivity and sustainability, in Ghana.
Voice Network, an association of NGOs and trade unions, has urged EU policy makers to make mandatory compliance with Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) to end human rights violations and environmental destruction in cocoa supply chains.
