It is not enough for cocoa sustainability programs to tackle child labor by solely focusing on increasing yield and cultivating trees, Puratos has said. Instead, the company’s own sourcing program, Cacao-Trace, deals with the issue by installing a more...
Organizations’ market leading Fairtrade cocoa commitment works to inspire a generation of female farmers, to fight gender stereotypes and empower them to be future leaders.
The confectionery world has become crowded by dark chocolate made with single-origin cocoa beans, but Fine & Raw Chocolate has found its niche competitiveness by switching to thinner bars at 4mm each.
Following news of Anthony Bourdain's recent death, Good & Evil chocolate bars were suddenly pulled from its producer Éclat Chocolate’s website as owner Christopher Curtin said the decision was made out of respect towards the celebrity chef.
A raft of promises and reports were published on this year’s World Day Against Child Labor, highlighting the extent of forced labor in the cocoa industry with calls for greater transparency to help solve the problem.
The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has identified 14,986 child labor cases on the cocoa farms in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana since 2012, but warned the reality could be a lot worse.
Hershey increased the percentage of its sustainable cocoa beans to 75% and reduced its packaging waste by 18.5 million pounds, or 74%, in 2017, according the company’s latest corporate social responsibility report.
Young leaders take to the stage at Chocovision 2018
Delegates from One Young World tell the conference more needs to be done on sustainability, poverty and equal rights if the chocolate industry is to survive.
The Rainforest Alliance has issued science-based training materials customized for the specific cocoa-growing regions in Ghana since degrees to which those regions are affected by climate change vary.
Food giant Mars is using procurement to tackle some of the most significant social and environmental challenges facing the world today. FoodNavigator spoke to Barry Parkin, chief procurement and sustainability Officer at Mars, to find out more.
