Sustainability’s Influence on Chocolate Purchase Decisions Continues to Grow, Cargill Study Finds
Research suggests European consumers are hungry – and willing to pay – for products made with responsibly sourced cocoa. …
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From Cocoa Shells to Biochar: The Power to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Produce Green Energy
On December 3, 2020, our fourth Forever Chocolate Report will be published showing the progress we are making towards our 2025 targets. Innovation is at the heart of our advancement, and this year, we embarked on an exciting, and industry first, project to commence the transformation of cocoa by-products into biochar. …
Cocoa Barometer 2020: No Meaningful Progress Made in 20 Years of Business Model that Ensures Poverty for Farmers, Communities
After two decades of failed interventions across the cocoa sector, cocoa farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labor and deforestation. That is the key finding of the 2020 Cocoa Barometer report. …
Barry Callebaut: Supporting Ecuadorian Cocoa Farmers to Sustainably Increase Cocoa Yields
In this interview, Angela Gubser, Managing Director, Barry Callebaut Ecuador, describes how Cocoa Horizons has been successfully introduced to the world’s third largest producer of cocoa. …
World Cocoa Foundation Statement on “Assessing Progress in Reducing Child Labor in Cocoa Production in Cocoa Growing Areas of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana” Report
“As this report shows, there are today still too many children in cocoa farming doing work for which they are too young, or work that endangers them — and child labor has no place in the cocoa supply chain.” …