Rainforest Alliance

Rainforest Alliance releases annual reports on progress towards key sustainability and environmental goals

The global Rainforest Alliance organisation has released its latest annual report, detailing projects with over two million certified farmers in over 70 countries on key social and environmental challenges including farmer livelihoods, child labour and deforestation. Neill Barston reports.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability

Rainforest Alliance enhances global Cocoa Certification Programme

The Rainforest Alliance is strengthening its key Cocoa Certification Programme, delivering a major global initiative to drive more sustainable cocoa farming.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability

Cargill joins initiative to deliver certified coconut oil for Philippines and Indonesia

A major joint initiative between BASF, Cargill, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has established a certified coconut oil supply chain to assist farmers in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability

Rainforest Alliance welcomes EU move to help reduce deforestation

The Rainforest Alliance, which has worked closely with cocoa farming communities, has welcomed a renewed commitment from the European Union to reduce deforestation and forest degradation, as stated in the Communication from the European Commission.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability

Rainforest Alliance names winners of global scheme to assist cocoa farmers

The Rainforest Alliance has confirmed the two winners of the first-ever international Ag-Tech Developer Challenge, involving remote-sensing data products to gain insights to benefit cocoa farmers it works with globally.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability

Cargill uses Rainforest Alliance certified coconut oil for its chocolate business

Cargill is staking a claim for its cocoa and chocolate business as the first to use Rainforest Alliance certified coconut oil sourced through a mass balance model as an ingredient in its coatings and fillings.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability

Rainforest Alliance calls on developers to help cocoa farms

The Rainforest Alliance has launched the Ag-Tech Developer Challenge, a competition to create a remote sensing data product to support the mobile-enabled FDPs on cocoa farms.

Cocoa & chocolate, Sustainability

Mars Wrigley creates $1 billion fund for improving cocoa sustainability

Global chocolate business Mars Wrigley Confectionery has devised a $1 billion plan over the next decade for improving sustainability within its cocoa supply chain, offering greater support to communities in key African cocoa growing countries.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability