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Potential chocolate breakthrough for Mars could offer a key boost to African confectionery
The decision by Mars to place a patent for a new chocolate series that has a higher melting point is extremely interesting on a number of levels.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Fairtrade establishes producer resilience funds to combat coronavirus impact
Fairtrade International has unveiled the launch of multi-million funding streams known as “Fairtrade producer Relief Fund” and a separate producer resilience initiative in response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Sustainability
Barry Callebaut and Unilever join forces to provide Ivory Coast soap donation
Swiss-headquartered Barry Callebaut has teamed up with Unilever in a joint-response against coronavirus in donating and distributing 10’000 pieces of soap to cocoa farming communities in Ivory Coast.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Sustainability
UK chocolate brand MIA supports Madagascar communities with funds for face masks
UK chocolate brand MIA, short for Made In Africa, has moved to support communities in Madagascar hit by the coronavirus pandemic through committing £500 of its 1 for Change charitable fund to enable local production of face masks and free meals.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability
Jacobs Foundation joins forces with confectionery industry tackling child labour
A joint venture has been launched between the Jacobs Foundation, a global youth development organisation, and major players in the chocolate sector to create a national action plan tackling child labour in Ivory Coast.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Sustainability
Tony’s Chocolonely is not so lonely anymore in its global mission for slave free chocolate
With physical meetings all but impossible around the world owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it’s good to see businesses staging some strong topical food for thought online, including Tony’s Chocolonely’s latest webinar presentation. As we have previously reported, the company’s core mission of striving to help the chocolate sector achieve 100% slave free production […]
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Cocoa farmers operating in Ivory Coast and Ghana gain digital support from Cargill
Farmers working in major cocoa territories based in Ghana and Ivory Coast are gaining key updates from Cargill’s digital farming tool helping amplify government measures around safety and sanitation designed to tackle the spread of coronavirus.
Fairtrade Foundation assists cocoa farmers operating amid coronavirus
Fairtrade International has confirmed a plan to increase flexibility in its standards to enable producer organisations to help protect farmers working within the cocoa sector amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Mars Wrigley joins with major confectionery brands in progressing CFI cocoa initiative
Mars Wrigley has joined with other major confectionery groups in releasing a performance update on its sustainability commitments within the cocoa supply chain in key African producing nations.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Decline in cocoa prices raises concerns over farmers’ future within the sector
Amid the all-consuming maelstrom that is the coronavirus pandemic, there are numerous other world events that have simply been parked or placed to one side amid the immediate health crisis.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Sustainability
Industry report reveals blockchain could assist tackling deforestation
A report from Lumina Intelligence has highlighted potential for technology to address blind spots that have allowed land degradation and forest clearing to persist despite the chocolate industry’s push for deforestation-free cocoa.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Sustainability
Caobisco calls for collective due diligence to support cocoa sector sustainability
Caobisco, the trade association for the European chocolate, biscuits and confectionery manufacturing sector, has issued a statement calling for collective due diligence across the industry’s supply chain to address key human rights and environmental issues.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, 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
Chocoa hones in on sustainability
Travelling to Amsterdam for the latest edition of Chocoa, there is a strong sense of anticipation surrounding its key conference element. It is perhaps no surprise that its core theme centres on sector sustainability, which remains perhaps the most pressing of all challenges facing the industry. This is reflected by the calibre of speakers which […]