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Exclusive: Puratos Cacao-Trace scheme sets ambitious targets supporting key cocoa communities
As the chocolate industry continues to play a stronger focus than ever surrounding delivery on sustainability goals amid upcoming EUDR regulations, Puratos recently released its annual Cacao-Trace report.
Exclusive: DT&G’s Lyn Pitt returns as a speaker at the 2024 World Confectionery Conference
Lyn Pitt, managing director of UK-based DT&G Limited, manufacturers of Finn chocolate coating and polishing equipment is the latest industry name to be added to speakers at our 2024 World Confectionery Conference.
Exclusive video: Cargill World Confectionery Conference preview interview
With the 2024 World Confectionery Conference celebrating our 90th anniversary as a publication fast approaching, we offer a behind the scenes preview interview with James Ede, a sustainability lead at Cargill, who is among our major event keynotes, writes Neill Barston.
Exclusive: Caobisco welcomes involvement in our 2024 World Confectionery Conference
Caobisco, the European trade association for confectionery, chocolate and biscuits, has welcomed its returning involvement in this year’s World Confectionery Conference to its home patch of Brussels, Belgium, writes Neill Barston.
Exclusive: Mars calls for ‘uncommon collaboration’ tackling cocoa sector sustainability challenges
Tackling the many challenges faced within supply chains offers major tests, but as Harper McConnell, VP, of Mars cocoa sustainability explains from the recent World Cocoa Conference, there’s hope on the horizon. Neill Barston reports
Exclusive video: World Confectionery Conference taking shape for Brussels return
Plans for this year’s World Confectionery Conference are fast taking shape, as the event gathers momentum for its autumn return to Brussels, Belgium.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive video: World Cocoa Conference 2024 review
This year’s World Cocoa Conference produced a memorable three days of discussion and debate surrounding the future of the industry, with delivering greater farmer pay placed at the heart of the event.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: The World Cocoa Conference: the sustainability journey continues
As Antonie Fountain asserted for the final session of the World Cocoa Conference, “All of us in cocoa are like Lord of the Rings’ Sam Gamgee – if we take one more step in our sustainability journey, we are further from home than we have ever been, because we have come so far already,” reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive: Queen Mathilde of Belgium praises World Cocoa Conference farmer income focus
Queen Mathilde of Belgium offered a heartfelt opening for this year’s World Cocoa Conference, welcoming the event’s core theme of a delivering a living income for farmers, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Processing, Sustainability
World Cocoa Conference reception sets scene for key sector event
A strong sense of anticipation gathered surrounding the opening reception for the fifth edition of the World Cocoa Conference, as it places the quest to raise farmer pay firmly in the spotlight, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Cacao consultancy Zoto collaborates for venture with Swedish climate tech firm Improvin’
Belgian specialty cacao consultancy Zoto is working with the Swedish climate tech company Improvin’ to explore ways to drive sustainable impact in the cacao value chain.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Belgium’s Choprabisco set for confectionery showcase at the World Cocoa Conference
Choprabisco, the key Royal Belgian Association of the Chocolate, Praline, Biscuit and Confectionery Industry is set to play its part among exhibitors at this year’s World Cocoa Conference, writes Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Rainforest Alliance places farmer pay and EUDR legislation as key World Cocoa Conference topics
The Rainforest Alliance organisation is set to make a notable appearance at the World Cocoa Conference opening this weekend, placing farmer’s living income, EUDR regulations and regenerative agriculture as key issues for action to deliver on sustainability goals, reports Neill Barston.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory, Sustainability
Exclusive video: World Cocoa Conference 2024 event preview
The fifth edition of the World Cocoa Conference is set to take place starting this weekend in Brussels, Belgium, bringing together more than 1,000 senior international delegates from across the industry and wider chocolate industry.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability