cocoa supply chain

Confectionery supply chain due diligence becomes ever-more vital for cocoa sector

The issue of due diligence within confectionery supply chains is particularly topical, with mounting pressure on industry to deliver major progress on key environmental and corporate goals to improve conditions for key cocoa farming communities in Africa, as Keith Nuthall reports for Confectionery Production

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

German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa joins with key groups to support African farmers

Three key groups including the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO) and the Belgian platform Beyond Chocolate have united to deliver on supporting key communities in the cocoa supply chain.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Sustainability

Coronavirus pandemic may increase child labour, but a path to child-labour free cocoa exists

Child labour within the cocoa sector remains a key matter for the confectionery sector, with around 2 million children in Ghana and Ivory Coast alone said to be in some form of labour, despite the sector’s efforts to respond on the issue. In this guest blog  Kunera Moore, Lead – tackling child labour at the Rainforest Alliance, offers some hope on this major issue

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability

Payment increases to Ivory Coast cocoa farmers offer industry hope

The past couple of years have seen corporate agendas dominated by initiatives aimed at addressing major issues within the cocoa supply chain.

Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability