farmers

Fairtrade releases human rights and environmental due diligence guide for farming communities, including cocoa workers

The Fairtrade movement has taken a significant step to assist smallholder farmer organisations, including those within cocoa markets, in introducing a new guide raising awareness of human rights and environmental due diligence (HREDD), reports Neill Barston.

Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability

Fairtrade expresses concerns over COP26 results, branding them a ‘cop out’ on climate change goals

Fairtrade joined environmental groups in expressing concerns over the UN’s COP26 global climate summit, labelling the event’s claimed gains with agreed policies as ‘a cop out’ on its prime goal of urgently cutting global warming, reports Neill Barston.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory, Sustainability

Using the optimistic mindset – further strengthening trust

Last year, at the World Cocoa Conference in Berlin, The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa and the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa discussed the latest issues affecting the industry. At this year’s ISM, they met again to look at what progress has been made, with a particular focus on giving farmers a living wage.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Regulatory

Ethical chocolate company, Tony Chocolonely arrives in the UK

Dutch ethical chocolate company Tony’s Chocolonely has launched its products on the UK market for the first time.

Business news, Cocoa & chocolate