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Cadbury’s move urging support for chocolatiers is vital
Conventional wisdom on marketing strategy dictates that attention is largely focused on encouraging consumers to want more or engage more with a certain product or brand, yet in these strange days we inhabit, these rules are now being broken.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
One Tree Planted and ICRAF drive major Ivory Coast cocoa sustainability scheme
A major partnership between the One Tree Planted charity and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) aims to deliver a broad range of 550,000 new trees planted in Ivory Coast to help protect cocoa growing operations that have been stripped of their biodiversity through industrial activity, writes Cathy Watson.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Symrise joins AIM industry sustainability and human rights initiative
Symrise has engaged with a global initiative from AIM, the European Brands Association, devised to unite consumer goods manufacturers and their suppliers to focus on sustainability and human rights within value chains, writes Neill Barston
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, New products, Processing, Sustainability
Mondelēz International’s SnackFutures joins food waste initiative
Mondelēz International’s SnackFutures innovation and venture hub has joined the Upcycled Food Association (UFA), a non-profit organisation dedicated to preventing food waste by growing the upcycled economy.
Focus: Mondelez launches Sustainable Futures environmental impact investment platform
Mondelēz International has confirmed the launch of its Sustainable Futures initiative, an impact investing platform to incubate, finance and support self-sustaining ventures that address key challenges in the world, including climate change, as the business explains to Confectionery Production.
Business news, Cocoa & chocolate, Ingredients, Regulatory, Sustainability
Caobisco 60th anniversary celebrations provide launch for its Treatwell initiative
A key sector initiative has been launched by Caobisco, the association for chocolate, biscuit and confectionery industries of Europe, for encouraging manufacturers and consumers to enjoy snacks and confectionery responsibly. Neill Barston reports from the organisation’s 60th anniversary celebrations
Cocoa & chocolate, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability