With the 2020 harvest season, 100 percent of Lindt & Sprüngli’s cocoa beans are traceable back to the farmers and its Farming Program is verified by the Earthworm Foundation.

The World Cocoa Foundation and the Forestry Commission of Ghana are building a partnership to further align the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program and the Cocoa & Forests Initiative to achieve no deforestation commitments.

Mondelēz International, Inc. and Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) are joining forces in Indonesia to create the world’s single largest sustainable commercial cocoa farm.

Olam Food Ingredients has established child labor monitoring across its managed sustainability programs and 100 percent deforestation monitoring across its direct global supply chain.

Ferrero Group achieved its goal of sourcing 100 percent sustainable cocoa at the end of 2020, but the company is continuing to scale its cocoa sustainability efforts under its Ferrero Farming Values Cocoa Programme.

Organizers cited global restrictions on large gatherings and travel as the reason for the postponement.

In its biennial review of the cocoa sector, the VOICE Network found cocoa farming communities are still battling the effects of poverty, child labor and deforestation.

Guittard Chocolate Co. is launching the Cultivate Better cocoa initiative, a new program that engages with cocoa-growing communities to improve and protect unique flavor profiles while also developing integrated community initiatives that yield collaborative impact traceable to the farm level.