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Cocoa Barometer 2020

2020 Cocoa Barometer report draws attention to challenges in cocoa sector

Created biennially by the VOICE Network, report offers suggestions to better serve farmers.
December 1, 2020
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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.


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Eddie and Ozzie Awards

Candy Industry’s Ghana series receives Honorable Mention in 2020 Eddie Awards

Three-part series detailed Editor Crystal Lindell’s trip to Barry Callebaut’s cocoa fields in Ghana.
October 7, 2020
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The winning three-part series detailed Editor Crystal Lindell’s trip to Barry Callebaut’s cocoa fields in Ghana.
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Guittard Cultivate Better

Guittard launches Cultivate Better cocoa initiative

Program designed to support farmers, protect cocoa’s unique flavor profiles.
September 30, 2020
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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.


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Fairtrade America highlights initiatives for improving gender equality among cocoa farmers

Group offers Women’s Schools of Leadership for education, training.
August 28, 2020
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In celebration of Women’s Equality Day on Aug. 26, Fairtrade America highlights the progress made by its gender equality initiatives across the globe while continuing to strengthen its role as an ally to women in farming communities.


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Breaking the mold: How Beyond Good is reinventing the chocolate business

Beyond Good looks to expand its model of chocolate production at origin from Madagascar to East Africa.
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Alyse Thompson
August 5, 2020
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Though Africa supplies 70 percent of the world’s cocoa, the “statistical equivalent of 0 percent” of the world’s chocolate is produced there, says Tim McCollum, founder of Beyond Good. He's hoping to change that.


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Nestle KitKat

Nestlé UK to source Rainforest Alliance cocoa for KitKat brand

Company shifting away from Fairtrade-certified cocoa after a decade.
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Alyse Thompson
June 23, 2020
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Nestlé UK and Ireland will begin sourcing Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa for the KitKat brand in October 2020 after a decade of sourcing Fairtrade-certified cocoa.


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Fairtrade program for West African cocoa cooperatives seeing positive results, report reveals

Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme launched in 2016.
June 5, 2020
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Fairtrade International’s West Africa Programme is training more cocoa farmers, generating greater understanding of Fairtrade Standards and selling more Fairtrade cocoa after intensive training, according to a new report the organization released last week.


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Cargill Cocoa Farmers

Half of Cargill’s sustainable cocoa is now traceable from farm to factory, report reveals

Cargill highlights technology use in 2018-2019 Sustainability Progress Report.
May 19, 2020
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Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate’s 2018-2019 Sustainability Progress Report highlights the company’s efforts to improve transparency and the lives of cocoa farmers in Brazil, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Indonesia.


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Fairtrade: Prices boost Ivorian farmers’ income by $15M in Q4 2019

More than 190K farmers, 140 cooperatives sold 64K metric tons of cocoa on Fairtrade terms in Q4 2019.
March 24, 2020
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Fairtrade International says sales of Fairtrade-certified cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire in the fourth quarter of 2019 increased farmers’ earnings by approximately $15.1 million compared to non-Fairtrade cocoa.


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Barry Callebaut chocolate

Barry Callebaut progress report reveals company sources 51% of its ingredients sustainably

Report illustrates movement on company’s Forever Chocolate program.
December 9, 2019
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Barry Callebaut has announced that in fiscal year 2018/19 it sourced 51 percent of its ingredients sustainably, up from 44 percent the previous year.


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