Luker Chocolate’s affiliate nonprofit, Luker Foundation, has received a Transformadores Award from RedEAmérica for its work supporting cocoa farmers and their communities via The Cacao Effect alliance.

Blommer Chocolate Co. is partnering with One Tree Planted, a global reforestation nonprofit, to plant one tree per 2,000 lbs. of milk chocolate sold.

The Italian company published its second annual report on activities implemented under the Cocoa & Forests Initiative, a partnership between the governments of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana and leading cocoa and chocolate companies.

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.