Mars Inc. has been named Best Private Company by Ethical Corp. Responsible Business Awards 2013. Ethical Corp. is a global business publication that focuses on global ethical business and explores how large companies respond to the sustainable business agenda.
Barry Callebaut is being recognized tonight at the Rainforest Alliance 2013 Annual Gala as the company receives the prestigious “Sustainable Standard-Setter” award.
Effort embraces on-site flavor labs, improved infrastructures and cloud-based monitoring systems to monitor bean quality.
March 20, 2013
San Francisco-based TCHO, a high-end chocolate bar manufacturer that takes to heart its core values involving quality and traceability, has been in the forefront of linking the supply chain from the farmer’s field to the consumer.
Unlike the doomsday date (Dec. 21, 2012) posed by the cyclic end of the Mayan calendar that some interpreted as the end of the world, the year 2020 has much more credibility as a valid deadline. In fact, it could very well represent the end of cocoa and chocolate as most consumers know it.
The money will fund more than just farmers looking to improve their yields. It's slated to help eliminate child labor, promote gender equality, market cocoa farming as an attractive profession, and even protect the eco systems where cocoa is grown.
It turns out pineapples, soybeans and cows are among chocolates biggest enemies, but a new project by the Fine Chocolate Industry Association (FCIA) is hoping to change that.
Sponsored by ADM Cocoa, Blommer Chocolate Co. and Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Candy Industry's one-hour webinar featured presentations about the issues associated with and possible solutions for cocoa sustainability.
Barry Callebaut’s latest ingredient list includes cocoa, plantain, coconut, mango, pineapple, beans, maize and … rubber. The company is hoping it will be a recipe for better farming in Cote D’Ivoire.