Articles Tagged with ''deforestation''

Mighty Earth report blames West African deforestation on cocoa industry

World Cocoa Foundation president cites Cocoa & Forests Initiative effort, noting action plan will “double down” on ending deforestation.

Bernie Pacyniak

September 13, 2017

In a just released report titled “Chocolate’s Dark Secret,” Mighty Earth, a global environmental campaign organization, claimed that 90 percent of protected national parks in the Ivory Coast have been deforested for growing cocoa while Ghana was undergoing a similar process.

Greenpeace suspends campaign against IOI following new sustainability, labor commitments

Malaysian firm was suspended from industry group in 2016 for clearing peatland.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

May 3, 2017

Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has suspended its campaign against palm oil supplier IOI Group after the Malaysian firm announced a commitment to address deforestation and exploitation in its supply chain.

WCF leads new project to address climate change in cocoa-producing regions.

WCF leads new program to address climate change

Partnership will strengthen collaboration between public and private sector and address environmental issues.

Abigail Watt

June 1, 2016

The partnership, led by WCF, is meant to strengthen the collaboration between the public and private sector in addressing these environmental issues.

Establishing the sustainability spectrum

Melissa Kvidahl Reilly

December 8, 2014

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Articles Tagged with ''deforestation''

Mighty Earth report blames West African deforestation on cocoa industry

Greenpeace suspends campaign against IOI following new sustainability, labor commitments

WCF leads new program to address climate change

Establishing the sustainability spectrum

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