Sustainability in Candy Industry

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The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) has appointed former EU ambassador Michel Arrion as its new executive director.

Madagascar vanilla crops this year are of higher quality and similar in size to recent years but prices remain difficult to predict, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas concluded its its recent crop report.

Mars, Inc. and the Rainforest Alliance, in partnership with Touton and the Grameen Foundation, have launched in Ghana SAT4Farming, an initiative using digital technology and satellite imagery to guide farmers over a seven-year period.

The Government of Colombia — along with its two largest cocoa companies, Casa Luker and Compañía Nacional de Chocolates, and the National Cocoa Federation — has committed to eliminate deforestation from the country’s cocoa supply chain by 2020.  

Puratos Group has introduced its Cacao-Trace sustainable cocoa sourcing program to Papua New Guinea. 

Bill Guyton, incoming president of the Fine Chocolate Industry Association, shares his interest in the role and his vision for FCIA, in addition to discussing the association’s Elevate Chocolate event in New York City, set for June 30.

The International Cocoa Initiative has nearly met its goal of reaching 200,000 children with child protection measures half-way through its six-year strategy. 

Swiss cocoa and chocolate products manufacturer Barry Callebaut continues to make strides toward sustainable cocoa farming.