Company joins 3,200 certified companies in 130 industries.
July 14, 2020
Valrhona has achieved B Corporation certification, which recognizes companies committed to performance, transparency and social and environmental responsibility.
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.
Organization has directly benefited more than 380,000 children since 2015.
June 12, 2020
The International Cocoa Initiative has released its 2019 Annual Report, showing progress from last year but also examining the results of longer-running efforts to tackle child labor.
Fairtrade West Africa Cocoa Programme launched in 2016.
June 5, 2020
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.
Company expands transparency under Cocoa For Good program.
May 29, 2020
Hershey said the expansion of its Cocoa For Good program will make cocoa coming from these countries traceable from the farm to the first point of purchase.
155 signatories have $2.4 trillion combined market capitalization.
May 26, 2020
Nestlé has joined more than 150 major multinationals calling for COVID-19 relief hat supports efforts to hold global temperature rise to within 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, in line with reaching net-zero emissions well before 2050.
More than one million farms have been mapped, 4 million trees have been planted.
May 20, 2020
Participating companies have mapped more than one million farms in their direct supply chain and distributed more than 4 million trees to farmers to establish agroforestry systems.