The snack company is backing the next phase of Cocoa Life with an additional $600 million, for a total $1 billion investment since 2012.

The program aims to support 5,000 smallholder farmers in Côte d’Ivoire on a path to a living income by 2030.

Divine Chocolate is committed to propeling change along the cocoa supply chain, enabling farmers and their families to flourish while addressing issues such as child labor, gender inequality and deforestation.

Koa has implemented a new, tamper-proof and scalable transparency system that records payments made to cocoa smallholders.

Perfectly rich and smooth, these 12-gram bars are made with organic cacao grown under regenerative farming practices.

Puratos has closed on a €1 billion financing from a group of private investors.

Smallholder cocoa and coffee farmers and their cooperatives in Honduras are accessing new markets and making better business decisions through IBM Food Trust and IBM Watson Decision Platform for Agriculture, working with Heifer International and IBM.

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.

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.

“In developing our new Signature Origins products, we searched the cocoa-growing regions of the world to bring chefs chocolate with unique flavor profiles that truly stand apart from current gourmet offerings,” said Wim Bastiaens, Cargill’s gourmet and distribution director.