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Chocolate Cordillera launches second phase of Atenea program

Chocolate Cordillera expands its Atenea program

The project supports female farmers with cocoa processing training and more.

Candy Industry Staff

July 10, 2025

The initiative aims to empower 120 female cacao farmers through entrepreneurship, finance, and sustainable agriculture.

Fairtrade America launches new awareness campaign with three murals

Sustainability organization partners with three retailers and acclaimed artists to create murals that celebrate Fairtrade farmers.

October 6, 2021

The campaign features murals in three major U.S. cities — Austin, Minneapolis, and Tacoma, Wa. — that connect stories of the people who produce the things we enjoy every day.

How the Rainforest Alliance responded to COVID-19 in 2020

New annual report details organization’s 2020 response to the pandemic, which included grants and re-imagined trainings.

Crystal Lindell

August 18, 2021

New annual report details organization’s 2020 response to the pandemic, which included grants and re-imagined trainings.

Seeking ‘better’ chocolate

Harvard professor Carla Martin pushes for consumers to buy socially-conscious chocolate.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

March 21, 2018

Harvard professor Carla Martin is concerned with the ethics behind chocolate, particularly in terms of labor, politics and human rights. She says chocolate is springboard for discussing and addressing these issues.

Ritter Sport touts 100 percent sustainable chocolate

2017 German Sustainability Award winner first major chocolate bar manufacturer to reach milestone.

Bernie Pacyniak

January 26, 2018

All Ritter Sport products leaving Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. KG’s Waldenbuch, Germany, production site use chocolate that has been cultivated and processed under sustainable conditions, the company revealed Jan. 26.

Barry Callebaut launches new sustainable product line

Chocolate supplier also releasing Cocoa Chronicles featuring sustainability stories.

Crystal Lindell

November 18, 2015

Barry Callebaut is launching a new Horizons range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products.

Cargill, Mondelez sign agreement to support sustainable cocoa

February 19, 2015

Cargill Inc. signs a formal partnership agreement to support Mondelez International’s Cocoa Life program.

Kickstarting help for Belizean cocoa farmers

Maya Mountain Cacao creates demonstration farm, hopes to boost output by 50 percent.

Maya Granit

October 22, 2014

Just outside San Pedro Columbia, a traditional Q’eqchi Maya village in southern Belize, lie 120 acres of pristine jungle where lush rainforest vegetation has grown wildly, taking advantage of the fertile soil.

Learn to Grow

Hershey expands its Learn to Grow program in Ivory Coast

Partnership with Cargill to benefit 10,000 cocoa farmers as well as improve communities.

Bernie Pacyniak

September 10, 2014

The Hershey Co. has launched a new three-year program expanding its cocoa farmer training and community initiatives in Ivory Coast.

Cargill pledges to accelerate sustainable cocoa program

New report highlights progress Cargill has made with sustainable cocoa.

Crystal Lindell

June 11, 2014

Cargill hopes to create a transparent global supply chain, which would support better incomes for farmers and a sustainable supply of cocoa and chocolate products.