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Over the past several years, a number of initiatives have been undertaken to improve the agronomic, economic, social, and environmental conditions of cocoa farming and the sector at large, including voluntary sustainability standards. The ISO 34101…Read More »

  Leading Cocoa and Chocolate Companies Join Together to Help Cocoa Farmers Adapt to Weather and Climate Impacts New Partnership in West Africa and Latin America Focused on Industry’s Sustainability State College, Penn., – The World Cocoa…Read More »

Washington, D.C. – The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Board of Directors today announced that it has named Richard Scobey as the organization’s President, effective July 11, 2016. He will be responsible for providing the vision and…Read More »

WCF is thrilled to welcome Tree Global as its newest member. Tree Global is an international nursery service, created to provide High Performance Seedlings to large scale projects focused on agriculture, sustainable timber and environmental restoration.…Read More »

  Nine months after Jacobs Foundation announced a USD 52 million commitment to create TRECC: “Transforming Education in Cocoa Communities,” the program has become a growing coalition of public and private stakeholders aligning capital and knowledge…Read More »

Washington, D.C. – The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) Board of Directors today announced the resignation of Bill Guyton, who has served as president since it was founded in 2000.  Guyton will remain in the position through…Read More »

On September 29, 2015, the Dominique Ouattara primary school of Kouta was inaugurated with an opening ceremony featuring the school’s namesake, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Dominique Ouattara. The project partners include Le Conseil du Café-Cacao,  Nestlé…Read More »

On October 1, 2015, Côte d’Ivoire celebrated National Cocoa and Chocolate Day with a big celebration involving cocoa farmers, industry, civil society, government representatives, and more. President Allasane Ouattara opened the ceremony with thanks to all cocoa farmers…Read More »

San Salvador, El Salvador (September 7, 2015) – The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) kicked off a series of cocoa-related meetings in San Salvador today to raise Latin American awareness about issues related to fine flavor cocoa,…Read More »

WASHINGTON (July 30, 2015) – In response to the 2013/2014 Survey Research on Child Labor in West African CocoaGrowing Areas Report, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) today issued the following statement, which underscores that reducing child…Read More »