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Hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales, leading chocolate and cocoa companies commit to develop cooperative, multi-stakeholder framework to address deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa supply chain LONDON – March 16, 2017 – Twelve…Read More »

WCF is pleased to welcome Waldenbuch, Germany-based chocolate maker Alfred Ritter GmbH & Co. as our newest member. In joining WCF, Tim Hoppe, the company’s project manager for strategic raw materials projects stated, “As a family-owned…Read More »

For the first time in West Africa, a regional symposium focusing on the next generation of cocoaresearch for West and Central Africa will take place 8‐10 November, at the International Institute ofTropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan,…Read More »

$12 Million in New Funding Announced for Farmer Support Programs; Call to Action on Regional Threat Posed by Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus ABIDJAN (October 31, 2016) – Last week, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), in collaboration…Read More »

Nearly 500 representatives of the global chocolate and cocoa sector, including farmers, have gathered in Côte d’Ivoire, the world’s leading producer of cocoa, to address critical sustainability issues confronting the crop, which is the main source…Read More »

What happens when the world’s four largest cocoa and chocolate companies and an international child and youth development foundation join forces? Nothing less than achieving measureable impact through community development and education in Côte d’Ivoire with…Read More »

WCF is thrilled to welcome Arysta Callivoire as a WCF member company. Arysta Callivoire is an Ivorian based agricultural service solutions company focused on the development of Ivorian agriculture and well-being. Arysta Callivoire shared: “We at…Read More »

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 »