Cocoa Through the Lens: A Photographer’s Visit to the Dominican Republic
With my previous experience in the region, in countries like Grenada, St. Lucia, and Haiti, I was already a big… Read More
Blogs
Child Labor Has No Place in the Cocoa Supply Chain
The cocoa and chocolate industry believes that every child needs a safe and conducive environment to… Read More
High Carbon Stock Forests, Cocoa, and the Fight Against Climate Change
How do you define what constitutes a forest in a cocoa-growing landscape? What forests contribute to removing the most carbon… Read More
Transportation and Logistics: The New Frontier for a Sustainable Supply Chain
In March 2019, I was lucky to travel with a Dutch delegation to Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana for their first… Read More
A Global Imperative: Saving Our Forests
Our forests are critical to the fight against climate change, as well as the protection of biodiversity, and the ability… Read More
From 1914 to 2019: A Family Business on Cocoa Sustainability
Achieving transformative change for a sustainable cocoa sector requires multi-stakeholder engagement, including companies from across the cocoa supply chain –… Read More
Improving the Sustainability of Cocoa Grown in West Africa
Cocoa is far from the only ingredient in Betty Crocker baked goods, but when you long for a brownie, it’s… Read More
Partnering to Protect our Planet’s Forests
This year’s International Day of Forests – celebrated on March 21 – is themed around education, with an emphasis on… Read More
Turning Risk into Opportunity: How We Keep More of the World’s Forests Standing
What’s the problem? It’s no secret that the earth’s forests are shrinking at an alarming rate. According to the World… Read More
Establishing 100% Traceability for Barry Callebaut’s Cocoa Supply Chain in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
On March 14, 2019, Barry Callebaut published its Action Plan under the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI) Frameworks for Action. Read More