Sentences with phrase «cocoa supply»

I have stocked up on cocoa supplies and chili.

The Belgian chocolate and cocoa supplier said that consumers increasingly are demanding authentic ingredients, and interest has grown in diverse single origin cocoa products.

«The producers think that if we improve cocoa the supply will go up and the price will go down,» he says.

We should note that «On 10th October 2007, major global players in the food industry initiated a programme for a more sustainable cocoa supply chain in the Ivory Coast, to improve social and environmental practices.

Twelve of the world's leading cocoa and chocolate companies have agreed to collectively work towards ending deforestation and forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, with an initial focus on Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana...

Welcomed at the time by human rights groups and labour watchdogs, the protocol set out to eliminate the worst forms of child labor from cocoa supply chains.

New outsourcing contracts for industrial cocoa from new and existing chocolate makers boost volume growth for cocoa supplier Barry Callebaut, helping to offset harmful exchange rates, energy prices and inflation.

Herculean efforts are required by the global chocolate industry to ensure that sourced cocoa supplies are not linked to exploited or trafficked child labour, underlines labour watchdog International Labor Rights Forum.

Surging cocoa supplies did little to prevent front month prices for cocoa (cocoa futures) creeping up by 4 per cent throughout August, according to Euromonitor.

Chocolate manufacturers will face a serious cocoa supply shortage unless they work to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and allow them to invest in sustainable production, according to an academic.

Hershey's chief procurement officer Susanna Zhu said: «A sustainable cocoa supply depends on a multi-stakeholder collaborative approach to find solutions to the social, environmental and economic challenges facing cocoa - growing communities.

«Cocoa Life is on a long - term journey to create a vibrant, strong cocoa supply chain while transforming the lives and livelihoods of farmers and their communities.

A sustainable cocoa supply begins with thriving farmers.

«For years Mars has supported certification with both Rainforest Alliance and UTZ as part of our commitment to certify our entire cocoa supply chain as produced in a sustainable manner.

The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY) announced today it has made a commitment to no new deforestation in its global cocoa supply chain.

In March, 2017 the Prince of Wales» International Sustainability Unit, working in partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation and the Sustainable Trade Initiative, launched the Cocoa and Forests Initiative, in an effort to «end deforestation and forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, with an initial focus on Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana.»

These improvements are necessary to increase cocoa farm productivity, ensure sustainable cocoa supply, and improve cocoa farmer livelihoods in Côte d'Ivoire.

«My cocoa supplier already warned me last month, saying the price may go up.

After seeing the clip, Strickland helped partner with Stop the Traffik, a nonprofit fighting modern - day human trafficking, to bring transparency to the cocoa supply chain.

The reports served as a catalyst for calls to purge this issue from the cocoa supply chain, leading to the signing of the Harkin - Engel Protocol in 2001 by leading stakeholders, including cocoa processors and chocolate makers.

Together producing over 70 per cent of the world's cocoa supply, Ghana and Ivory Coast were to feel the major thrust of the protocol.

Cadbury today launched a fund to aid its cocoa suppliers in Ghana, after research suggested that average production in the region is now 40 per cent lower than the potential yield.

But in an exciting development, the governments of Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire committed last fall to ending deforestation in their cocoa supply chains, setting forth a detailed framework for action that includes promoting forest protection and restoration, respecting cocoa farmers» rights, and promoting sustainable farmer livelihoods.

Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire committed last fall to ending deforestation in their cocoa supply chains.

As the world's largest chocolate company, Mondelēz International has seized the opportunity to lead transformative change in the cocoa supply chain with Cocoa Life, a $ 400 million investment to empower 200,000 smallholder farmers and create thriving cocoa communities in Côte d'Ivoire and five other cocoa origins.

In addition to our involvement with SEDEX (Supplier Ethical Database Exchange) and ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative), some of our cocoa supplies as certified by UTZ, which supports programmes for fair labour, and we expect the proportion to grow.

Under Cocoa For Good, we continue to work toward a future where there's a long - term, sustainable cocoa supply, the natural environment is protected, and we are creating better lives for everyone.

Hershey's has pledged to invest $ 500m in a new programme to improve the sustainability of its cocoa suppliers by 2030.

The company is the organiser of Chocoa Amsterdam, the annual meeting place for cocoa producers and other stakeholders in the cocoa supply chain.

The parties agreed to extend the cocoa supply agreement under which Barry Callebaut supplies cocoa products to Petra Foods until end of June 2020.

While Fairtrade KitKat benefits the producers of the less than 3 % of cocoa sourced by Nestlé for this product (2.6 %), Nestlé has failed to deliver on its promise to end child slavery in its cocoa supply chain by 2006.

Nestlé promised to changes it practices by 2015 (typical of its strategy of diverting criticism by promising future action — in 2000 it promised to stop child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain within five years, but has not done so).

This will require careful monitoring; when Nestlé was targeted over child slavery in its cocoa supply chain it promised in 2001 to ensure this had ended within 5 years, but has still not delivered.

Two class action lawsuits against companies Nestle and Hershey in the United States were dismissed after a federal court ruled there is no duty to disclose the use of child labour in the cocoa supply chain.

Not just about baby food marketing, but trade union busting; failure to act on child labour and slavery in its cocoa supply chain; exploitation of farmers, particularly in the dairy and coffee sectors; and environmental degradation, particularly of water resources.

There are other reasons to boycott Nestlé, such as concern over its exploitation of water resources (see Council of Canadians boycott call), treatment of dairy and coffee farmers, accusations of child slavery and labour in its cocoa supply chain and other issues (see report to the UN Global Compact office, 2009).

Along with Nigeria and Cameroon, those countries produce 70 percent of the world's cocoa supply.

Every year the WCFPM brings together a diverse group of actors in the cocoa industry, including representatives from companies along the cocoa supply chain, members of governments of cocoa producing countries, and relevant NGO actors to discuss challenges and solutions for improving the sustainability of the cocoa sector.

Every year the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership Meeting (WCFPM) brings together a diverse group of actors in the cocoa industry, including representatives from companies along the cocoa supply chain, members of governments of cocoa producing countries, and relevant NGO actors to discuss challenges and solutions for improving the sustainability of the cocoa sector.

With this central issue in mind, the WCF curated this year's gathering in Washington, D.C. to identify technology - based solutions to increase transparency and address other sustainability issues in the global cocoa supply chain.

This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of certification schemes to reduce deforestation.