Sentences with phrase «cocoa supply chain»

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.

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.

«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.

«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.

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.

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.

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

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).

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.»

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.