Sentences with phrase «for cocoa supplier»

Not exact matches

Yet industry sources say illegal cocoa in protected forests is the main reason for the supply glut and, as a result, halting productivity efforts will fail to make a significant dent in supply - while giving rise to quality issues and disease.

Mr Ward, dubbed «Chocfinger» due to his influence over the cocoa price, blamed the rising power of algorithmic and systems - based trading for making position - taking based on «fundamental» supply and demand factors more difficult.

A consecutive deficit in 2012/13 is set to move cocoa prices higher as supply struggles to meet rising demand for chocolate products in Asia, according to financial services group Rabobank.

«As a company, we are committed to contributing to a sustainable cocoa industry and a sustainable cocoa supply chain,» Gaby Tschofen vice-president for corporate communications at Barry Callebaut recently told ConfectioneryNews.com.

AVAILABLE ON DEMAND As demand for chocolate grows in developing markets, can the existing cocoa - growing regions meet the supply - side challenge?

Cocoa bean producer Pan Sino International has announced plans to build Singapore's largest cocoa processing plant, increasing cocoa bean supply for manufacturers.

«All present agreed that ending deforestation in the supply chain was an urgent imperative,» said Rainforest Alliance Senior Manager Christian Mensah, «especially since cocoa is a major commodity for Ghana — it accounts for approximately USD 2 billion in annual investment there.»

This indicates that enough certified cocoa was sourced for the product using the label, but the certified cocoa was mixed along the supply chain with non-certified cocoa before the final product was made.

Under this new cocoa sourcing program, a company can claim on product packaging that Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa is sourced for a particular brand if the volume of cocoa purchased by their supply chain from certified farms matches the volume of cocoa used in the manufacturing of that specific brand.

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 everyoFor 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 everyofor everyone.

Kerry knows cocoa, and that's because we extract our own using farming partners that have been supplying us for generations.

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

Season Three of the CRPC is made possible with the support of more than 10 sponsors including: Nielsen - Massey Vanillas, a manufacturer of the finest vanilla products and flavor extracts; Waring Commercial, a manufacturer of professional - quality appliances for the home, foodservice and laboratory industries; Steelite International, a manufacturer and supplier of tabletop ranges for the international hospitality industry; Wholesome Sweeteners, a leading provider of sustainable, environmentally and ethically responsible, great tasting sweeteners; PreGel America, a specialty dessert ingredients company; Midwest Foods, a specialty produce food distribution company; Will Powder, a producer of technical food ingredients; Frigomat, a company that manufactures ice cream machines; deZaan Gourmet, a producer of premium chocolate, cocoa powders, cocoa butter, chocolate batons, pralines; and Clifton Larsen Allen, a professional services and accountancy firm; and many more.

Information for the submission was drawn from Baby Milk Action (marketing of breastmilk substitutes, water pumping in São Lourenço, Brazil), International Labor Rights Forum (child slavery and labour in the cocoa supply chain, Labour rights abuses in Colombia), Union of Filipro Employees (Labour rights abuses in the Philippines), Corporate Accountability International (Conflicts with communities over water resources), Attac Switzerland (Spying on campaign organisations), with additional information drawn from Food Inc. published by the UK Food Group (reference in the submission, treatment of dairy and coffee farmers).

When the 4 - finger KitKat received the Fairtrade mark, it was announced that 6,000 farmers would benefit from supplying cocoa for it, gaining about an extra # 400,000 per year from the Fairtrade premium.

Only 2.6 % of Nestlé's cocoa purchase is involved in KitKat and it is criticised for failing to act on a 2001 undertaking to end child slavery in the supply chain of the rest by 2006.

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.

It's the company that makes much of sourcing less than 3 % of its cocoa through Fairtrade - certified suppliers, while fighting a legal battle against former child slaves who hold it responsible for their treatment on cocoa plantations in Sierra Leone.

Lieutard paid glowing tribute to the Ghanaian government and Ghana Cocoa Board for their support and consistent supply of cocoa beans, which has helped Touton maintain operations at optimum capacity since the facility was established.

In March 2017, the government cancelled a contract worth GH cents 255 million awarded by the John Mahama administration for the supply of farm inputs to cocoa farmers upon the advice of the newly inaugurated Board of Ghana Cocoa Board chaired by Hackman Owusu Agyemang.

The contract was for the supply of pesticides, weedicides, fungicides, insecticides and fertilizers to COCOBOD for onward distribution to cocoa farmers throughout the country.

He said the government was supplying cocoa farmers with new seedlings for them to replace old cocoa trees as well as agro-chemical and fertilizers to increase the yield of the farmers.

Meanwhile the world clamors for more cocoa: manufacturers reckon the industry now produces around 4.4 million metric tons of cocoa; by 2020 they expect that demand will outstrip supply by one million metric tons.

An alternative and highly reliable camu camu powder, for Terrasoul Superfoods is a trusted supplier of cocoa powder, gelatin and turmeric.

However, cocoa has to be consumed WITH MODERATION because of its quite important energy supply and exciting properties due to its caffeine content (though less for cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao), 0.1 to 0.4 % than for Arabica coffee beans (Coffea arabica), 1.1 %, or Robusta coffee beans (Coffea canephora), 2.2 %, or tea leaves (Camellia sinensis) 2.5 to 5 %).

While there were the common themes that you would expect to find at a gathering of this sort — supplier survey fatigue, how to satisfy campaigning NGOs — a theme emerged on the challenge of engaging smallholders within the supply chain on sustainability and land management, particularly for palm oil, but also cocoa, coffee and timber.

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.

The deal, which is set for regulatory approval and clearances, will make Olam one of the largest suppliers of sustainable cocoa, and the third largest cocoa processer.