News from ICI
- Tackling Child Labour in Cocoa: Highlights from ICI’s Member Reporting Exercise 202424 July 2025Every year ICI and its members report on their efforts to tackle child labour in the cocoa sector. This allows us to track progress over time, highlight areas for improvement and drive transparency in the sector. The results from the October 2023 – September 2024 period show increased coverage of systems to prevent and address child labour, that now reach over 1.17 million households in West Africa. “We are really pleased to see continued scale up of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems, which are now reaching an estimated 55% of the cocoa-growing households in Côte d’Ivoire andRead more
- Protecting Children from Pesticides: Community Service Groups in Tiapleu and Saguipleu, equipped and trained in good practices17 July 2025“Several years ago, unaware as I was, I exposed myself and my family to pesticides. Without any personal protective equipment, I handled the products and reused the empty containers to store cookingRead more
- Asunafo North commemorates World Day Against Child Labour17 June 2025To mark World Day Against Child Labour 2025, the Asunafo North Municipal Child Protection Committee, in partnership with the International Cocoa Initiative, Asunafo Cocoa Farmers Union, FairtradeRead more
- On World Day Against Child Labour, ICI launches its 2024 Annual Report highlighting collective progress in protecting children in cocoa11 June 2025Marking this year’s World Day Against Child Labour, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) is proud to release its 2024 Annual Report, which captures a year of concerted efforts to advance childRead more
- International agricultural commodities trader Sunbeth Global Concepts Limited joins ICI28 May 2025Sunbeth Global Concepts Limited, an international trader of premium agricultural commodities, joins the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a member. The company views this membership as aRead more
- Promising results from the Boîte à Livres initiative: Insights from an evaluation19 May 2025To improve children’s reading skills and learning outcomes in cocoa-growing communities, Nestlé Cocoa Plan and ICI set up 33 reading clubs in Côte d’Ivoire, in association with Notre Boîte à LivresRead more
- Empowering young people through apprenticeships16 April 2025ICI and its member Cargill hosted graduation ceremony last week for 60 young people who have completed a vocational and technical training program in the Western North Region of Ghana. The ceremonyRead more