News from ICI
- Japan-headquartered trading company Itochu joins ICI10 July 2023The Japan-headquartered trading company Itochu, which is involved in both domestic and international trading of products such as textiles, metals, minerals and food products including cocoa, has joined ICI as a contributing partner. The company joins ICI in order to exchange best practice with other ICI members, in addition to gaining access to the latest knowledge and research on how to tackle child labour in cocoa, it explained. Itochu has established its sustainability approach based on the original spirit of “Sampo-yoshi”, which aims to bring about and lead towards a sustainable societyRead more
- ICI commissions sanitation facilities in schools30 June 2023Two sanitation facilities have been commissioned in Anwona and Ayokoa, two cocoa-growing communities in Adansi Asokwa district in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Funded by Nestle and implemented by theRead more
- ICI launches its 2022 Annual Report23 June 2023Message from Matthias Lange, ICI Executive Director Today, we launch our 2022 Annual Report. Reflecting back on the year, we are proud of our actions to prevent and address child labour and forcedRead more
- Webinar: EU Forced Labour Regulation and its implications for the cocoa sector8 June 2023This week ICI, in partnership with the European Cocoa Association (ECA), the CAOBISCO , the Voice Network and the Cocoa Coalition, with the support of the European cocoa platforms, hosted a webinar onRead more
- Child protection: New school infrastructure in Daloa, Soubré and Divo26 May 2023ICI and Cargill handed over the keys to two schools in the Lakota department of Côte d’Ivoire on May 17. At the ceremony, the schools, one of which was completely renovated and includes 9 classroomsRead more
- Child Friendly Spaces: Motivating out-of school children to rejoin the school system14 April 2023After a year of participating in activities at the Child Friendly Space (CAE) in Biakou, under the supervision of specialised facilitators, brothers, Eric and Dominique Kambou, have started attendingRead more
- Child Friendly Spaces: Establishing a parental committee to support the continued running of the centres14 April 2023On 18 March, an awareness-raising session was held in Téady (Duékoué) on hazardous tasks that children should not do and on the importance of the Child Friendly Spaces (CAE). The CAE is one of theRead more