News from ICI
- Child-Friendly Spaces promote child rights and provide an alternative to child labour in cocoa3 June 2024Child-Friendly Spaces have helped promote children’s rights to play and learn in three cocoa-growing communities in Cote d’Ivoire. By offering a safe place to play, learn and meet other children, Child-Friendly Spaces contribute to the social and emotional development of children and offer an alternative to child labour by providing cocoa farmers access to childcare. With support from the Jacobs Foundation, we’ve piloted the use of Child-Friendly Spaces in the communities of Teady, Belle-Ville and Biakou in Côte d’Ivoire, to assess their effectiveness at protecting children from harmRead more
- Child protection in Touoba and Yakéalé: Twinings Ovaltine helps children receive birth certificates and distributes school kits30 May 2024As part of community development actions implemented in Touoba and Yakéalé, two cocoa-communities located in Man (Cote d’Ivoire), Twinings Ovaltine has helped children receive birth certificates andRead more
- Exploring what good Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) looks like in the cocoa sector6 May 2024On April 24, ICI organised a breakfast meeting on “Operationalising HRDD in the cocoa sector”, in the margins of the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels, with experts from the private sector, CSOs andRead more
- Cash transfers with an incentive to hire adult labour: a promising means of tackling child labour30 April 2024An unconditional cash transfer, with an incentive to spend on adult labour, has brought positive results in cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire. The innovative approach strengthened livelihoodsRead more
- Cocoa-processing company TRANSCAO-CI joins ICI29 April 2024Ivorian cocoa-processing company TRANSCAO-CI has joined the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) as a member as part of its commitment to sustainability, and its efforts to guarantee responsibleRead more
- Upcoming event: Operationalising Human Rights Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector24 April 202424 April 2024 | 07:30 – 09:00 CEST | Warwick Hotel, 5 Rue Duquesnoy, Brussels With new EU legislation such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on the horizon, there's a growingRead more
- Global snacks and cereal company Kellanova joins ICI18 April 2024Kellanova , the global snacking, international cereal and noodles, and North America frozen foods company, has joined ICI as a contributing partner. The company, which is headquartered in the US andRead more