News from ICI
- ICI and Nestlé Ghana launch child labour interventions3 March 2017Bamboo bicycles provided to the community facilitators implementing the CLMRS in Ghana The International Cocoa Initiative and Nestlé Ghana have launched the first ever private sector Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) for cocoa production in the country. ICI's CLMRS is a structure embedded in the supply chain of chocolate and cocoa companies which aims to identify and remediate cases of child labour. The system is based on the presence of facilitators (such as lead farmers) within cocoa-growing communities who are trained periodically to raise awareness on the issue ofRead more
- Cargill and the International Cocoa Initiative on a journey to improve the lives of children7 February 2017Cargill, one of the world’s largest food and agriculture companies, and the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), a leader in child protection in cocoa growing, have partnered to expand their jointRead more
- If you want to go far, go together: Revisiting the 2016 World Cocoa Foundation meeting23 January 2017On January 18th, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) released a meeting summary for their 2016 Partnership Meeting & Cocoa Sustainability Trade Fair - a welcomed opportunity to revisit the event and itsRead more
- Opening of the new public primary school in Didoko, Cote d'Ivoire4 December 2016The International Cocoa Initiative and its member Nestlé inaugurated the new primary school in Didoko (department of Divo, Côte d'Ivoire) on March 30th 2016.Read more
- World Cocoa Foundation meeting: ICI participates in the 28th meeting of the WCF partners1 November 2016On 26 and 27 October, ICI participated in the 28th meeting of the World Cocoa Foundation’s partners across various panel discussions. The theme of the first panel was: “What is the sector’s situationRead more
- Nestlé and ICI improve access to education for cocoa farmers’ children4 October 2016On September 28, 2016, ICI and its partner Nestlé, symbolically opened a newly built school of seven classrooms. Cocoa growing communities in the department of Aboisso were also supplied with 331Read more
- ICI trains its industry partners in Ghana4 October 2016Sustainable cocoa farming implies that producers, their families, and the wider cocoa growing community around them use modern labour practices that are safer and do not involve the use of childRead more