News from ICI
- Apparagra: Barry Callebaut and The Hershey Company build a playground for primary school children7 August 2023Located 25km from Hiré in Divo, Côte d’Ivoire, at the Apparagra Public Primary School, pupils play in the schoolyard, using the new equipment installed by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), with support from Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate strategy and The Hershey Company’s Cocoa For Good strategy. The new playground is equipped with a slide, a merry-go-round, a swingset and two rocking horses, and is always busy. Gnago Dalie Ben, Director of Apparagra Public Primary School, remembers the day that the play equipment first arrived. “We are in a rural area. When the playground wasRead more
- Capacity building: The International Cocoa Initiative trains Côte d'Ivoire's National Human Rights Council on Forced Labour21 July 2023On 19 July, a capacity-building workshop on forced labour, was launched for human rights advisors and support staff at Côte d'Ivoire's National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in Bassam. The workshopRead more
- Spotlight on Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) agents19 July 2023CLMRS Agents (also known as Community Facilitators or Field Officers) are the first point of contact that cocoa-producing households have with the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System andRead more
- 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, hasRead 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