News from ICI
- Cocoa and coffee merchant Walter Matter joins ICI as a contributing partner6 September 2021The Geneva-based cocoa and coffee merchant Walter Matter has joined ICI as a contributing partner, as part of its efforts to address the issue of child labour in the cocoa value chain. The 100-year-old family run company has been sourcing cocoa from various origins around the world, including Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. “Joining ICI is a way for us to partner with experts to address the crucial issue of child labour in the cocoa sector. ICI and its members have shown significant know-how over the past years, and we will be pleased to bring our contribution. Partnerships are key to building aRead more
- Improving the Effectiveness of Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems9 July 2021The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has launched a new study analysing data from various stakeholders’ Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS).Read more
- John's apprenticeship journey9 July 2021As part of the Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS) implemented with Tony’s Chocolonely through the ABOCFA cooperative, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) supported sixteenRead more
- Cocoa coalition partnership agreements paper: Press release24 June 2021We, a group of companies (Ferrero, Mars Wrigley, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, Tony’s Chocolonely, Unilever), certification organisations (Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance), NGOs (FairRead more
- ICI's 2020 Annual Report: A Platform to Scale-up Impact1 June 2021Today, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its 2020 annual report. Last year marked the end of ICI’s 2015-2020 strategy, during which the organization’s work with its partners reached over 422,000 children in cocoa-growing communities.Read more
- Defining and strengthening Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems (CLMRS) for the cocoa sector29 April 2021To support the scale-up of effective systems to prevent, monitor and remediate child labour, and respond to these calls, a new study by ICI provides a common operational definition of a CLMRS and sets out key indicators to monitor progress.Read more
- Canteens for children in Dodokoi and Achoi Biechi to encourage schooling, with the support of the Hershey Company and Barry Callebaut28 April 2021The happiness of the children we met in Dodokoi, in the Akoupé department of Cote d’Ivoire, was immediately evident. Why? They had just received a fully equipped canteen and two toilet blocks with two hand-washing devices at their school, EPP Dodokoi, as part of The Hershey Company’s Cocoa for Good programme with the support of Barry Callebaut, implemented by the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI).Read more