Cocoa coalition outlines its proposals for ambitious EU legislation to benefit farmers, producer countries and consumers
18 October 2021
We, a group of companies (Ferrero, Mars Wrigley, Mondelēz International, Nestle, Tony’s Chocolonely), certification organisations (Fairtrade International, Rainforest Alliance), NGOs (Fair Trade Advocacy Office, VOICE Network) and multi-stakeholder organisations
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Hydroponic farming in Ahondo - Nestlé trains 120 women
14 October 2021
Encouraging women’s empowerment and diversifying their income-generating activities is the motivation behind this innovative pilot project, set up by ICI and financed by Nestlé. The creation of the project, to promote the hydroponic cultivation of tomatoes, builds on the success and enthusiasm of a number of already existing women’s village savings and loans groups (VSLAs) and brings together 120 women from Ahondo (12km from Taabo) divided into groups of 30 women.
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Developing a toolkit to identify and address forced labour in cocoa
In 2019, ICI launched a pilot project to better understand forced labour in the cocoa supply chain and how to address it. This pilot project led to
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Strengthening the resilience of cocoa-growing communities
This project aims to improve the resilience of cocoa-farming families and communities against potential future shocks. The Covid-19 pandemic had
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Tackling child and forced labour in Ghanaian cocoa and gold mining
With funding from the Norwegian Government through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, ICI, Solidaridad and the Rainforest Alliance are
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ICI and the Department of Children take child labour awareness raising to Ghana's Volta region
11 October 2021
The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and the Department of Children (DoC) under the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, recently undertook awareness-raising on child labour and
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