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Barry Callebaut publishes 2019/20 Forever Chocolate report

3 December 2020

Barry Callebaut, a partner and board member of the International Cocoa Initiative, has released its Forever Chocolate report. It provides a comprehensive and transparent look at the company’s progress

ICI partners with CLU and GJA to mainstream child labour and forced labour issues into the ongoing national discource

23 November 2020

The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) has partnered with the Child Labour Unit (CLU), under the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations , and the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) to

Five ways village savings and loans associations can benefit cocoa communities

30 October 2020

Empowering members of cocoa-growing communities can play an important role in tackling child labour. When farmers, particularly women, have the power to make decisions and sustain their households

Ferrero launches 2019 sustainability report

29 October 2020

Ferrero, a partner of the International Cocoa Initiative, has launched its 2019 sustainability report, highlighting ongoing efforts to strengthen sustainability in its cocoa supply chain. In 2018/19

Mars Wrigley launches protecting children action plan

29 October 2020

Mars Wrigley, a partner, and board member of the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), has released its 2020 Cocoa for Generations report which includes a Protecting Children Action Plan, detailing

ICI develops model to predict child labour risk at the household level

27 October 2020

According to the most recent estimates from the NORC Report on child labour in cocoa there are 1.56 million children in child labour in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. This underlines the need to scale up

No silver bullets: Closing the $10 billion income gap in cocoa calls for cross-sector action

A mixed bag of sobering reminders, lower estimates and some signs of progress from the 2018/2019 NORC report on child labour in cocoa

19 October 2020

According to the latest US-funded research study to “ assess progress in reducing child labour in cocoa production” approximately 1.56m children are currently involved in child labour in the cocoa

Pokua's story: How pepper farming led to new income opportunities and increased child protection

17 October 2020

In 2017, a group of women from Pakyi, a cocoa-growing community in Ghana, were supported by the International Cocoa Initiative’s Community Development Programme to start pepper farms to raise additional income and support the protection of their children.

Pokua’s story: how pepper farming led to new opportunities and increased child protection

16 October 2020

Pokua is a cocoa farmer from Ghana. Her family struggled to pay their children’s education bills. So the International Cocoa Initiative supported her