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Olam achieves 100% traceability over its direct cocoa supply chain

21 September 2020

Olam Group, an ICI partner and board member, has achieved 100% traceability across its direct cocoa supply chain. Olam sources its cocoa from nine countries, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana among them. This

Beekeeping for cocoa farmers: Improving knowledge and boosting income

17 September 2020

Together with the ABOCFA cocoa cooperative and Tony’s Chocolonely’s, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) organised a two-day training course on beekeeping with farmers in Ghana. The training aimed to increase farmers’ financial resilience through knowledge of beekeeping and its potential.

Sucden publishes human rights policy

14 September 2020

SUCDEN, an ICI partner, has recently published its human rights policy, aligned with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. It outlines the company’s commitment to addressing both

Literacy classes give adults a second chance to learn

8 September 2020

The International Cocoa Initiative set up literacy and numeracy classes in Ghana with the support of the Non-Formal Education Secretariat as part of

"Our participation in the literacy and numeracy classes has brought great improvement into our lives"

8 September 2020

The International Cocoa Initiative set up literacy and numeracy classes in Ghana with the support of the Non-Formal Education Secretariat as part of the Community Development Programme in 2016. It

Barry Callebaut publishes direct cocoa suppliers in côte d’ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon

7 September 2020

To advance its supply chain transparency and traceability, Barry Callebaut, a partner and board member of the International Cocoa Initiative, published details of its direct cocoa suppliers from Côte

Advancing children’s rights across the full cocoa supply-chain: ICI launches new strategy to drive impact at scale

3 September 2020

Today, the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) launches its new strategy, laying out a vision to support cocoa communities to thrive through the advancement of children’s and workers’ rights. ICI’s

Thriving cocoa communities: ICI’s vision of change

3 September 2020

Unfortunately, an estimated one in three children in cocoa-growing areas in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana are involved in child labour. For the past 13

ICI calls for massive expansion of effort in fight against child labour to reach all those in need

3 September 2020

Child labour in cocoa remains a significant challenge despite extensive efforts to tackle it over the past two decades. While we have made great strides in understanding how to successfully reduce

Alexis Kouassi Kouadio and the role of a monitoring and remediation agent

The International Cocoa Initiative implements Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation Systems to tackle child labour and Monitoring and Remediation