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Mondelez's Cocoa Life progress report

ICI member Mondelez has recently published its 2015 progress report for Cocoa Life. Launched in 2012, Cocoa Life is Mondelez’ cocoa sustainability programme and aims to empower 200,000 farmers by 2022

In the heart of the communities: a closer look at ICI’s contribution to the Nestlé cocoa plan

8 February 2016

Join Louis Cole, a famous Youtube presenter, for a visit in Yaokouakoukro, a cocoa-growing community in Côte d’Ivoire. The following video, launched today by Nestlé, takes you right into the heart of

ICI joins CNN’s fly to freedom campaign and pledges increased child protection in cocoa

12 January 2016

A paper plane for freedom – this lightweight symbol of CNN’s Fly To Freedom campaign has flown all over the world of social media to raise awareness against modern day slavery. Launched by the hands

Fight against trafficking, exploitation and child labour: National Action Plan 2015-2017 Published by the Ivorian Government

21 December 2015

The National Committee for Monitoring Actions against Trafficking, Exploitation and Child Labour of the Ivorian authorities presented its 2015-2017 National Action Plan in Abidjan on the 15th of

Achiachen, a cocoa community in Ghana, benefits from drinkable water

15 October 2015

The WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) 2015 report estimates that 663 million people in the world still lack improved drinking water sources including unprotected wells and springs and surface water. It further estimates that more than six million in Ghana’s rural areas and small towns do not have access to safe drinking water.

The International Cocoa Initiative welcomes two new members

21 September 2015

Guittard Chocolate and Tony’s Chocolonely are the latest additions to ICI’s family. Both companies operate by the principle of sustainable chocolate production, which includes a fair price for the

Despite signs of progress, much more needs to be done to protect children in West African cocoa

There are encouraging signs of progress in tackling child labour in cocoa growing but the problem remains vast, and more needs to be done to protect vulnerable children in cocoa-growing communities

Cote d’Ivoire: Compulsory education for ages 6 to 16

Schooling for children between 6 and 16 years of age is to become compulsory in Côte d’Ivoire, as the Ivorian government declared mid-July. This new rule will be applied with the start of the new

ICI training kit gets stamp of approval by national authorities

The government of Ghana has recently endorsed the International Cocoa Initiative’s comprehensive training and awareness raising materials aimed at the elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour

Shared vision - Voices from ICI board members

From the cocoa and chocolate industry to civil society representatives (including the newly-elected representative of the Ghanaian General Agricultural Workers Union), ICI’s members affirm that the organisation’s unique strength comes from the shared vision of ‘thriving cocoa-growing communities’ that all its members and partners uphold, communities ‘where children’s rights are respected and protected, and where child labour has been eliminated.’