Procurement came under the spotlight at Chocoa’s recent Amsterdam Sustainable Cocoa Conference when it convened a panel of specialists to discuss why the practice is not just about buying beans - transactions should go a lot deeper in the value chain and with new EU legislation looming, sustainability and traceability is becoming more and more the core business of procurement, delegates were informed.
It was billed in the World Cocoa Foundation agenda as a ‘Fireside Chat.’ Still, the conversation was anything but cozy as the 2024 Partnership Meeting welcomed back Yves Brahima Koné, Cote d’Ivoire’s Coffee & Cocoa Council director general, and Joseph Boahen Aidoo, CEO of the Ghana Cocoa Board, to discuss, among other topics, cocoa production, climate change, farmer income, and the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).