Dive Brief:
Chocolate companies are increasing the traceability of their supply chains, according to the World Cocoa Foundation. They were able to track 82% of their direct cocoa purchases in Ghana and 74% in Ivory Coast in 2020, from farm to point of purchase.
Increasing traceability into direct supply chains in the two countries involved mapping roughly 605,000 cocoa farms, with the goal of achieving full traceability of the cocoa supply chain. Ivory Coast is using Vivid Economics Images satellite system to provide deforestation alerts through its partnership with the Cocoa & Forests Initiative an effort between Ivory Coast, Ghana and 35 chocolate and cocoa companies.