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New traceability methods show extent of cocoa farms in protected areas – but CFI says progress is being made in eliminating deforestation By Anthony Myers Ethan Budiansky, the World Cocoa Foundation’s Director of Environment, shares some of the findings from the CFI’s latest reports and explains why ‘getting more trees in the ground’ is important.
The latest study by Cote d’Ivoire’s Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC), the country’s cocoa regulator, has revealed approximately 15% of its cocoa farms are in protected forest areas, which will put it at odds with any upcoming European Union law.
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.
10/05/2021 Nestle UK Ltd
Nestlé has today reported progress (pdf, 10Mb) in its determination to end deforestation in its cocoa supply chain and ensure regenerative supply chains for forests and communities. It is aligned with its commitment to source 100% of its cocoa sustainably under the
Nestlé Cocoa Plan by 2025.
Deforestation remains one of the pressing issues facing the cocoa sector, especially in West Africa. In 2017, Nestlé joined the public-private Cocoa & Forests Initiative to help end deforestation and restore forests in Côte d Ivoire and Ghana. In March 2019, the company published a detailed action plan (pdf, 800Kb) to support these collective efforts.
Nestlé makes ‘good progress’ with its forest positive agenda in cocoa, despite coronavirus impact By Anthony Myers Nestlé has said it has made ‘good progress’ over the past 12 months in advancing its forest positive agenda on its cocoa farms in Ghana and Côte d Ivoire.
For the past three years since it signed up to the public-private Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI), Nestlé said it has been working with the governments of Cote d Ivoire and Ghana, its suppliers, its partners and the cocoa farming communities to scale up its actions.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, which inevitably impacted certain activities such as mapping the farmers lands, farmers training, and cookstoves distribution, Nestlé said it remains aligned with its commitment to source 100% of its cocoa sustainably under the Nestlé Cocoa Plan by 2025.
Nestlé advances its forest positive agenda in cocoa in Ghana and Côte d Ivoire
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Nestlé advances its forest positive agenda in cocoa in Ghana and Côte d Ivoire
Nestlé has today reported progress (pdf, 10Mb) in its determination to end deforestation in its cocoa supply chain and ensure regenerative supply chains for forests and communities. It is aligned with its commitment to source 100% of its cocoa sustainably under the
Nestlé Cocoa Plan by 2025.
Deforestation remains one of the pressing issues facing the cocoa sector, especially in West Africa. In 2017, Nestlé joined the public-private Cocoa & Forests Initiative to help end deforestation and restore forests in Côte d Ivoire and Ghana. In March 2019, the company published a detailed action plan (pdf, 800Kb) to support these collective efforts.