Deforestation has detrimental effects on people's livelihoods, climate change, and biodiversity. The Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa, the Soy and Palm Oil Networks and the Coffee Interest Group hosted stakeholders from the industry, NGO, research, and government sector on Gurten (Bern), to identify key areas of action to address the pressing issue of deforestation.
2022 marked a year of growth in the share of sustainably sourced cocoa as well as in the membership numbers, the first project phase co-financed by SECO was concluded and a new financing facility, prominently featuring landscape projects, was kicked-off and the collaboration with the ISCOs was taken to a next level with the introduction of ISCO Working Groups.
What a remarkable day we had at the 5th Annual General Assembly of SWISSCO on May 25, 2023, where we released our annual report, highlighting our achievements, challenges, and future plans.
As an investment advisory company, Clarmondial designs and implements funding solutions for sustainable value chains and landscapes.
Oro de Cacao is a young Swiss chocolate manufacturing company that produces chocolate and cocoa products since 2017 with a revolutionary manufacturing process. By using a cold extraction process, it achieves to create a unique and natural taste.
Students at the University of Bern have successfully finished the seminar “Towards sustainable cocoa: assessing governance strategies and their theories of change”. The seminar was organised by the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) and the SWISSCO Coordination Office.
An alliance of Swiss and Colombian companies, coordinated by Swisscontact and supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, launched a Sustainable Landscape project with an initial focus on cocoa sourcing regions in Antioquia. The project helps to foster cocoa as an alternative source of income and promoter of climate-friendly growth in regions historically affected by the internal conflict in Colombia.
Mars Switzerland is strengthening its local commitment to responsible cocoa sourcing by becoming a member of the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO).
From January 20-29, SWISSCO was present at the agricultural fair “International Green Week” in Berlin. Together with CHOCOSUISSE, we informed visitors about the efforts of Swiss companies to increase sustainability in the cocoa value chain.
