Members of the three European Platforms met to build a common understanding of roles and responsibilities of the different actors along the cocoa supply chain to ensure the protection of human rights.
Filippo Veglio is elected new President of the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa
1.56 Million children were engaged in child labor in 2018/2019 in cocoa production in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana. The prevalence rate increased by 14 percentage point since the 2008/2009 survey.
The need for a holistic approach to achieve a living income for cocoa farmers was the focus of this year's 2nd General Assembly on October 15.
The results of the multi-dimensional meta-analysis underline the potential of agroforests to improve the sustainability of cocoa farms.
The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), the Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO) and the Belgian platform Beyond Chocolate have committed to joining forces for a more sustainable cocoa value chain. They did this by signing a Memorandum of Understanding.
The Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa reports progress in the promotion of sustainability in the Swiss cocoa value chain, and reaffirms its commitment to tackle major challenges
In a virtual workshop, the members of the Cocoa Platform exchanged their knowledge on children's rights in the cocoa sector and looked at the root causes of child labor.
In a virtual workshop, the members of the Cocoa Platform exchanged knowledge and ideas on how to close the living income gap.
