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The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, two of the world’s leading sustainability certification organizations, have announced on June 7, 2017 their intention to merge later this year. The new organization, to be named the Rainforest Alliance, will tackle environmental and social issues around the world, including climate change, deforestation, poverty and unsustainable farming. It will create a…
Joint sustainability efforts on an unprecedented scale have led to a major expansion and significant advances in community development and child protection in cocoa-growing regions of West Africa. But the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), launching its 2016 Annual Report on World Day against Child Labour, warns that if the current low world market price for…
Cocoa Life, Mondelēz International’s signature sustainable sourcing program, will collaborate with governments in West Africa to reduce deforestation in the cocoa supply chain. The company announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Environment as part of the country’s REDD+ program to support its goal to reach zero deforestation…