Since 2015, Chocolatoa has been producing bean-to-bar chocolate that is both artisanal and ethical. But the Belgian chocolate maker also shares its expertise through training and professional advice, led by its founder, Mario Vandeneede. After completing his chocolate-making studies in Mechelen, Mario Vandeneede spent some time in Ecuador. There he taught chocolate processing at the […]
The Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD) has shared its expectations regarding the setting of the farm-gate price for the 2024-2025 main season. Producers and cooperatives are hoping for a price of between FCFA 2,016 and FCFA 2,352* per kilogram, based on the monitoring of international prices and the government’s commitment to set the minimum price at 60% of the CIF price.
Their innovation? A process for making chocolate using the whole cocoa fruit, not just the beans.
Founded in 2016, Incub’Ivoir has rapidly established itself as a key player in innovation in agricultural value chains in Côte d’Ivoire. In partnership with the Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre, the incubator has strengthened its marketing and project management skills, while developing a service offering that responds to the specific challenges of the sector. We […]
It was almost 5 years ago that the famous Belgian chocolate maker Galler took the decision to go Fairtrade and source only Fairtrade cocoa.
For several years now, Virunga Origins has been offering fair trade and organic chocolate and coffee, produced from A to Z in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the outskirts of the famous eponymous park.
Since 2019, the German supermarket chain Lidl has been offering a number of fair-trade products in a range called Way To Go. Chocolate, coffee, cashew nuts… Over the years, the range has grown, while maintaining its original mission: to enable small producers to earn a sufficient income. Way To Go is the name of Lidl’s […]
Through a coaching programme, TDC aims to strengthen the capacity of African Business Support Organisations (BSOs) to support enterprises and producer organisations in sustainability and decent work. Interested BSOs have until 16 September to submit their application.
The European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR) was adopted to ban imports of several key commodities such as palm oil, soy, timber, beef, rubber, but also cocoa and coffee, if they are produced from land deforested after 2020. The new regulation will require importing companies to demonstrate “due diligence” and prove, via crop geolocation […]
For the past two years, the Ecocoa artisanal and ethical chocolate factory has been offering ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate, whose forest cocoa is imported in a short chain from Cameroon, with the dual aim of combating deforestation there and ensuring a decent income for cocoa farmers. Launched in early 2022, the Ecocoa chocolate factory in Péruwelz produces […]
