Cocoa Organisations and associations

COCOBOD has been summoned to Parliament over non-payment to cocoa farmers. The farmers were due to be paid by the Licensed Buying Companies (LBC) for the 2020/2021 harvest, but they have not received any money according to sources on the ground.

Richard Scobey, President of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) will be leaving in May to become the new Executive Director of TRAFFIC

The Fairtrade Foundation urges support to those impacted by the pandemic.

Côte d’Ivoire appoints Alex Arnaud Assanvo to lead key sustainability scheme as Executive Secretary of the Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire Cocoa Initiative.

Members of the Cocoa Association of Asia (CAA) have elected Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate’s Commercial Director for Asia-Pacific, Alvin Lee, as the new chairman of the Association for the next two years

NCA announced the 5 confectionery industry professionals selected for the 2021 Future Leadership Program.

COCOBOD will name and shame companies that are not committed to the sustainable programme and LID

The World Cocoa Foundation 2020 Partnership is going to be hosted as a virtual 2 day event

There will be a change in the Executive Committee of Barry Callebaut. Remco Steenbergen will step down from the CFO role as of December 31, ,2020. The company appoints Ben De Schryver to succeed this role.

The Deputy CEO of COCOBOD, warned if companies who commit fraudulent cocoa licensing acts by using other peoples licenses to make cocoa transactions will be punished.