ROYAL DUYVIS WIENER B.V. ACQUIRES JAF INOX & THOUET
The veteran Dutch company snaps up a young and successful business. Royal Duyvis, founded in 1885 in Koog aan de Zaan, is based in the Netherlands. The company now …
Category: Cocoa Organisations and associations
MARTIN SHORT NEW PRESIDENT OF WORLD COCOA FOUNDATION
Martin Short starts his new role today as the President of the WCF, a leading organisation in the cocoa industry, with a membership that spans the industry, including cocoa …
ANALYSIS OF SWISSCO ANNUAL REPORT. IMPROVED TRACEABILITY, CHALLENGES REMAIN
In a brief review of the Swissco Annual Report 2020, the authors point to improved traceability, but challenges remain. Swissco describes itself as a multi-stakeholder organisation, with a number …
COCOBOD WANTS SWISS PARTNERSHIP TO BOOST INTERNAL PRODUCTION
Ghana’s cocoa regulator, COCOBOD has met with a Swiss delegation to discuss how the two countries can work together in redefining the previous model, under which, Ghana was largely …
SAD PASSING OF FOUNDER OF THE ACADEMY OF CHOCOLATE
I read with great sadness the passing of the founder of the Academy of Chocolate, Sara Jayne Stanes, OBE. We always enjoy posting stories about the chocolate winners from …
IS GHANA’S PLAN TO PROCESS 50% COCOA LOCALLY A BLUFF?
Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo, is no fool. That was apparent at the speech he gave to the Swiss delegation in which he announced plans to stop selling raw beans …
ASSANVO APPOINTMENT GIVES OPTIMISM FOR ACHIEVING A FAIR WAGE FOR FARMERS
Despite a reduction in consumption that has made some chocolate companies look for ways to avoid compliance, the world’s top cocoa growers still insist that the $100 billion chocolate …
COCOA ASSOCIATION OF ASIA APPOINTS NEW SUB-COMMITTEES
28th June 2021 – the Cocoa Association of Asia (CAA) announced its appointment of three new sub-committees to help spearhead key initiatives for the industry in Asia Pacific. The …
CÔTE D’IVOIRE SAYS SANCTIONS AWAIT THOSE WHO DON’T PAY LID
Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator, Conseil Cafe Cacao (CCC), has named the chocolate makers, who it says continues to refuse to pay the Living Income Differential (LID), which is a …
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE APPOINTS SANTIAGO GOWLAND AS CEO
The Rainforest Alliance announced that Santiago Gowland has joined the organization as Chief Executive Officer. Gowland previously served as Executive Vice President for Latin America and Global Innovation at …
DUBAI’S DMCC TO LAUNCH COCOA CENTRE
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) is planning a major Centre of Cacao inside the free zone. If all goes to plan, DMCC plans in mid-2021 to incubate a …
RAINFOREST ALLIANCE REWRITES CERTIFICATION STANDARD
After the 2018 merger of Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, the company has been working hard to update its certification standards. Starting July of 2021, the new standards will go …
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