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An investigation by Mighty Earth, ‘Chocolate’s Dark Secret,’ has found that a large amount of the cocoa used in chocolate produced by Mars, Nestlé, Hershey’s, Godiva and other major chocolate companies was ‘grown illegally’ in national parks and other protected areas in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. “The report documents how in several national parks and […]

A campaign about the massive environmental issue associated with waste coffee cups and the need to ensure that they are recycled or are fully compostable is being fought out in the British media It has been estimated that every year in the UK, 2.5 billion coffee cups are thrown away and only one in 400

Members of the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) have voted in favour of unifying with the Specialty Coffee Association of Europe (SCAE). 56 per cent of members of the SCAA voted, and of those voting 62 per cent voted in favour of unification. In July 2016, members of the SCAE also voted in favour

Barry Callebaut has announced that it will be holding the first example of a new bi-annual conference for stakeholders in the cocoa/chocolate supply chain in June. The event, ‘Chocovision,’ will take place 5-7 June in Davos, Switzerland. As the company notes, demand for chocolate has increased steadily over the years. More and more consumers, especially