Caring for Nature, Sustaining Livelihoods
Chocolate Industry asked to Eliminate Child labour
Players in the chocolate industry have been asked to increase efforts to help eliminate child labour in cocoa producing regions,…
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Cocoa Processing Companies Scored on the Ethics and Sustainability of their Business Models
A global coalition of environmental and social justice advocates and Civil Society Organisations have released an assessment of the Chocolate…
Cocoa Farmers in Wassa Dikoto Petition Stakeholders to Halt the Sale of Their Farmlands
EcoCare Ghana has supported cocoa farmers in about 10 communities on the Wassa Dikoto Stool Land to petition key stakeholders…
Chief To Cut Down Thousands Of Cocoa Farms For Oil Palm Plantation
Thousands of smallholder cocoa farmers in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality of the Western Region of Ghana say they risk…
Major Chocolate Companies Failed in Pledge to end Deforestation in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire
‘Sweet Nothings’ report shows cocoa still driving destruction of protected areas, chimpanzee and elephant habitat loss four years after industry…
Cocoa Farmers Call for the Review of Child Labour Laws to Suit Ghana’s Cultural Context
Cocoa Farmer Groups and Cooperatives in Ghana have called on the government and the international community to take into account…
The EU has a new Deforestation Law: Here’s what it means
In a major development, the European Commission has proposed a new law to halt deforestation and minimise the EU’s impact…