GCCP Advocates for a 70% Increment in Cocoa Prices.
The Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform is advocating for a 65-70% increase in the farm-gate price of cocoa for the 2024/2025 season. In a recent press conference in Accra, the platform,…
NOTICE OF CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA
17th May 2024, Accra, Ghana. Recent developments resulting from the active actions of the Government of Ghana, which has led to unprecedented risk to convert Ghana’s protected forests such as…
PRESS RELEASE: 5TH EDITION OF THE CHOCOLATE SCORECARD
The Fifth Edition of the Chocolate Scorecard (2024) has revealed that the chocolate industry is undergoing significant improvement, but key challenges such as farmer poverty remain unaddressed. However, the chocolate…
ECOCARE GHANA ADVOCATES FOR THE EXPLORATION AND ADOPTION OF DIGITAL INNOVATION TO REVITALIZE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
As the global community commemorates Wildlife Day (WWD) 2024 under the theme 'Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation,' EcoCare Ghana underscores the critical need to embrace…
CHOCOLATE COMPANIES RANKED ON THEIR EFFORT TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN THE COCOA VALUE CHAIN
We eat chocolate for comfort, celebration, and indulgence. But what's going into the chocolate we buy? The fourth edition of the Chocolate Scorecard has surveyed the world’s biggest chocolate companies…
Mighty Earth launches new interactive map to track cocoa-driven deforestation in Ghana
Forest loss in the West African country remains high despite government and industry pledges to reduce it The launch of Mighty Earth’s new Cocoa Accountability Map for Ghana comes as the organisation reveals forest loss in the…
Ghana Civil-society Cocoa Platform calls for 15-20% increment on the farm-gate price of cocoa
PRESS STATEMENT THE GHANA CIVIL-SOCIETY COCOA PLATFORM (GCCP) EXPECTATION OF FARM GATE PRICE FOR 2022/2023 COCOA SEASON As cocoa farmers across the country gear up for the new cocoa season,…
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 Industry's policies in addressing social and environmental concerns in their…
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 in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipal Assembly to stop the…
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 pledge More than four years after the high-profile launch of…