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conditional cash transfer, and enables change with support and services,” says Darrell. As well as the incentive, which is worth up to EUR 500 per
family, Nestlé provide forest and fruit trees to farmers to promote agroforestry. “We train and subsidise groups to prune farms and we support women to grow other crops or raise livestock to help diversify incomes. This is on top of paying a premium for the cocoa,” he explains.
Making sustainable chocolate the norm Kate concludes: “While much work remains, we believe transformative change is coming to this vital sector. The key lies in creating lasting benefits for cocoa farmers, their families and communities, empowering them to own their futures and achieve their own business success. In partnership with our customers and other stakeholders, we know we can build a bright future for the entire cocoa sector.”
Darell of Nestlé believes the company has madegood progress, but they know there is more to do, especially in the face of increasing climate change. He notes: “We need to continually innovate to find new solutions, as well as accelerating the scale up of those that work. We need to work more collaboratively with others inside and outside of the cocoa industry, and do this with governments of both consuming and producing countries. We need to respond to increased due diligence legislation, consumer expectations and the needs to farming families.” Collaboration exists already and can be further improved.
The World Cocoa Foundation pulled together industry to work collaboratively within Cocoaaction. It was also instrumental, together with others, in the Cocoa and Forests Initiative which tackles deforestation. The International Cocoa Initiative is a Foundation which brings together civil society and industry to tackle child labour. The CLEF coalition is a pooled financing facility, and the first public-private partnership focused on scaling
“Cocoa-farming communities face immense challenges, including widespread rural
poverty, increasing climate risks and a lack of access to financial services and basic infrastructure like water, health care and education”
investments for quality education in Côte d’Ivoire. Members include the Ivorian government, UBS Optimus Foundation, ten other cocoa and chocolate companies and the Jacobs Foundation. Darell adds: “From our side, we will, together with our partners KIT (Royal Tropical Institute NL), Rainforest Alliance and International Cocoa Initiative, monitor the impact of our Income Accelerator Programme and report publicly.” The goal of full traceability has to be shared and effectively implemented by each and every player in the cocoa industry if we are to bring sustainability to farming communities and to the global supply chain. Steven Retzlaff, President Global Cocoa, sums up: “We are proud to be a leading company on implementing traceability – and to see the benefits of combining regulatory and industry initiatives in origin and consuming countries. These coordinated efforts will streamline the advancement of sustainability in the cocoa sector and support making sustainable chocolate the norm.”
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