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... cargill’s drive to secure a good quality and sustainable supply of cocoa beans is filtering down to famers in cote d'ivoire as it has just made premium payments totalling more than us $2 ... the cash boost is the second of its annual sustainable certified cocoa premiums that are being made to 26,500 farmers across 21 cooperatives in cote d'ivoire ... it was made for the delivery of 20,000 tonnes of utz certified and rainforest alliance cocoa between october 2010 and may 2011 ... 2m figure was not the amount paid for the cocoa, which was not divulged, but an additional amount on top of that – more than 50 per cent of which goes directly to farmers ... harold poelma, managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate, said: “the premiums are a clear indication that farmers are adopting more sustainable practices and that the availability of sustainable beans, and cocoa products, for our customers continues to grow ... “these premiums recognise the hard work undertaken by farmers and prove our commitment to sustainable cocoa production and improving incomes for farmers ... ” he added that cargill would continue to work closely with the farmer in order to reach its target of 100,000 tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans from cote d'ivoire by 2015 ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade-type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are increasingly called on by customers for clarity in the supply chain

... leading cocoa processor archer daniels midland (adm) has announced it is kick-starting its ivory coast sustainable cocoa initiative – serap – in indonesia in a bid to boost cocoa quality from growers in that region ... indonesia is the third largest cocoa growing nation in the world, with growers in sulawesi the target of the programme, said adm ... a spokesperson for the cocoa processor told confectionerynews ... com that sustainability is essential to ensuring the long term future of the country's cocoa industry ... "in indonesia, cocoa farming is the main source of income for more than 600,000 smallholder farmers and their families, most of whom are located on the island of sulawesi ... " serap, which provides training and financial incentives to help cocoa farmers implement sustainable farming practices, will involve the collaboration of the indonesian cocoa and coffee research institute (iccri), continued adm ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving more and more requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain ... the global commodities giant said that its confectioner customer base will gain through an additional source of certified sustainable cocoa products ... when asked about its five-year target for sustainable cocoa tonnage arising out of the programme in indonesia, the adm spokesperson said: "tonnages are always difficult to forecast as the programme roll-out depends on many different factors ... we do know that serap participants achieve generally a higher standard of cocoa bean quality due to all the support provided through the programme ... " bean quality an analysis of cocoa bean quality indicates that ivorian serap participants regularly produce better cocoa beans with lower moisture levels, said tje pod-to-pallet supplier

... archer daniels midland company (adm) is to source utz certified cocoa for the first time, after nigeria was granted sustainable recognition for its beans ... nigerian cocoa farmers were awarded the country’s first utz cocoa certification following a partnership between ingredients giant adm and cocoa exporter saro agro-allied which aimed to develop sustainable farming practices in the country ... com the utz certification was an independent confirmation of the companies joint efforts to professionalise cocoa farmers through a recognised (commercial) public standard for cocoa sustainability ... “we are pleased that adm can now offer utz certified cocoa products, and are also confident that over the coming years, more and more growers in nigeria can enhance their farming practices, improve their livelihoods, and eventually achieve certification,” said scott walker, managing director, adm cocoa ... as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum, chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving more and more requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain

... another milestone has been achieved in the utz certified sustainable cocoa programme, with the first-ever shipment of cocoa beans from ghana that meets that standard’s economic, environmental and social criteria ... leading industrial supplier barry callebaut said it has bought the majority of the shipment, saying it applauds “the dedicated efforts of the farmers affiliated with the cocoa abrabopa association (caa), the first cocoa producer group to become utz certified in ghana ... ” industrial chocolate and cocoa suppliers are receiving an increasing numbers of requests from customers for clarity in the supply chain, as the consumer movement for sustainable and fair trade type products gains momentum ... in cooperation with solidaridad, the utz scheme was set up by a number of big players in the cocoa sector, including mars, nestle, heinz benelux, cargill, ecom and dutch retailer ahold, as well as a number of development and environmental organisations ... com this morning, daan de vries, programme manager for cocoa at utz certified, said while the quantity involved was only 800 tonnes, the development was significant: “while this amount represents a small, first step for the programme, we rate ghana second globally in terms of utz certified production potential ... ” in 2010 more than 3,900 ghanaian farmers had achieved utz certification, and in the next three years, caa said it aims to certify an additional 20,000 farmer members throughout ghana’s cocoa growing regions

... all kit kats sold in australia will next year be made using utz-certified cocoa, brand owner nestle has announced ... utz cocoa is already used in the four-finger kit kats on sale in australia but nestle has pledged to switch all of the brand’s skus to the certified cocoa during next year ... andrew mciver, business executive manager for confectionery within nestle australia, said the exact timing of the changes depended upon enough certified cocoa becoming available to satisfy production ... mciver explained that the decision was part of nestle’s broader “cocoa plan”, launched last year, a global programme that has among its aims increasing production yields and improving the social conditions around cocoa farming ... “the cocoa sector faces challenges like poor soil fertility management, ageing tree stocks, improper use of chemicals, low farmer income and poor labour practices ... it provides the framework to reward farmers and their organisations for producing cocoa in a sustainable manner, and certification also gives our consumers added assurance that the cocoa was produced under proper conditions ... ” the utz certification programme, which works alongside cocoa suppliers like cargill and chocolate brand-owners including mars inc, said it “looked forward” to working with nestle to “create value for thousands of farmers and bring certified responsible cocoa to the australian market” ... last year, nestle announced its four-finger kit kat bars on sale in the uk and ireland would be made using cocoa certified as fairtrade

... weekly arrivals from main cocoa-growing state bahia kept their upward trend of recent weeks ... they rose to 33,338 bags last week compared with 28,858 bags in the same period of last year, with the main cocoa crop to start later this week ... "all observers had been expecting a sharp increase on the basis of the heavy load of ripe or nearly ripe pods observed in recent weeks," cocoa analyst thomas hartmann said ... the main cocoa crop will begin to be harvested here and in the world's top cocoa suppliers in west africa from october ... deliveries from other states outside the bahia cocoa hub reached 18,930 bags in the week, a sharp rise from the 8,157 bags delivered in the same week a year ago ... the bahia commercial association also provided data on cocoa exports for the month of august, figures it does not usually issue ... exports mainly comprised 1,892 metric tonnes of butter, 1,792 tonnes of unsweetened cocoa powder and 771 tonnes of liquor ... bahia's cocoa region will be dry and sunny in the coming days with few clouds ... brazil ranks sixth among the world's cocoa growers but was no ... the country's domestic production data serves as an indicator of how much extra cocoa brazil is likely to import to top off its own supply, most of which is consumed locally

... ngos and human rights groups have accused hershey of sourcing cocoa from african farms that use forced and child labour in wide-ranging criticism of the us chocolate giant's record on corporate and social responsibility ... a report from global exchange, green america, the international labor rights forum (ilrf) and oasis usa said yesterday (13 september) that hershey had not ensured its cocoa supplies from west africa were not from areas "tainted" by labour rights abuses ... the report also accused hershey of "a lack of transparency" in identifying its cocoa suppliers and claimed that the company had "no third-party certification" ... hershey, the report argued, "lags behind its competitors" when it comes to purchasing cocoa certified to meet certain labour, social, and environmental standards ... the hershey's kisses and reese's maker needed to "take immediate action" to eliminate labour practices that violated international human rights on forced, child and trafficked labour by tracing its supply chain back to cocoa farms and source from farmers who can prove they do not use forced and child labour ... "hershey can and must do its part to end human trafficking on cocoa farms in west africa ... " the report, timed to coincide with the publication of hershey's first corporate and social responsibility report, also called on the company to take use 100% fair trade certified cocoa beans for one of its five top-selling chocolate bars by 2012 - and to commit that the "majority" of cocoa across its products will be certified fair trade certified by 2022 ... "they can demonstrate the same concern for children and families in african communities that farm their cocoa by using fair trade certified cocoa for their chocolates ... " when contacted by just-food, a hershey spokesman pointed to the company's comments on cocoa sourcing in its new csr report ... the report reads: "as the largest chocolate producer in the united states and one of the largest in the world, the well-being of the global cocoa supply chain is of vital importance to us

... the visit of uk minister mike foster to cadbury’s birmingham factory last week aimed to "renew a working commitment" with the chocolate firm and to discuss fair deals for cocoa suppliers in africa, pushing the issue of fairtrade chocolate further into the limelight ... the visit comes just a few days after cadbury announced its commitment to source fairtrade cocoa for its iconic dairy milk chocolate bars and drinking chocolate in the british and irish markets ... structured on the premise that trade, and a fair price, is a vital route out of poverty for cocoa farmers, the fairtrade network guarantees suppliers a minimum 'best deal' price ... cadbury sources the majority of its cocoa – nearly two-thirds – for its uk products from ghana, the world's second biggest exporter of cocoa after ivory coast ... last year the firm launched its cadbury cocoa partnership, an initiative under which the company will invest ₤45m (€48m) over the next ten years to secure sustainable cocoa farming in ghana, india, indonesia and the caribbean

... while most consumers agree that ethically-sourced cocoa is no bad thing, an ever increasing number of different schemes risks muddying the issue and puzzling chocolate fans ... in the past fortnight alone, cadbury announced its own cocoa partnership in ghana, and nestle and mars signed up to the good inside cocoa programme, established by utz certified ... however, when added to blommer's cote d'ivoire alliance of farmers, olam international and blommer chocolate (cifob), cargill and barry callebaut's membership to the world cocoa foundation, as well as various fairtrade certified companies such as divine, the issue starts to become a lot more complicated ... while it would be churlish to suggest that programmes which in some way protect cocoa farmers are a bad idea, the more schemes there are around the globe, the harder it is to work out what exactly each one does ... but cadbury, for example, has no such base level set in place, arguing instead that ghanaian cocoa sells at 10 per cent above the market rate because of its high quality - a level above the fairtrade floor ... however, even if the generous-minded of us are willing to believe that these schemes often do good, as chocolate multinationals are not always as villainous as often thought, how are consumers meant to spot which products are ethical and which are not? (incidentally, the issue of big business and profit is almost irrelevant here; firms such as cadbury have never denied that schemes such as the cocoa partnership in ghana were established to help boost activity, despite what many disgruntled bloggers think) ... cadbury is currently 'working on communications', while the utz certified good inside cocoa programme label is voluntary ... therefore mars and nestle are under no obligation to state whether the cocoa used in their products comes from farmers protected by utz or not

... cadbury today launched a fund to aid its cocoa suppliers in ghana, after research suggested that average production in the region is now 40 per cent lower than the potential yield ... the cadbury cocoa partnership, established in partnership with the united nations development programme (undp), is aimed at helping farmers increase production and improve the quality of the beans ... the decision was made after research, funded by the company, showed that the production of some cocoa farms in ghana is only four to six sacks per year, the company said ... "sustainable cocoa production is vital to cadbury's commercial success: not simply the supply of our most important ingredient, but guaranteeing a reliable, long term source of the right quality cocoa, produced to the high standards our business, customers and our consumers expect," he said ... although cadbury uses cocoa beans from several producers around the world, ghana is a particularly important supply area ... cocoa beans from that country trade at 10 per cent above the global market price, and are used in iconic cadbury brands such as dairy milk, wispa, flake and buttons ... the managing director of cadbury ghana, james boateng said that the partnership will also help improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers around the world ... "in the centenary of our relationship with the cocoa farming industry in ghana, we are incredibly proud to launch the cadbury cocoa partnership in accra today which we hope will have a lasting impact on the lives of cocoa farmers," he said ... according to the international cocoa organisation, african countries now provide about 70 per cent of the world's cocoa, up from 61 per cent in the mid-1990s, with cote d'ivoire and ghana cultivating the lion's share ... most of the cocoa cultivated in africa is exported to the major centres of cocoa consumption in europe and north america, with the netherlands and the us maintaining their positions as the world's two leading cocoa processing countries, the icco added