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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

... confectionery giant mars predicts a major cocoa shortage by 2020 and reveals harmonization of global cocoa certification programmes to ensure meaningful income hikes for farmers is one of its sustainable cocoa project goals ... the chocolate company warns that "unless more is done to promote sustainability”, the industry as a whole can expect a shortfall of more than one million tonnes of cocoa in just nine years ... pledging to use 100 per cent certified sustainable chocolate by 2020, mars said its new cocoa sustainability drive is focused on “technology transfer that puts farmers first; innovations in agricultural science; and rigorous certification standards ... ” certified sources last year mars chocolate purchased certified cocoa representing about 5 per cent of its total supply ... “this year, we are on track to buy ten per cent of our cocoa from certified sources ... by 2020, our goal is to purchase 100 per cent certified cocoa, and we've committed to buy 100,000 metric tonnes each annually from both utz and rainforest alliance by that time,” said andrew pederson, global chocolate manager – sustainability at mars chocolate

... 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

... the delivery of cargill’s first utz certified beans from vietnam marks an important milestone for the company in its bid to establish the region as a new origin country for cocoa, said the ingredients giant ... three vietnamese cocoa plantations also recently received utz certification for sustainable cocoa following cargill’s farmer training and the audit process in january ... harold poelma managing director cocoa, cargill cocoa & chocolate told confectionerynews ... “cargill will continue to undertake research and provide training to cocoa farmers with respect to good agricultural practices,” he said ... the company founded the utz certified cocoa programme, along with dutch development organization solidaridad and others in the cocoa sector ... meeting increasing demand cargill said that these recent developments will help it produce 600 metric tonnes of certified sustainable cocoa beans in 2011 ... in total the company will produce 2,500 metric tonnes of cocoa this year, up from less than 20mt in 2004 when the project was initially set up ... poelma said that output from the new cocoa-producing country will help the company cater for the growing global demand for cocoa beans, which is growing at 2 to 3 per cent per year ... “if supply does not increase, there will be insufficient cocoa to meet this demand,” said the managing director ... “the vietnamese government recognises this too and has put a target of 100,000mt of cocoa to be produced each year by 2020,” he added ... over the past six years cargill has worked with the vietnamese and dutch governments and confectionery giant mars to develop the production of sustainable cocoa in the country ... poelma said that vietnamese farmers have proven to be hard working, willing to learn, and very productive , “so there is every indication that the country should be successful in capturing part of this cocoa opportunity”

... a new minimum price for fairtrade organic cocoa, which comes into force early next year, will act as an income safety net for growers amid ongoing price volatility in the sector, according to the organization behind the standard ... as of 1 january 2011, certified farmers are assured a minimum price of us$2300/metric tonne for their organic cocoa sold on fairtrade terms, or the market price if higher, said the fairtrade labelling organizations international (flo) ... and organic cocoa growers will earn an additional us$200 in fairtrade premium to invest in business and community projects for every metric tonne (mt) of cocoa they sell, up from us$150/mt, added the flo ... “the fairtrade standards require that buyers pay cocoa farmers’ organizations at least the current market price ... in the current cocoa market the market price is relatively high ... with such a system in place, farmers are thus protected to earn at least a certain income off their cocoa crops, maintains the flo, adding that the fairtrade minimum price is higher for organic than non-organic cocoa to take into account higher production costs for organic production ... in october, the flo announced that it was raising the minimum price for conventional fairtrade cocoa to us$2000/mt at fob level, also effective from the start of the new year ... there are currently fairtrade cocoa producer organizations that are organic certified in the caribbean, central and south america including the dominican republic, belize, honduras, colombia, peru, ecuador and bolivia ... and the flo told this publication that fairtrade has been an important tool for cocoa farmers in latin america to convert to organic production ... “most cocoa producer organizations in latin america are now certified organic ... ” there are also two fairtrade and organic certified cocoa organizations in the ivory coast but in their case, said the flo, they had organic certification first and then sought the fairtrade backing

... 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

... , has pledged to buy fairtrade cocoa from west africa ... the company said it would use fairtrade cocoa that “prohibits the worst forms of child labour, ensures a fair and stable price and a fairtrade premium which is reinvested back into community projects” ... arnott’s did not respond to an immediate request for further comment but stephen knapp, executive director for local fairtrade organisation fairtrade australia new zealand, said the food manufacturer’s move was a “win” for cocoa farmers in west africa ... “fairtrade is excited to be taking this step with arnott’s, which demonstrates their commitment to making a difference in west africa by purchasing fairtrade certified cocoa and empowering cocoa producing farmers to build a better and brighter future for themselves, their families and communities,” knapp said ... “arnott’s sources 24% of its cocoa from ghana in west africa where there is widespread use of child labour in the cocoa industry ... as ceo of world vision i have visited the cocoa fields in west africa where kids use dangerous machetes and pesticides, work long hours and often don’t go to school,” world vision chief executive tim costello said late last week (28 october) ... “world vision understands that arnott’s has signed an agreement to source its west african cocoa until 2012 through fairtrade’s independent certification scheme

... 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 pressure groups also pointed to the presence of one fair trade certified product in hershey's portfolio - the dagoba line the company acquired in 2006 ... 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 cooperation between nidar and utz certified fits the trend in which companies commit to upcoming markets and take responsibility in sourcing sustainably produced products ... the first batch of utz certified cocoa will arrive at nidar’s plant in the autumn of 2010 ... ‘we are excited to welcome nidar as part of the utz certified cocoa program ... more and more cocoa growing communities will receive training in good agricultural practices which will result in higher quality and lower costs’, comments han de groot, executive director of utz certified