In Africa, Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre supports various campaigns to promote and advocate more ethical and nature-friendly trade. This is the case in Côte d’Ivoire.
Author: Evi Coremans
Launched in 2016 by Julia Mikerova and Björn Becker, the Brussels-based ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate brand Mike&Bekie has always made transparency the cornerstone of its project, with a view to social and environmental sustainability throughout its supply chain.
Following mounting pressure from global partners, businesses, and even some EU member states, the European Commission announced on October 2 a proposal to delay the implementation of its groundbreaking deforestation law by 12 months.
Since 2015, Chocolatoa has been producing bean-to-bar chocolate that is both artisanal and ethical. But the Belgian chocolate maker also shares its expertise through training and professional advice, led by its founder, Mario Vandeneede. After completing his chocolate-making studies in Mechelen, Mario Vandeneede spent some time in Ecuador. There he taught chocolate processing at the […]
The Ivorian Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (PICD) has shared its expectations regarding the setting of the farm-gate price for the 2024-2025 main season. Producers and cooperatives are hoping for a price of between FCFA 2,016 and FCFA 2,352* per kilogram, based on the monitoring of international prices and the government’s commitment to set the minimum price at 60% of the CIF price.
Their innovation? A process for making chocolate using the whole cocoa fruit, not just the beans.
Founded in 2016, Incub’Ivoir has rapidly established itself as a key player in innovation in agricultural value chains in Côte d’Ivoire. In partnership with the Enabel’s Trade for Development Centre, the incubator has strengthened its marketing and project management skills, while developing a service offering that responds to the specific challenges of the sector. We […]
It was almost 5 years ago that the famous Belgian chocolate maker Galler took the decision to go Fairtrade and source only Fairtrade cocoa.
For several years now, Virunga Origins has been offering fair trade and organic chocolate and coffee, produced from A to Z in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the outskirts of the famous eponymous park.
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Way To Go, the way forward for Lidl
Since 2019, the German supermarket chain Lidl has been offering a number of fair-trade products in a range called Way To Go. Chocolate, coffee, cashew nuts… Over the years, the range has grown, while maintaining its original mission: to enable small producers to earn a sufficient income. Way To Go is the name of Lidl’s […]
