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.
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
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
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.
The European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR) was adopted to ban imports of several key commodities such as palm oil, soy, timber, beef, rubber,
For the past two years, the Ecocoa artisanal and ethical chocolate factory has been offering ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate, whose forest cocoa is imported in a short
For the past three years, Colruyt has been running a pilot project in Côte d’Ivoire, focusing on the living wage of cocoa producers. The lessons learned should enable the supermarket chain to improve the fairness of its Boni-branded chocolates.
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.
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
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
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.
The European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR) was adopted to ban imports of several key commodities such as palm oil, soy, timber, beef, rubber,
For the past two years, the Ecocoa artisanal and ethical chocolate factory has been offering ‘bean-to-bar’ chocolate, whose forest cocoa is imported in a short
For the past three years, Colruyt has been running a pilot project in Côte d’Ivoire, focusing on the living wage of cocoa producers. The lessons learned should enable the supermarket chain to improve the fairness of its Boni-branded chocolates.
