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Virtual event "Enabling Environment: Incentives and Framework Conditions for Forest Conservation and Climate Protection in the Cocoa Sector"

GISCO invites you to the virtual event "Enabling Environment: Incentives and Framework Conditions for Forest Conservation and Climate Protection in the Cocoa Sector" on 1 February 2022. The event will take place from 1.30 - 4 pm via Webex as part of the International Sweets and Biscuits Fair (ISM)... MORE

Film about the production of chocolate

A film by the Chocolate Info Centre (Infozentrum Schokolade) shows in a seven-minute documentary how a bar of chocolate is made. Click here for the German film with English subtitles. MORE

Online seminar "Sustainability Standards' Efforts to Enhance Cocoa Farmers' Income: Impacts, Sustainability Differential and Investment, and Living Income Reference Price"

The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa invited its members to join the online seminar on Tuesday, 23 November from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm on "Sustainability Standards' Efforts to Enhance Cocoa Farmers' Income: Impacts, Sustainability Differential and Investment, and Living Income Reference Price".... MORE

Symposium on the benefits of cocoa on human health

On 8 and 9 November 2021, a symposium on the benefits of cocoa for human health was organized by the African Cocoa Platform as an on-site event in Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire as well as online. The African Cocoa Platform is a multi-stakeholder-platform initiated in 2018 by GIZ’s Green Innovation... MORE

GISCO event at the Anuga in Cologne

Today, the GISCO on-site event took place at the Anuga trade fair in Cologne! Alex Assanvo, Secretary Executive of the Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana Cocoa Initiative, gave a keynote speech to introduce the topic and presented the perspective of the cocoa-producing countries. This was followed by input... MORE

Monitoring report for the reporting year 2020 published

The German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa ist very pleased to announce the publication of the new monitoring report for the reporting year 2020! GISCO has developed a monitoring system in cooperation with Beyond Chocolate, the Belgian initiative for sustainable cocoa. The monitoring helps to... MORE

Guide to conducting risk analyses for cocoa producing countries published

SÜDWIND Institut für Ökonomie und Ökumene supports members of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa in the preparation of the risk analysis. MORE

Third Journée PRO-PLANTEURS in Grand Bassam

This year's Journée PRO-PLANTEURS on the topic of "Sustainable Production Systems in the PRO-PLANTEURS Project" was held in Grand Bassam (Côte d'Ivoire) on Thursday, 22 July 2021. MORE

Second round of PRO-PLANTEURS Matching Fund launched

For the second phase of the PRO-PLANTEURS Matching Fund, all members of GISCO are invited to submit project proposals. MORE

National Initiatives on Sustainable Cocoa in Europe: Case studies on traceability in the cocoa sector published

Four new case studies from the national platforms on sustainable cocoa in Europe shed light on traceability in the cocoa sector. MORE