News - Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao

Online Seminar on Forest Monitoring as an important instrument for deforestation-free cocoa

On 09 March 2023, GISCO’s first online seminar of the year took place. MORE

Ministers Svenja Schulze and Hubertus Heil visit RASSO cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire

During their five-day trip to Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana, Svenja Schulze, German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), and Hubertus Heil, German Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS), visited the RASSO cooperative, which works closely with GISCO’s project... MORE

Jan 24

Interview with Merit Buama, Chairwoman of GISCO, on the occasion of the initiative's tenth anniversary

Ten eventful years have passed since the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) was founded. Time to reflect on achievements and challenges, and to plan for the future. MORE

Jan 16

EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains adopted in the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the Member States

On 21.12.2022, the Permanent Representatives Committee of the Member States adopted a regulation aimed at reducing global deforestation. MORE

Nov 17

ISCOnference Report - Now Online

The first ISCOnference took place in Brussels on 1 September 2022. 200 stakeholders from the cocoa sector shared insights, best practices and challenges related to achieving a living income for cocoa Farmers. MORE

Nov 08

Parlamentarischer Abend anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums des Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao

Am 08. November fand anlässlich des zehnjährigen Jubiläums des Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao ein parlamentarischer Abend in der Parlamentarischen Gesellschaft in Berlin statt. Über 50 Mitglieder und Gäste, Parlamentarierinnen und Parlamentarier besuchten die Veranstaltung und zeigten Interesse an der... MORE

Nov 02

Second Monitoring Report of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa: Now online!

This year, GISCO is publishing its second monitoring report, based on a comprehensive data collection among its members. At our general meeting in May of this year, all members committed to participate in the monitoring process. MORE

Sep 21

Le Basic report and tool: Now Online

Report and tool: Distribution of value, costs, taxes and net profit margins along the German cocoa and chocolate value chains MORE

Sep 01

First joint ISCOnference 2022

We would like to express our sincere thanks to over 200 participants - including cocoa farmers, representatives of civil society and the private sector - who we welcomed to the first ISCOnference on 1 September 2022 in Brussels and online! The conference provided a platform for members of the Nat... MORE

Jul 19

Online Seminar on Price formation on the futures market and the physical market for cocoa

GISCO invited Dr. Gunther Bensch and Kathrin Kästner from RWI – Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung and Laura Schmid from Jacobs University Bremen to present the results of their study "Price formation on the futures market and the physical market for cocoa” to GISCO members in two online... MORE