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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

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

SWISSCO Landscape Call supported by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO

At the heart of this Call for Proposals is the goal of collectively engaging in selected sustainable sourcing landscapes. The concept of sustainable landscapes is explicitly mentioned in the target areas of the SWISSCO Roadmap 2030 and is linked to the challenges of deforestation and child labour,... MORE

4th Journée PRO-PLANTEURS

On 07 July 2022, the 4th Journée PRO-PLANTEURS took place on the theme "Child labour and job opportunities"! This year, more than 80 participants exchanged views on how to manage the generational change and whether innovations bring new jobs. The recurring Journée PRO-PLANTEURS provides a review of... MORE

4. Journée PRO-PLANTEURS

Am 07. Juli 2022 fand der 4. Journée PRO-PLANTEURS zum Thema "Kinderarbeit und Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiten" statt! In diesem Jahr tauschten sich mehr als 80 Teilnehmer darüber aus, wie der Generationswechsel zu bewältigen ist und ob Innovationen neue Arbeitsplätze bringen. Der wiederkehrende... MORE

Call for the Submission of Project Proposals for the Matching Fund Pro-Planteurs and Pro-Agrichains

Dear Partners, PRO-PLANTEURS, the joint project of GISCO, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Conseil du Café-Cacao (CCC), has just started its second implementation phase on June 1st 2020. Within the next... MORE

INA-Lunchbreak on supply chain due diligance law part 8

The OECD and FAO are currently developing an “OECD-FAO Business Handbook on Deforestation, Forest Degradation and Due Diligence in Agricultural Supply Chains“, which will illustrate good practices on due diligence for deforestation-free supply chains. At the INA lunch break, the OECD and FAO will... MORE

International Conference „Cocoa Production in Times of Climate Crisis: Challenges and Solutions“

With the support of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa, Schokoladenmuseum Köln, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and SÜDWIND e.V. are organising an international conference on cocoa production in times of climate crisis on 31 May and 1 June. MORE

Newly revised background paper: Child labour in the cocoa sector in West Africa

In this newly revised background paper, the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) presents the current situation, challenges and existing solutions regarding child labour in the cocoa sector. MORE

Tenth General Assembly of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa

Human Rights Due Diligence in the Cocoa Sector: Working Together for Better Living Conditions for Cocoa Farmers MORE