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German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa

Our Goals: To improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers, protect natural resources and biodiversity and increase the cultivation and marketing of cocoa certified to sustainability standards.

Our 12 individual goals

Kakaofrüchte und Pflanzen

Monitoring

Our monitoring: Since 2021, the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa has been monitoring the contribution of its members to achieving the common goals.

Since 2022, participation in monitoring has been mandatory for all GISCO members.

Monitoring the results

PRO-PLANTEURS

Our member project: Our aim is to improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers and their families, to conserve and protect natural resources and biodiversity in cocoa-growing countries, and to increase the cultivation and marketing of cocoa certified to sustainability standards.

Goals, impacts and partners

03.03.2025

Roadmaps and Progress Reports Published

New Member Roadmaps and Progress Reports Published We are pleased to announce the publication of our members’ individual commitments on...
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16.12.2024

Joint ISCO Monitoring Brief

Joint ISCO Monitoring Brief We are delighted to present the newly published ISCO Monitoring Brief 2023! This collaborative report brings...
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13.11.2024

Feasibility Study for a Cross-Company Grievance Mechanism in Côte d’Ivoire’s Cocoa Sector

Feasibility Study for a Cross-Company Grievance Mechanism in Côte d'Ivoire's Cocoa Sector A consortium of private sector and...
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Information about the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) and its work

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A selection of images from cocao cultivation and the PRO-PLANTEURS project

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13 May.

Online-Seminar: Pricing mechanisms in the cocoa sector: Regulated and unregulated markets in producing countries

11:00 - 12:30
@Online
Dear members of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa, On Tuesday, May 13th, 2025, GISCO will host an online seminar titled Pricing...
26 May.

Mitgliederversammlung / Annual General Meeting

15:00 - 17:00
@Bonn
(English version below) Sehr geehrte Mitglieder, Freundinnen und Freunde des Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao e.V., wir laden Sie herzlich zur 13....
04 Oct.

ANUGA

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@Köln
Die Anuga ist eine der weltweit führenden Messen für die Lebensmittel- und Getränkeindustrie, die vom 4.-8. Oktober 2025 in Köln...
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Video messages from Côte d'Ivoire

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), cocoa farmers involved in the PRO-PLANTEURS project report on the progress they have made since the start of the project.

 

Planteurs
Our Project PRO-PLANTEURS: Learn more about the role of women in the cocoa sector, how cocoa is produced and how trainings help farmers to professionalise in sustainable cocoa farming.

PRO-PLANTEURS

The aim of PRO-PLANTEURS is to professionalise 30,000 cocoa-producing farms and their organisations in the south of Côte d'Ivoire in order to improve the living conditions of the families through an increase in income and a balanced diet.

Mamadou Zie Bamba, director of one of the cooperatives of the project, confirms the success. Through training, the entire management and in particular the accounting of his organisation could be significantly improved.

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