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

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

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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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19 Sep.

Online Seminar: Living Income 101 – A Beginners Guide to the Key Concept

15:00 - 16:00

@Online

Organized by LICOP, this online seminar will break down the fundamentals of Living Income, explore application strategies, discuss current...

23 Sep.

AG PRO-PLANTEURS

15:00 - 16:30

@Bonn

Diese AG findet in regelmäßigen Abständen statt.

24 Sep.

Online Seminar: Enabling cocoa farmers to earn a living income: Insights from Tony’s Open Chain

14:00 - 16:00

@Online

Am Dienstag, den 24. September 2024, veranstaltet das Forum Nachhaltiger Kakao ein Online-Seminar für Mitglieder mit dem Titel Enabling...

30 Sep.

Digitalkonferenz zur Unternehmerischen Nachhaltigkeit

13:00 - 18:00

@Online

Zertifizierte Nachhaltigkeit als Chance - der ZNU-Standard Nachhaltiger Wirtschaften 2024 "Die nachhaltige Transformation in Wirtschaft und...

01 Oct.

AG Nachhaltigkeit

10:00 - 16:00

@BDSI, Bonn

Bitte registrieren Sie sich hier für die Teilnahme an der AG Nachhaltigkeit in Bonn (in Präsenz).

17 Oct.

ISCO Working Group Child Labour

14:00 - 15:30

@Online

Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...

30 Oct.

AG Kommunikation

10:00 - 11:30

@Online

Dieses Event findet in regelmäßigen Abständen statt

31 Oct.

AG PRO-PLANTEURS

10:00 - 16:00

@Berlin

Bitte registrieren Sie sich hier für die Teilnahme an der AG Pro-Planteurs in Berlin (in Präsenz).

06 Nov.

ISCO Working Group Traceability

@Online

Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...

07 Nov.

ISCO Working Group Living Income

14:00 - 15:30

@Online

Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...

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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.

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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German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa

Monitoring

PRO-PLANTEURS

6th Journée PRO-PLANTEURS: A Celebration of Cooperative Sustainability in Côte d’Ivoire