The SWISSCO community warmly welcomes Save the Children Switzerland as a new member. We look forward to a fruitful cooperation together. The new SWISSCO member has over 100 years of experience in strengthening children's rights. Save the Children will support efforts in the cocoa sector to combat child labour and improve the prospects of young people.
A study co-financed by SECO estimates the income required for coffee and cocoa farmers in Peru to afford a decent standard of living (living income). The results highlight the contrast between the so-called “Living Income Benchmark” and the poverty line defined by the Peruvian government, shedding light on the challenges faced by farming communities.
The Cavally landscape project in Ivory Coast, which is also funded by SECO under the SWISSCO Landscape Program, entered in its second phase. This project that will help protect the Cavally rainforest is a public-private partnership, involving stakeholders from the industry, state, and NGO. Gerome Tokpa is Senior Manager and Country Head of the NGO Earthworm Foundation. In this interview he talks about the importance of holistic approaches and which best practices are needed to protect rainforests in emerging countries.
SWISSCO welcomes a new member: Africao. Find out in the interview how the cocoa trader aims to contribute to SWISSCO's sustainability goals through responsible sourcing, certifications, farmer support, and enhanced supply chain traceability.
Deforestation has detrimental effects on people's livelihoods, climate change, and biodiversity. The Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa, the Soy and Palm Oil Networks and the Coffee Interest Group hosted stakeholders from the industry, NGO, research, and government sector on Gurten (Bern), to identify key areas of action to address the pressing issue of deforestation.
2022 marked a year of growth in the share of sustainably sourced cocoa as well as in the membership numbers, the first project phase co-financed by SECO was concluded and a new financing facility, prominently featuring landscape projects, was kicked-off and the collaboration with the ISCOs was taken to a next level with the introduction of ISCO Working Groups.
What a remarkable day we had at the 5th Annual General Assembly of SWISSCO on May 25, 2023, where we released our annual report, highlighting our achievements, challenges, and future plans.
As an investment advisory company, Clarmondial designs and implements funding solutions for sustainable value chains and landscapes.
Oro de Cacao is a young Swiss chocolate manufacturing company that produces chocolate and cocoa products since 2017 with a revolutionary manufacturing process. By using a cold extraction process, it achieves to create a unique and natural taste.