Charity calls for ‘Big Chocolate’ to pay more to Ghana’s cocoa farmers after it revealed that their net incomes have fallen on average by 16% since 2020, with women’s incomes falling by nearly 22%.
Charity calls for ‘Big Chocolate’ to pay more to Ghana’s cocoa farmers after it revealed that their net incomes have fallen on average by 16% since 2020, with women’s incomes falling by nearly 22%.
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Press release | May 18, 2021
Kilchberg, May 18, 2021 - Lindt & Sprüngli has reached an important milestone with its own Farming Program for a transparent and sustainable cocoa bean supply chain: 100% of cocoa beans are traceable back to the farmers and externally verified.
Sustainably sourced and high-quality cocoa beans are at the heart of Lindt & Sprüngli chocolates. With the 2020 harvest season, 100% of the cocoa beans are traceable back to the farmers and the Program is verified by an independent third party. Traceability is the prerequisite for a targeted improvement of the cultivation and living conditions of farmers in our own supply chain. Lindt & Sprüngli developed its own sustainability program for cocoa beans already in 2008, the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program. The initiative was launched in Ghana and is now established in all five countries from which Lindt & Sprüngli sources cocoa beans. The Program promotes the ecological and socially responsible