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WCF PM 2024: Chocolate Cordillera joins call for cocoa sector to 'align for global action'

At the end of 2023, Colombian sustainable brand Chocolate Cordillera announced that 106 female cocoa farmers from Urabá Antioquia had completed the first module of its ATENEA sustainability program, giving some the confidence to become fully independent and start their own businesses. Alejandra Sarasty, Chief Global B2B Officer at Colombia’s Compañia Nacional de Chocolates (owners of Chocolate Cordillera), explains the significance of the milestone for the women directly involved and the cocoa sector in general. ....

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How female cocoa farmers can benefit from the new EU Deforestation Regulations

The Women in Cocoa & Chocolate Network (WINCC) has announced an especially convened online session with Colombia’s Cordillera Chocolate to explore how the upcoming EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) could provide opportunities for women empowerment in the sector. ....

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'A higher purpose' - Cordillera Chocolates launches new sustainability initiative for female cocoa farmers in Colombia

The importance to the cocoa sector of female farmers has been increasingly recognised in the past decade with the introduction of specific support for female-led Fairtrade cooperatives in West Africa, along with initiatives from other actors in different regions of the cocoa-growing world. Last month ConfectioneryNews attended the launch of 'ATENEA' a new and ambitious programme to support the long-term transformation of female cocoa farmers in Colombia. ....

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