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Eric Marx, (Oct 29, 2018)
Eric Marx looks at how initiatives such as AFR100 and the Cocoa & Forests Initiative in Ghana and Côte D’Ivoire are tackling land tenure issues, food insecurity and poverty to try to stop rampant deforestation
Richard Hardyment, (Sep 19, 2018)
Ethical sourcing is too focused on tick-box standards and abstract audits. Instead they should be about creating secure jobs and ensuring dignity at work, writes Richard Hardyment
Terry Slavin, (Feb 27, 2018)
Co-op and Waitrose help boost revenues as Fairtrade Fortnight begins with focus on living wage for banana farmers
Mike Scott, (Sep 19, 2017)
As brands and retailers begin to abandon the 25-year-old ethical trading scheme we look at what went wrong, and whether in-house programmes will offer a worse or better deal for farmers and the planet
Mark Hillsdon, (Jul 26, 2017)
The cocoa industry has been highly fragmented in its approach to moving Africa’s smallholder farmers to sustainable production. A new industry-wide initiative hopes to change that
Terry Slavin, (Mar 17, 2017)
Nestlé, Mondelēz, Mars, Olam among dozen companies that sign a landmark agreement to plot a sustainability roadmap for the industry
Jeni Bauser Yaghoubi, (Jul 16, 2014)
Apple chemicals, action on cocoa and conflict in the extractive sector
Nadine Hawa, (Feb 10, 2014)
Greenpeace challenges palm oil producers, the e-waste problem in China and the UN climate fund finds a home, at last