News from ICI
- Lindt & Sprüngli joins ICI12 March 2024Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli will join ICI as of April 1, 2024, with a view to exchanging best practice and learning with the organisation and its members in order to further strengthen its approaches to address child labour. “Our commitment to contributing to a more sustainable tomorrow is a key element driving the company’s actions and ambitions. Cocoa is our most important raw material. That’s why we launched our own program in 2008: the Lindt & Sprüngli Farming Program,” explained Leonie Brühlmann, Head of Sustainability at Lindt & Sprüngli. “We’re currently developing our 2030Read more
- Investing in women to tackle child labour4 March 2024Investing in women is key to accelerating progress in the fight against child labour in cocoa-growing communities in West Africa. Women’s empowerment helps address some of the root causes of childRead more
- ICI helps raise awareness for the Government’s “Helpline of Hope” call centre19 February 2024ICI in collaboration with the Social Protection Directorate of the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) early February launched awareness-raising campaigns in four districtsRead more
- Investing in children’s education in cocoa-growing communities24 January 2024Education plays an essential role in tackling child labour, with research indicating that communities with improved access to quality education experience lower rates of child labour. This is why theRead more
- Man: CNS and Hershey build modern school infrastructure in Drissapé, Côte d’Ivoire24 January 2024A new public primary school stands at the entrance to the village of Drissapé and is now the pride and joy of this hard-to-reach cocoa-growing community of 1412 people located 68km (48 km of which isRead more
- Community Facilitators: A role for women to stand out15 December 2023Previously largely male-dominated, the position of Community Facilitator is increasingly occupied by women, and they've won everyone's admiration. "Women are determined to achieve their goals and areRead more
- Empowering communities, protecting rights: ICI’s commitment to Human Rights in Cocoa growing communities11 December 2023At the International Cocoa Initiative, we recognize the essential relationship between human rights and sustainable cocoa. We work to ensure responsible labour in the cocoa supply chain, where theRead more