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In this interview, Angela Gubser, Managing Director, Ecuador describes how Cocoa Horizons has been successfully introduced to the world’s third largest producer of cocoa.

Barry Callebaut laid the foundation for future growth of the cocoa value chain in Ecuador in a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art, cocoa facility in Durán.

By publicly sharing the geographic location of the cooperatives and districts we source from we are contributing to transparency and traceability in our cocoa supply chain.

Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate has been ranked by Sustainalytics as the #2 sustainability strategy, out of 182 assessed companies in the packaged food industry.

As part of our Forever Chocolate commitments, we aim to be carbon and forest positive by 2025. Working with Quantis, we have developed an innovative assessment which will help us and our customers link forest protection activities with carbon reduction goals.

The largest industrial chocolate factory in Singapore has added a 4th chocolate line that will boost the volume of chocolate for the Asia Pacific market. That’s more chocolate for all as this factory in Singapore keeps the industry growing, bringing good news to our customers in the region.

Africa is the largest cocoa producing region in the world. So how has Barry Callebaut managed business continuity during COVID-19? We ask Jo Thys, Vice President Cocoa Africa, to explain the priorities, unique challenges and efforts to ensure ‘business as usual’ operations during this time.

In late 2019, we followed Deborah Osei Mensah as she traveled to Ecuador to learn different farming techniques and her vision for a rehabilitated, diverse and professionally run cocoa farm. We caught up with Deborah to hear more about her story to become a farmer and how COVID-19 has impacted her.

The COVID-19 pandemic is driving heightened consumer interest in sustainability. Let’s take a peek at the Japanese consumer's interest in food sustainability – and why we think sustainability is the future of the Japanese chocolate market.

Barry Callebaut and Unilever join forces to respond to COVID-19 with the donation and distribution of 10’000 pieces of soap to cocoa farming communities in Côte d'Ivoire.

Brazil is an example of how we are committed to supporting the livelihoods of cocoa farmers by continuing to purchase, deliver and process cocoa whilst practicing social distancing and hygiene practices.

As a leader and trusted partner in the global food Supply Chain, Barry Callebaut plays a critical social role in continuing to produce food products during these challenging times.

The Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI) is the commitment made by the world’s largest cocoa producing countries - Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, civil society and leading chocolate companies to end deforestation and restore forests. Today, we release our CFI Progress Report 2019.

Ghana: a cook stove might not seem the obvious tool for change to address health and deforestation issues. But ‘clean cooking’ is an important piece of the puzzle to protect forests, reduce harmful smoke emissions and improve women’s empowerment.

In 2016 we launched Forever Chocolate, our plan to make sustainable chocolate the norm by 2025.

Barry Callebaut has succeeded in fiscal year 2018/19 to reduce its carbon footprint by -6.7 %, from 9.10 million tonnes to 8.49 million tonnes, despite increased production. The Group's carbon reduction strategy was validated a Science Based Target.