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Together with the French Development Agency AFD, Barry Callebaut executed a study to benchmark cocoa farmer poverty in Côte d’Ivoire. The results show that much work remains to be done to support cocoa farmer income.

By 2025, 75% of the global workforce will comprise of millennials. Today, we hear from three of our employees who recently attended one of the biggest international events, One Young World, an annual summit that brings together millennials from around the globe.

In the wake of the climate discussions in Bonn, the leading cocoa and chocolate companies signed together with the Ivorian and Ghanaian governments the Frameworks for Action of the Cocoa and Forest Initiative on 16

Our CEO, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, addressed 1,300 delegates at the recent One Young World 2017 Summit in Bogota/Columbia. Find following his speech on why companies are playing a key role in poverty alleviation.

Great recognition for Barry Callebaut’s Forever Chocolate strategy. Forever Chocolate was shortlisted in the category Sustainable Business Communication of the Year of the Responsible Business Awards.

At Barry Callebaut it is our mission to give diverse suppliers equal access to potential business opportunities. We aim to build a world-class supply base that is reflective of the markets we serve. This is why we are starting a supplier diversity program in the United States, one of our biggest markets.

Barry Callebaut as a founding partner helped to launch MassChallenge Switzerland, a non-profit startup accelerator. Now it's the time to apply for the new wave of MassChallenge Switzerland 2017 and pursue your innovative ideas with the support of the most startup friendly accelerator on the planet!

Fons Maex is the son of a coal miner. Today he is the CEO of Kim’s Chocolates, one of the biggest chocolate producers in Belgium. This is the story about how Kim’s Chocolates is bringing education to 65,000 children in Tanzania – a tribute to Fons’s parents.