Post by account_disabled on Mar 16, 2024 3:31:35 GMT
Hershey says it is on track to source at least percent of its total global cocoa purchases from certified sources in .
The company also has set benchmarks for reaching percent certified by as part of its st Century Cocoa Plan. Hershey suppliers work with Fair Trade USA, UTZ Certified CG Leads and Rainforest Alliance to verify that cocoa is grown in line with the highest internationally recognized standards for labor, environment and better farming practices, the company says. As Hershey’s buying volume increases, the company says it will work with other well-established certification organizations to expand its capacity to certify more cocoa farmers globally.
Hershey has committed to scaling its certified cocoa purchases at the following rate:
At least percent by the end of .
Forty to percent by the end of .
One hundred percent by .
Hershey first announced its percent third-party certified cocoa commitment last October. At the time, it did not say what certification program it would use or set benchmarks toward reaching its goal.
As of the end of , certified cocoa accounts for less than percent of the world’s cocoa supply, according to Hershey.
The Hershey st Century Cocoa Plan also includes accelerating and expanding its CocoaLink mobile phone program, which the company launched in in Ghana with the Ghana Cocoa Board and the World Cocoa Foundation. In , the program will expand into Cote d’Ivoire, a major cocoa-producing country.
CocoaLink uses mobile technology to deliver agricultural and social training to rural cocoa farmers at no cost. Today, more than nine in Ghanaian cocoa farmers have access to a mobile phone. Since launching in Ghana in July , CocoaLink has registered more than , cocoa farmers — about percent are women — in communities across Ghana’s cocoa growing sector.
The Hershey Learn To Grow farmer and family development center, launched in in Assin Fosu in Ghana’s central cocoa region, will also play an important role in Hershey’s overall sustainable cocoa plans, the company says. The center, created in partnership with Source Trust, a nonprofit organization that helps farmers improve their livelihoods through better crop yields and quality, will provide Hershey with verified cocoa that can be traced back to the individual farm level.
Hershey Learn To Grow and participating community-based farmer organizations will help improve the living standards of , cocoa farm families through good agricultural, environmental, social and business practices training; access to improved planting material; and finance for farm inputs with the goal to double productivity yield and farm income over four years, the company says. More than percent of farm family income in this region comes from cocoa.
The company also has set benchmarks for reaching percent certified by as part of its st Century Cocoa Plan. Hershey suppliers work with Fair Trade USA, UTZ Certified CG Leads and Rainforest Alliance to verify that cocoa is grown in line with the highest internationally recognized standards for labor, environment and better farming practices, the company says. As Hershey’s buying volume increases, the company says it will work with other well-established certification organizations to expand its capacity to certify more cocoa farmers globally.
Hershey has committed to scaling its certified cocoa purchases at the following rate:
At least percent by the end of .
Forty to percent by the end of .
One hundred percent by .
Hershey first announced its percent third-party certified cocoa commitment last October. At the time, it did not say what certification program it would use or set benchmarks toward reaching its goal.
As of the end of , certified cocoa accounts for less than percent of the world’s cocoa supply, according to Hershey.
The Hershey st Century Cocoa Plan also includes accelerating and expanding its CocoaLink mobile phone program, which the company launched in in Ghana with the Ghana Cocoa Board and the World Cocoa Foundation. In , the program will expand into Cote d’Ivoire, a major cocoa-producing country.
CocoaLink uses mobile technology to deliver agricultural and social training to rural cocoa farmers at no cost. Today, more than nine in Ghanaian cocoa farmers have access to a mobile phone. Since launching in Ghana in July , CocoaLink has registered more than , cocoa farmers — about percent are women — in communities across Ghana’s cocoa growing sector.
The Hershey Learn To Grow farmer and family development center, launched in in Assin Fosu in Ghana’s central cocoa region, will also play an important role in Hershey’s overall sustainable cocoa plans, the company says. The center, created in partnership with Source Trust, a nonprofit organization that helps farmers improve their livelihoods through better crop yields and quality, will provide Hershey with verified cocoa that can be traced back to the individual farm level.
Hershey Learn To Grow and participating community-based farmer organizations will help improve the living standards of , cocoa farm families through good agricultural, environmental, social and business practices training; access to improved planting material; and finance for farm inputs with the goal to double productivity yield and farm income over four years, the company says. More than percent of farm family income in this region comes from cocoa.
