The Rainforest Alliance’s Africa Cocoa Fund (ACF) is a three-year, $5 million fund to support cocoa farmers and help preserve the local landscapes in West and Central Africa. [Read more...]
Organizational Updates
Moving the Strengthened Cocoa Assurance Plan to Phase 3
Phase 3 of our Cocoa Assurance Plan invites new groups from West Africa to become certified, provides an updated policy for farm and supply chain certification, and further addresses farm encroachment in protected areas and deforestation. [Read more...]
Using LandScale to Power Broadscale Sustainability in Mexico’s Key Coffee Region
Landscale is a tool to help your company assess and communicate sustainability impact at landscape scale. A pilot with Olam International and the Rainforest Alliance in Mexico shows how companies can apply and benefit from Landscale’s framework for assessment, verification, and reporting. [Read more...]
We are proud to introduce our new Rainforest Alliance certification seal. The new seal is a bold mark for change, helping consumers make choices that are better for them, for people, and for nature. Learn more >
Featured Upcoming Events
Webinar: Shared Responsibility in Cocoa – Sustainability Differential & Investments
Join us to learn about the Sustainability Differential (SD) and Sustainability Investments (SI) Guidance and how Shared Responsibility will be implemented in the cocoa sector as part of the 2020
Webinar: Shared Responsibility in Cocoa – Sustainability Differential & Investments
Join us to learn about the Sustainability Differential (SD) and Sustainability Investments (SI) Guidance and how Shared Responsibility will be implemented in the cocoa sector as part of the 2020
Thrive Together Speaker Series: Regenerative Agriculture | Indigenous Roots & Transformative Futures
Please join us as we host a conversation with between chef Dan Barber and coffee agroforestry leader Eko Purnomowidi. We will be deep diving into the importance of regenerative agriculture and
SIRHA
Thierry Touchais will be attending.
Salon du Chocolat
Thierry Touchais will be attending.
#FoodWaste: Amount thrown away totals 900 million tonnes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-56271385
Food Waste Index revealed that 17% of the food available to consumers - in shops, households and restaurants - goes directly into the bin.
@FoodSystems @davidnabarro @TheVikasKhanna @ActorMadhavan
It is our joint responsibility to ensure that what begun as a health crisis does not transform into a food crisis.
https://www.ifad.org/en/web/latest/blog/asset/42474488