Sustainable Cocoa Programme
The European Union is the world’s largest importer of cocoa. In Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon, cocoa farming is the main source of livelihoods for six to seven million farmers and contributes indirectly to the livelihoods of a further 40 to 50 million people. A large proportion of cocoa farmers in these countries live below the poverty line.
EFI works to support the EU Flagship Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa. The Initiative promotes sustainable production that covers the three pillars of sustainable development: economic, environmental and social.
In Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon the initiative aims to provide a ‘living income’ for farmers, contribute to national public revenues, end environmental degradation and deforestation, and protect labour rights.
To support the EU’s efforts on sustainable cocoa, we focus our contribution on:
- Enhancing a shared understanding between key public and private stakeholders about defining and measuring progress towards cocoa sustainability, in support of the EU policy dialogue with Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Cameroon
- Demonstrating the feasibility and potential of cocoa supply-chain traceability and transparency to incentivise progress and market confidence
Watch the video in French: Le règlement européen sur la déforestation et la filière cacao
Watch the video in Spanish: El reglamento europeo sobre la deforestación y el sector del cacao
Resources
Presentations
- Traçabilité, transparence et durabilité dans la filière cacao au Cameroun
- Traceability, transparency and sustainability in the cocoa sector in Cameroon
Reports
- Traçabilité, transparence et durabilité dans la filière cacao au Cameroun
- Traceability, transparency and sustainability in the cocoa sector in Cameroon
- Traceability and transparency of cocoa supply chains in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
- Sustainability initiatives in Ivorian and Ghanaian cocoa supply chains: benchmarking and analysis
Factsheets
- Unpacking the EU Deforestation Regulation for the cocoa sector
- Le règlement européen sur la déforestation et la filière cacao
- El reglamento europeo sobre la deforestación y el sector del cacao
- Le RDUE et la filière cacao en Côte d'Ivoire
- Unpacking the EUDR for the cocoa sector in Côte d'Ivoire
- Unpacking the EUDR for the cocoa sector in Ghana
- Le RDUE et la filière cacao au Cameroun
- Unpacking the EUDR for the cocoa sector in Cameroon
Cocoa Insights
- Preparedness check of Côte d’Ivoire for the EU Deforestation Regulation
- État d’avancement de la Côte d'Ivoire dans la préparation au RDUE
- Preparedness check of Cameroon for the EU Deforestation Regulation
- État d’avancement du Cameroun dans la préparation au RDUE
- Preparedness check of Ghana for the EU Deforestation Regulation
- Ensuring legal compliance of cocoa production and trade
- Attester de la légalité de la production et du commerce du cacao
- Demostrar la legalidad de la producción y el comercio del cacao
- The role of spatial information for EUDR due diligence
- Le rôle de l’information spatiale dans le cadre de la diligence raisonnée du RDUE
- El papel de la información espacial para la diligencia debida del EUDR
This web page has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
