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WCF’s Traceability Strategy creates a shared, interoperable framework for cocoa traceability, supporting EUDR compliance, national system alignment and credible, verifiable data across the cocoa value chain.
WCF’s Deforestation Risk Assessment Methodology provides a science-based, standardised approach to assess deforestation risk in cocoa supply chains, supporting EUDR compliance through robust data, traceability and sector-wide alignment.
In Liberia’s Grand Gedeh county, deforestation for cocoa has soared since 2020, pushing the region’s cocoa trade into an uncertain future. The EU is Liberia’s biggest cocoa customer, but is set to implement the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), which bans the import of forest products, including cocoa, made on land deforested after Dec. 31, 2020, […]
Rachel is leading a set of global sustainability initiatives at the ALDI SOUTH Group, with a focus on sustainable cocoa and coffee, as well as compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). She oversees cross-functional teams working at the complex intersection of systemic change in high-impact supply chains and regulatory compliance, building credible and scalable solutions that address both environmental and social risks. She holds a master’s degree in international political economy from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Loyola University Chicago. Originally from the United States, she currently lives in Salzburg, Austria with her husband and two children.
Director, EMA Centre of Excellence Sustainable Supply Chains & Human Rights, KPMG Brigitte Campfens is a Director at KPMG’s sustainability practice, co-leads KPMG’s EMA Centre of Excellence Sustainable Supply Chains & Human Rights. She brings over 20 years of experience in the food & retail sector in various roles and 15+ years of experience in sustainability projects related to international agricultural supply chains with a large footprint in the cocoa sector. Her notable experience leading cross-functional projects, often with a digital component and on a global scale. Within KPMG she is the solution lead for value chain transformation and global lead on CSDDD/EUDR proposition. She leads advisory projects and impact evaluations in a multi-stakeholder context for the public and private sector as well as cross functional projects. Before joining KPMG Brigitte worked at UTZ Certified, responsible for partnerships with leading coffee, tea and cocoa companies, global retailers and tr
Nicolas was appointed in July 2022 to VP Sustainability & Farming. Since January 2024, Nicolas is VP ESG, Sustainability and Traceability, leading the whole sustainability agenda of Barry Callebaut, including Forever Chocolate. ESG focus includes overarching responsibility over ESG regulations such as EUDR or CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive). Nicolas is also a member of the Executive Leadership team. Nicolas brings more than 15 years of experience in sustainable food value chains. After 3 years as financial auditor for Ernst & Young, he joined the leading Fairtrade and organic French brand Alter Eco in 2005 where he started as Producer Support Manager and became then the Chief Financial Officer in 2007 and the Chief Executive officer from 2008 to 2012. Alter Eco sells organic and Fairtrade food products such as chocolate, coffee, tea, rice or fruit juice in the main French supermarkets. In 2013, he joined the UK based coffee and cocoa organization Twin/Twin Tr
The European Union introduced its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a strict traceability and due diligence framework and has now proposed a delay to its implementation.
The World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) today announced the launch of a comprehensive deforestation risk assessment methodology for WCF members to use.
Tracer, a free mobile application by Plant-for-the-Planet, has been launched to help smallholders meet EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) compliance requirements for accessing the European market. The law, which enters into force in less than a year, demands entities importing commodities onto the EU market to prove that they are deforestation-free. Climate and environmental advocacy groups […] The post Free App to Make Smallholders EUDR Compliant appeared first on Cocoa Post.
Civil society organisations and farmer groups are calling on European lawmakers to ensure the right to a living income and fair purchasing practices are enshrined in the Union’s due diligence regulation (EUDR). The advocacy group says it welcomes the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) as included in the position of the European […] The post Living Income Must Be Included In EU Sustainability Directive appeared first on Cocoa Post.