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German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa

Our Goals: To improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers, protect natural resources and biodiversity and increase the cultivation and marketing of cocoa certified to sustainability standards.

Our 12 individual goals

Kakaofrüchte und Pflanzen

Monitoring

Our monitoring: Since 2021, the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa has been monitoring the contribution of its members to achieving the common goals.

Since 2022, participation in monitoring has been mandatory for all GISCO members.

Monitoring the results

PRO-PLANTEURS

Our member project: Our aim is to improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers and their families, to conserve and protect natural resources and biodiversity in cocoa-growing countries, and to increase the cultivation and marketing of cocoa certified to sustainability standards.

Goals, impacts and partners

25.06.2024

German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) elects Aldo Cristiano as the new Chairman

25.06.2024 - The Board of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) has elected Aldo Cristiano as the new Chairman. Evelyn Bahn...
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15.05.2024

Board election of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa

The members of GISCO elected new Board members at the 2024 General Meeting.The Board of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa consists...
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08.03.2024

International Women’s Day 2024: The successes of the Animatrices Rurales

International Women's Day 2024: The successes of the Animatrices RuralesGISCO is celebrating International Women's Day, a global day that...
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Information about the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO) and its work

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A selection of images from cocao cultivation and the PRO-PLANTEURS project

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25 Jul.

AG PRO-PLANTEURS

10:00 - 11:00
@Online
Dieses Event findet in regelmäßigen Abständen statt
10 Sep.

Online-Seminar “Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) for Retailers” von ICI

10:00 - 11:30
@Online
Externes Event, keine Registrierung über die Webseite des Kakaoforums. External Event, no registration via the GISCO website.
12 Sep.

World Confectionery Conference 2024

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@Brussels, Belgium
Die internationale Confectionery Confrence und Austellung bringt globale Akteure der Süßigkeiten, Snacks und Backwaren Märkte während der...
12 Sep.

ISCO Working Group Monitoring

11:00 - 13:00
@Online
Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...
24 Sep.

Online-Seminar September

14:00 - 16:00
@Online
Thema folgt hier in Kürze.
30 Sep.

Digitalkonferenz zur Unternehmerischen Nachhaltigkeit

13:00 - 18:00
@Online
Zertifizierte Nachhaltigkeit als Chance - der ZNU-Standard Nachhaltiger Wirtschaften 2024 "Die nachhaltige Transformation in Wirtschaft und...
01 Oct.

AG Nachhaltigkeit

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@Bonn
16 Oct.

AG Kommunikation

10:00 - 11:30
@Online
17 Oct.

ISCO Working Group Child Labour

14:00 - 15:30
@Online
Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...
31 Oct.

ISCO Working Group Living Income

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@Online
Die nationalen Initiativen für nachhaltigen Kakao in Europa (ISCOs) haben fünf Arbeitsgruppen gebildet, die die gemeinsamen...
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Video messages from Côte d'Ivoire

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the German Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa (GISCO), cocoa farmers involved in the PRO-PLANTEURS project report on the progress they have made since the start of the project.

 

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Our Project PRO-PLANTEURS: Learn more about the role of women in the cocoa sector, how cocoa is produced and how trainings help farmers to professionalise in sustainable cocoa farming.

PRO-PLANTEURS

The aim of PRO-PLANTEURS is to professionalise 30,000 cocoa-producing farms and their organisations in the south of Côte d'Ivoire in order to improve the living conditions of the families through an increase in income and a balanced diet.

Mamadou Zie Bamba, director of one of the cooperatives of the project, confirms the success. Through training, the entire management and in particular the accounting of his organisation could be significantly improved.

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