UK: Studies claim 45% of Ivory Coast cocoa crops cannot be traced to buyers

Published 2023년 2월 6일

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A recent study by IOP Publishing has revealed significant issues with the transparency and traceability of cocoa supply chains in Ivory Coast, with 95% of cocoa unable to be traced back to the original buyer. The research highlights the sector's contribution to deforestation due to weak land use regulations and the loss of 80% of Ivory Coast's forested areas over the past 60 years, with cocoa responsible for nearly half of this deforestation. Despite efforts by the Cocoa and Forests Initiative and chocolate companies to improve sustainability, the study notes that these initiatives have had limited success due to a lack of supply chain records. The upcoming EU due-diligence legislation aims to address these issues by placing responsibility on importers to ensure environmental and human rights considerations, but the study calls for more robust measures to enforce land use policies and achieve sustainability in the cocoa supply chain.

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Sector concerns have been raised in the wake of a new industry study on transparency and traceability of cocoa supply chains in Ivory Coast, revealing that 45% of crops cannot be tracked back to the original buyer, writes Neill Barston. The research from IOP Publishing, part of the Institute of Physics, reportedly found that the remaining 55% of cocoa in the country cannot be tracked either, as it is reportedly indirectly sourced by traders from intermediaries or exported by groups that disclose no information about their sourcing. According to the science-group’s findings, while revenue from the industry is responsible for around a third of export income, the sector is also said to be driving deforestation due to ‘weak enforcement of land use regulations’. Furthermore, the IOP noted that the Ivory Coast had lost 80% of its forested areas over the past 60 year, with its latest study showing that between 2000-2019 almost half of the deforestation and forest degradation in the ...

Source: Confectioneryproduction