Archives for February 24, 2020

CONACADO cocoa cooperative: 'This could destroy businesses like ours'

EU organic regulation could damage small-scale Latin American farmers, warns Fairtrade International

The European Union’s proposed organic regulation will break up organic, Fairtrade, and small-scale farmers’ cooperatives, meaning they will struggle to survive in the global market, says Fairtrade International.

Warning labels set to enter into force in Uruguay: Is your product compliant?

Uruguay’s front-of-pack warning labels enter into force next month (March 1). We look at which products must comply and which are exempt.

Marfrig hits record-high revenue and earnings in Q4 2019

Marfrig Global Foods finished 2019 with record returns, posting R$14.2 billion in fourth quarter revenue, a 23.5% increase year-on-year. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was R$1.6 billion, up 70.2% from the same period last year.

Sustainability

Fairtrade Fortnight launches with fresh report on exploitation experienced by women cocoa farmers

New data shows women could be struggling on just 23p (29c) a day, well below the extreme poverty line of £1.40 ($1.81) and organisation calls on government and chocolate companies to join the Alliance on Living Incomes in Cocoa, a new international...