Cocoa traceability stagnates in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire amid new EU regulations
A recent UN-backed report has revealed that the volume of fully traceable cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana remained unchanged last year, raising concerns about how these top cocoa-producing nations will comply with the upcoming EU law banning the import of commodities linked to deforestation. Starting next year, the European Union's new regulation will require importers to prove that their commodities, such as cocoa, were not grown on deforested land. This will include tracing the supply chains down to the specific plots where raw materials were cultivated. The Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI) report found that 83% of directly sourced...
