CocoaRadar can reveal that the initiative comes as environmental groups intensify scrutiny of the company’s broader sustainability practices and supply-chain transparency.
The landscape-level effort, part of Proforest Africa’s Production Landscape Programme, involves Mondelēz International working with fellow cocoa sector players Barry Callebaut and Sainsbury’s, alongside existing donors such as the Walmart Foundation. The partners aim to bolster governance, restore degraded forest reserves, increase tree cover on cocoa farms, and support farmer understanding of compliance with the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) over the next three years.
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“This funding marks a significant step toward achieving a deforestation-free and climate-resilient cocoa landscape in Asunafo-Asutifi,” said Augustus Asamoah, Principal Project Manager at Proforest Africa.