Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain

This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the value chain...

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Main Authors: Kroeger, Alan, Bakhtary, Haseebullah, Haupt, Franziska, Streck, Charlotte
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331521494223211604/Eliminating-deforestation-from-the-Cocoa-supply-chain
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spelling okr-10986-265492021-05-25T08:59:57Z Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain Kroeger, Alan Bakhtary, Haseebullah Haupt, Franziska Streck, Charlotte COCOA DEFORESTATION SUPPLY CHAIN This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the value chain by looking at commitment types, implementation, and the enabling environment. These findings are compared with lessons from palm oil since it has the most similarities to cocoa due to its large contingent of smallholder producers and limitations that exacerbate deforestation. Finally, a vision for zero-deforestation cocoa with key principles and strategies is described. This work is meant to inform industry, governments, and development partners to be effective actors in a zero-deforestation cocoa future. 2017-05-09T16:13:00Z 2017-05-09T16:13:00Z 2017-03 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331521494223211604/Eliminating-deforestation-from-the-Cocoa-supply-chain http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26549 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic COCOA
DEFORESTATION
SUPPLY CHAIN
spellingShingle COCOA
DEFORESTATION
SUPPLY CHAIN
Kroeger, Alan
Bakhtary, Haseebullah
Haupt, Franziska
Streck, Charlotte
Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
description This report examines the cocoa supply chain, its associated deforestation, and the role and limitations of certification schemes to reduce deforestation. The deforestation-related commitments from cocoa companies are analyzed across the value chain by looking at commitment types, implementation, and the enabling environment. These findings are compared with lessons from palm oil since it has the most similarities to cocoa due to its large contingent of smallholder producers and limitations that exacerbate deforestation. Finally, a vision for zero-deforestation cocoa with key principles and strategies is described. This work is meant to inform industry, governments, and development partners to be effective actors in a zero-deforestation cocoa future.
format Working Paper
author Kroeger, Alan
Bakhtary, Haseebullah
Haupt, Franziska
Streck, Charlotte
author_facet Kroeger, Alan
Bakhtary, Haseebullah
Haupt, Franziska
Streck, Charlotte
author_sort Kroeger, Alan
title Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
title_short Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
title_full Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
title_fullStr Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
title_full_unstemmed Eliminating Deforestation from the Cocoa Supply Chain
title_sort eliminating deforestation from the cocoa supply chain
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331521494223211604/Eliminating-deforestation-from-the-Cocoa-supply-chain
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