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This page gives you an overview of certification costs for farmers and companies.... Continue Reading

We finance our work and sustainability programs through diverse sources of income.... Continue Reading

Both share similar missions and goals but differ in focus and approach.... Continue Reading

This Q&A has been developed to provide guidance to certificate holders and certification bodies with regards to the Measures to Strengthen the Cocoa Sector.... Continue Reading

We introduced even stricter requirements for the use of our new seal.... Continue Reading

There are multiple ways to source certified ingredients for consumer products. When companies keep the ingredients purchased from a certified farm physically separated from non-certified ingredients throughout the whole supply chain, we call it a "segregated model" of sourcing. When companies opt for "mass balance" sourcing, the certified and non-certified ingredients are mixed together somewhere in transit or production of the end product.

While both segregated and mass balance models have their...... Continue Reading