Cocoa Industry Announces Cooperative Initiative to End Deforestation - Seite 4

"Cargill is committed to ending deforestation across our supply chains and is working with partners and governments to build a thriving cocoa sector. In collaboration with World Resources Institute, we have conducted a baseline risk assessment, assessing over 2.3 million hectares with GPS technology to prioritize interventions and advance sustainable landscape approaches to mitigate deforestation and protect biodiversity." -- Harold Poelma, President, Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate

"Protecting the environment is a key pillar of our sustainable strategy at CEMOI. We aim at avoiding deforestation, preserving biodiversity, and promoting a respectful culture of cocoa with the farmers." -- Patrick Poirrier, Chief Executive Officer, CEMOI

"The ECOM Group is committed to working with farmers across its supply chains to assess deforestation risk and ensure that farmers that we work with can achieve viable livelihoods without any need for encroaching on forests."  -- Alain Poncelet, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Cocoa and Coffee, ECOM Group

"Ferrero believes that global challenges such as deforestation need collective commitments. Beginning in September 2014, Ferrero subscribed to the New York Declaration on Forests during the Climate Summit. Today, through this statement of collective intent to end deforestation and forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, we are adding another milestone to our commitment to end deforestation in our key supply chains." -- Aldo Uva, Chief Officer Operating Supply and Strategic Business Platforms, Ferrero

"Cocoa is highly susceptible to climate change, with increases in temperature and reduced rainfall putting this critical input to chocolate at risk. The pre-competitive initiative we are announcing today, in partnership with industry, governments, NGOs, farmers and other stakeholders is one of the best opportunities to achieve our goal of ending deforestation and counteracting the effects of it in the cocoa supply chain."  -- Michele Buck, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hershey Company

"At Mars, we are fully committed to creating a sustainable cocoa supply chain and deforestation continues to be a significant threat. Industry, NGOs along with governments have a role to play and we are determined that this initiative will be the first of many industry efforts to address this crucial issue." -- Blas Maquivar, President Chocolate UK & Global Retail, Mars Chocolate