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A wide range of labels for ‘fair and sustainable’ chocolate
Quality labels, QR codes, frogs, flowers, golden cocoa pods: if you turn over a bar of chocolate today, you’ll discover a whole little universe dedicated to sustainability. Never before have there been so many labels and…
The Good Chocolate Hub on the road in Indonesia
At the beginning of June, we went on a project trip to Indonesia to visit the Menyapa Lesan Cacao Initiative in East Borneo and our local project partners. Our journey took us first to Bali, then…
Documentary: Reclaiming Cocoa
Philippe Stalder’s documentary film ‘Reclaiming Cocoa’ offers an in-depth investigative look at the complex and often problematic cocoa value chain between Ghana and Switzerland.
Good Chocolate Hub at EuroBean Chemnitz – honest chocolate, enlightenment and the legacy of Karl Marx
Chemnitz – the city best known to many for its huge Karl Marx monument. ‘Nischel’, as the people of Chemnitz affectionately call it, still towers solemnly over the square. Just nearby, in the impressive Industrial Museum,…
Swiss chocolate and the invention of a national identity
Hardly any other product symbolises Switzerland internationally as much as chocolate. The image of green Alps, happy cows and technical innovation symbolises quality and purity – and yet it is a carefully constructed narrative. So what…
Cocoa Cartel versus Chocolate Cartel
In Switzerland, Germany, and Austria, chocolate has become significantly more expensive – and further price increases are on the horizon. But how many francs and euros of this increase actually reach cocoa farming families? Behind the…