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Proforest at the WCF Partnership Meeting: Collective Action in the Face of Climate Urgency
In Amsterdam, key actors from the cocoa sector gathered at the latest WCF Partnership Meeting, organised by the World Cocoa Foundation, to address one of the most complex challenges of our time: how to turn climate and regulatory...
25 February 2026 News
Giving workers a voice: Using digital technology to tackle labour risks in cocoa and oil palm supply chains
The project empowered farmers and workers to speak up without fear of retaliation, leading to the resolution of over 60% of reported cases related to labour rights, health and safety concerns.
21 August 2025 News
Proforest’s Abraham Baffoe joins World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Forest Economy
We are proud to announce that Abraham has been appointed as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council (GFC) on Forest Economy for the 2025-2026 term. This prestigious appointment places Abraham among a select...
17 July 2025 News
Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative 9th Regional Meeting Highlights
The 9th Regional Meeting of the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI) convened in Accra from the 6th to 7th May 2025, reaffirming the platform’s role in driving transformational change in sustainable commodity...
19 June 2025 News
Proforest and Fairtrade partner to launch Initiative for Deforestation-Free Cocoa Supply Chains in Ghana
The new project ‘Partnership for Deforestation- free Cocoa supply chains’ (P4DCG) aim to transform the cocoa sector with regenerative agriculture. The project, funded by the International Climate Initiative (IKI) targets over...
12 February 2025 News
Proforest Africa Initiative commissions a Rural Service Centre for Farmers in Ahafo Region, Ghana
Proforest in collaboration with Forestry Commission and COCOBOD Ghana have inaugurated a new Community Resource Management Area and Rural Service Centre at Dadiesoaba, located in the Asutifi South District of the Ahafo Region,...
29 October 2024 News
Proforest at the World Cocoa Foundation Partnership meeting
This year the World Cocoa Foundation Partnerships Meeting was held in Amsterdam on 6-7 February. The theme this year was Aligning for Global Action and some key topics were discussed such as achieving living incomes for farmers...
20 February 2024 News
Parliament of Ghana Enacts Tree Crops Regulation L12471
Parliament of Ghana has passed LI2471 to fortify the Tree Crop Development Authority’s (TCDA) operations. The TCDA, was established in 2020 to regulate and develop tree crop sectors such as oil palm, cashew, coconut, rubber,...
31 January 2024 News
Walmart Foundation adds to funding for Proforest’s work in Asunafo Asutifi cocoa landscape
Proforest Initiative Africa has secured a grant from the Walmart Foundation to implement a project: ‘Building a deforestation-free climate and climate-resilient cocoa landscape’ in the Asutifi South Sub- Hotspot Intervention Area (HIA) in the Ahafo Region. Key activities of the nearly $1 million grant will help advance priorities outlined in the Asunafo-Asutifi HIA Management Plan, produced in collaboration with key stakeholders.
14 June 2023 News
Presenting the Cocoa Operational Guidance at GISCO's 2023 General Meeting
Proforest's Neil Judd presented the Operational Guidance document for cocoa producers to implement the new EU regulation on deforestation-free products.
5 June 2023 News
