Violaine Berger, senior program manager of the Cocoa & Forests Initiative at the Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) discusses the successes and outstanding challenges of combating deforestation in cocoa. Episode 11 - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg. Coronavirus and cocoa Industry’s $835,000 donation Voice Network & partners statement Mondelez International Covid-19 statement Barry Callebaut Covid-19 statement Mars Covid-19 statement Lutheran World Relief response

Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast

Is cocoa’s deforestation-free promise working? - with Violaine Berger (IDH)

Rob McWilliam, director of technical services at the Earthworm Foundation, discusses the capacilities and future of the Airbus Starling satellite system to halt deforestation linked to crops used by food & drink companies.Episode 10 - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit FoodNavigator.Discover Lumina's full report on cocoa-driven deforestation HERE or visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability to access via an anual subscription.Listen to free on-demand webinar for Lumina research findings: COCOA SUSTAINABILITY: SELLING ETHICAL CHOCOLATE ONLINE WITH SDG IMPACT​​.

Satellite mapping’s potential to halt deforestation - Rob McWilliam (Earthworm)

Guido Van Staveren Van Dijk, founder of the Fairchain Foundation and Carlo Ruiz of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) discuss a chocolate bar targetting  a living income for farmers through blockchain tokens.Episode Nine - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit FoodNavigator.Listen to free on-demand webinar for Lumina research findings: COCOA SUSTAINABILITY: SELLING ETHICAL CHOCOLATE ONLINE WITH SDG IMPACT​​.Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

A living income with blockchain tokens - with Guido Van Staveren Van Dijk (Fairchain) and Carlo Ruiz (UNDP)

Jeroen Douglas, executive director of NGO Solidaridad, says organisations like Fairtrade and Rainforest Alliance should push for regulation and price transparency in commodity markets, but shouldn’t be the reference for sustainability.Episode Eight - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit FoodNavigator.Listen to free on-demand webinar for Lumina research findings: COCOA SUSTAINABILITY: SELLING ETHICAL CHOCOLATE ONLINE WITH SDG IMPACT​​.Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

What next for fair trade? - with Jeroen Douglas (Solidaridad)

Cathy Pieters, director of Cocoa Life, Mondelēz Interntional 10-year, $400m sustainability intiative, discusses learnings from the Cadbury and Oreo maker's sustainability programme and how it is marketing ethical products.Episode Seven - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit ConfectioneryNews.Listen to free on-demand webinar for Lumina research findings and a Q&A with Cathy Pieters: COCOA SUSTAINABILITY: SELLING ETHICAL CHOCOLATE ONLINE WITH SDG IMPACT​​. Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

Making chocolate fair - with Cathy Pieters (Mondelēz International)

Bambi Semroc, vice president of sustainable markets and strategy at the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, intiated by Conservation International and Starbucks, discusses the worst forms of child labour in coffee.Episode Six - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit BeverageDaily.Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

Coffee child labour - with Bambi Semroc (Sustainable Coffee Challenge)

Jack Steijn, chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard on sustainable cocoa, discusses the potential impact of the new standard.Also featuring comments from Antonie Fountain, managing director of the VOICE Network,Episode Five - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit ConfectioneryNews.Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

What is sustainable cocoa? - with Jack Steijn

Inke van der Sluijs, head of European operations at the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (the RSPO) discusses supermarket palm oil boycotts. Episode Four - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit Food Navigator. Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

Palm oil boycotts - with Inke van der Sluijs (RSPO)

Michel Arrion, executive director of the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) and Sako Warren, secretary general of the World Cocoa Farmers Organization's (WCFO), react to Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire’s proposed minimum floor price of $2,600 per tonne of cocoa beans.Episode Three - Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast - hosted by Lumina Intelligence analyst Oliver Nieburg.For the accompanying text article visit ConfectioneryNews. Visit Lumina Intelligence Sustainability for more on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm updates.

Minimum cocoa prices - with ICCO and WCFO

Rick Scobey, president of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), speaks to Lumina sustainablity analyst Oliver Nieburg about the Cocoa & Forests Intiative's plans to combat deforestation in West Africa

Deforestation and cocoa - with Rick Scobey

Francisco Miranda, president of Anecacao, Ecuador’s national cocoa export association, speaks to Lumina sustainablity analyst Oliver Nieburg about how the EU's new limits on cadmium may impact the national cocoa sector.

Cocoa in Ecuador after cadmium - with Francisco Miranda

Lumina Intelligence's Sustainable Food & Drink Podcast asks how food and agriculture can achieve impact against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with a focus on cocoa, coffee, tea and palm.The podcast, hosted by Lumina sustainability analyst Oliver Nieburg, is intended to help industry, governments, researchers and NGOs drive sustainable development in the food & drink sector.