Tropical Commodity Coalition

Tropical Commodity Coalition (TCC) comprises ten Dutch Civil Society Organizations. The aim of TCC is to improve the social, environmental and economic conditions at the beginning of the coffee, tea and cocoa value chains.

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Twinings puts Rainforest Alliance seal on Everyday brand

January 12, 2010 - Twinings has started carrying the Rainforest Alliance certified seal on its Everyday sub-brand after committing to source 100% of its Everyday tea from RFA-certified estates by 2015.

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Combining Efforts! conference report

To walk the talk at Combining Flavours! (2008) we moved on to Combining Efforts! The theme for the Combining Efforts Conference, in October 2009, was centred around two major challenges:

- Providing quality management, assurance and certification support
- Matching supply and demand better

This Tropical Commodity Conference report presents the contributions of the keynote speakers and the lively debate in the sessions on 'best-practices' for the sustainability of commodities, viewed from both supply and demand perspectives.

> Download "Combining_Efforts_2009_web.pdf" (2,07 MB)
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19 april until 23 april 2010
United Nations Cocoa Conference

The United Nations Cocoa Conference, previously scheduled for 12-16 October 2009, will now take place at the Palais des Nations, Geneva from 19-23 April 2010. The purpose of the Conference is to negotiate a new International Cocoa Agreement.

> http://www.icco.org
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