Ghana

Climate change fuels Valentine's Day woes, as cocoa prices soar 400 per cent

Supply chain

Climate change fuels Valentine's Day woes, as cocoa prices soar 400 per cent

New report from Christian Aid warns chocolate businesses and cocoa farmers are facing soaring costs, as rising temperatures hit cocoa yields

clock 13 February 2025 • 5 min read
Grosvenor completes first carbon credit purchase from Terraformation mangrove project

Investment

Grosvenor completes first carbon credit purchase from Terraformation mangrove project

Grosvenor's UK property business to fund mangrove restoration project tipped sequester more than one million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2064

clock 18 June 2024 • 3 min read
Eggstreme weather: Climate change is pushing up Easter egg prices, study warns

Climate change

Eggstreme weather: Climate change is pushing up Easter egg prices, study warns

Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) warns temperature rises, increased rainfall, and El Niño are hitting the world's largest exporters of cocoa beans

clock 21 March 2024 • 4 min read
Study: Industrial mining fuelling higher rates of tropical deforestation

Supply chain

Study: Industrial mining fuelling higher rates of tropical deforestation

New biome-wide assessment of the mining industry's impact on tropical forests reveals significant deforestation impacts in 18 of 26 countries studied

clock 14 September 2022 • 5 min read

Energy

UK provides £27m green loan to solar-powered water project in Ghana

Direct loan from UK Export Finance aimed at supporting Aqua Africa project that will provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Ghana

clock 29 August 2020 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Mondelēz hails progress against deforestation across cocoa supply chain

US giant which owns Cadbury and Toblerone claims to have mapped almost all of its cocoa suppliers across Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire and Indonesia

clock 27 March 2020 • 2 min read

Waste

Toxic chemicals discovered in African eggs gathered from e-waste dumpsite

New research suggests illegal dumpsites in Ghana exposing local populations to toxic chemicals

clock 29 April 2019 • 3 min read

Supply chain

Greener chocolate part two: Helping Ghana's cocoa farmers adapt to climate change

Snacks giant Mondelēz International has been investing in Ghana's cocoa farming communities to improve environmental standards, but what benefits are farmers seeing on the ground?

clock 01 June 2017 • 10 min read

Supply chain

Why at supply chain source, the environmental is inseparable from the social

BusinessGreen's Michael Holder explains why a sustainable and climate-resilient supply chain cannot survive long-term unless communities on the ground reap some of the benefits

clock 30 May 2017 • 5 min read