PARIS & BRUSSELS – KKO INTERNATIONAL, a reference in innovative production of cocoa, announces its successful Rainforest Alliance certification for SOLEA plantation Kotokonou in Ivory Coast.
Since its inception, KKO INTERNATIONAL aims to produce a sustainable cocoa that meets the new quality and origin expectations of industry and increasingly demanding consumers.
After the announcement, in April, of its successful pre-audit, the company is honored today to present its Rainforest Alliance certificate issued by the agency AfriCert on July 12th for a 3 years validity period.
This certification ensures that all standards of protecting biodiversity and promoting respect for workers and local communities are well respected in Kotokonou plantation.
NGO’s Rainforest Alliance Cocoa Program which applies in 64 countries, helps producers implement the standards set by the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), one of the first world networks of international actors to promote sustainable agriculture.
Rémy Allemane, CEO of the production subsidiary of KKO INTERNATIONAL, SOLEA, concludes: “We are delighted to be granted this certification, devoting our efforts. I want to thank our staffs, who are fully engaged in this long process and who enabled this success.
We will not stop at this first stage. Sustainable agriculture is in the core of KKO INTERNATIONAL’s DNA.
Since our final audit, we thus have implemented new measures for sustainable development. We are particularly committed from the beginning against child labor and for the optimization of security, two major issues in Africa. “
