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The Kolo Nafaso programme was started in 2009 in Burkina Faso by AAK, a 140-year-old Swedish supplier of vegetable fats and oils. AAK created a direct link with the producers – women in West Africa who traditionally harvested shea nuts – and cut out the middlemen. The aim was to improve productivity and pay a fair price.
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Reference 6584
Published 30 Jun 2020
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
The Kolo Nafaso programme was started in 2009 in Burkina Faso by AAK, a 140-year-old Swedish supplier of vegetable fats and oils. AAK created a direct link with the producers – women in West Africa who traditionally harvested shea nuts – and cut out the middlemen. The aim was to improve productivity and pay a fair price.
Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans – and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world’s largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company, has gone from taking little interest in “sustainable cocoa production” to embracing it fully.
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Reference 6512
Published 01 Jun 2020
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Without action on sustainability, the supply of cocoa beans – and hence chocolate - cannot be maintained. Barry Callebaut (BC), the world’s largest B2B cocoa and chocolate company, has gone from taking little interest in “sustainable cocoa production” to embracing it fully.
This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.
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Reference 6440
Published 26 Jul 2019
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Food and Beverages Production
This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.
This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.
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Reference 6440
Published 26 Jul 2019
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Food and Beverages Production
This case puts participants in the shoes of the directors of Barry Callebaut (BC), a cocoa-sourcing and chocolate manufacturing company. Chairman Andreas Jacobs is passionate about cocoa sustainability in West Africa – ensuring the cocoa crop (endangered by poor farming and climate change) and the farmers who grow it will survive and thrive.
An employee of an American company with a zero-tolerance bribery policy bribes a border official in Nigeria. He does so because he fears for his own safety. Later, he tells his boss about the incident, and the boss instructs him to report the incident to the company. The employee fears that if he does so, his job will be terminated.
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Reference 6415
Published 25 Jun 2018
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
An employee of an American company with a zero-tolerance bribery policy bribes a border official in Nigeria. He does so because he fears for his own safety. Later, he tells his boss about the incident, and the boss instructs him to report the incident to the company. The employee fears that if he does so, his job will be terminated.
Equity for Tanzania, based in Moshi, a remote area of Tanzania, operates a profitable business model that leases equipment to small businesses. The model could be replicated in other developing markets, including neighbours in East Africa.
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Reference 6341
Published 26 Feb 2018
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Business Supplies and Equipment
Equity for Tanzania, based in Moshi, a remote area of Tanzania, operates a profitable business model that leases equipment to small businesses. The model could be replicated in other developing markets, including neighbours in East Africa.
Having had a successful career in advertising, Trevor Field wanted to give back to society by establishing a social enterprise addressing the problem of access to clean drinking water among poor communities in South Africa. His solution involved an invention called the “PlayPump”, a merry-go-round that pumped water from deep under the ground every time that children spun the carrousel.
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Reference 6299
Published 21 Apr 2017
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
Industry Philanthropy, Marketing and Advertising
Having had a successful career in advertising, Trevor Field wanted to give back to society by establishing a social enterprise addressing the problem of access to clean drinking water among poor communities in South Africa. His solution involved an invention called the “PlayPump”, a merry-go-round that pumped water from deep under the ground every time that children spun the carrousel.
The Kenyan Prison Services confront the problem of too many prisoners living in inhumane conditions. Jane Mwenda is a young manager in KPS, who is one of the people pushing for change. An NGO, Prison Reform International, is providing training and advice. Private sector companies are encouraging the government to privatize the prisons. The IMF and World Bank are also encouraging privatization.
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Reference 5338
Published 01 Jun 2006
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
The Kenyan Prison Services confront the problem of too many prisoners living in inhumane conditions. Jane Mwenda is a young manager in KPS, who is one of the people pushing for change. An NGO, Prison Reform International, is providing training and advice. Private sector companies are encouraging the government to privatize the prisons. The IMF and World Bank are also encouraging privatization.
The Kenyan Prison Services confront the problem of too many prisoners living in inhumane conditions. Jane Mwenda is a young manager in KPS, who is one of the people pushing for change. An NGO, Prison Reform International, is providing training and advice. Private sector companies are encouraging the government to privatize the prisons. The IMF and World Bank are also encouraging privatization.
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Reference 5338
Published 01 Oct 2006
Topic Responsibility
Region Africa
The Kenyan Prison Services confront the problem of too many prisoners living in inhumane conditions. Jane Mwenda is a young manager in KPS, who is one of the people pushing for change. An NGO, Prison Reform International, is providing training and advice. Private sector companies are encouraging the government to privatize the prisons. The IMF and World Bank are also encouraging privatization.