CBI's Gender Work with Mondelez International Noted by Wall Street Journal

On April 23, the Wall Street Journal pulished a press release titled "Mondelez International's Cocoa Life Extends its Leadership Advancing Women's Rights in Cocoa Farming". The article outlines Mondelez International's Cocoa Life sustainability program, and its "new commitments to promote women's empowerment by extending its reporting on gender rights in cocoa farming, ensuring a consistent approach to gender programs in key cocoa origin markets and advocating for industrywide action."

CBI Senior Mediator, Mil Niepold, is lead adviser for the Cocoa Life monitoring, evaluation and verification framework. "Mondelez International recognizes the centrality of empowered women to ensuring thriving cocoa farming communities," Mil stated. As an external adviser, her "role is to help the company design a highly credible reporting system that's transparent and verified independently by experts the External Advisory Council selects. The heart of monitoring and verification, however, is the opportunity for us all to learn what works best and what more can be done to improve conditions on the ground."  

Read the full press release here: Mondelez International's Cocoa Life Extends its Leadership Advancing Women's Rights in Cocoa Farming