06 Mar 2019 --- Nestlé and Mondelēz International have laid out action plans to expand programs to combat deforestation in West African cocoa-growing regions. As part of a drive to scale-up their efforts to eliminate deforestation and restore forests in the Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, some of the biggest players in the cocoa supply chain are publishing their pledges on how to move towards deforestation-free commodities by 2020, while also improving transparency and traceability in the cocoa supply chain.