HO-ETG EnRoute ETG is one of the largest commodity trade houses worldwide, with a strong presence in Africa. The company has the ambition to be part of the top 5 in market share for commodities in which it is operational. ETG trades more than 7 million tonnes of products every year, including pulses, rice, cocoa, coffee, sesame, fertilizers, etc. ETG Commodities BV, located in Amstelveen, is the regional trade office for Europe, where several divisions operate from. The sustainability ambitions of ETG Commodities BV are laid out in the sustainability policy of ETG Group. For cocoa specifically, the company is signatory to the Dutch Initiative for Sustainable Cocoa (DISCO) and aims to have all its cocoa supplied to The Netherlands to be sustainably sourced by 2025. ETG has established the Beyond Beans Foundation as a dedicated foundation fostering the sustainability of the ETG commodity supply chains in general and to coordinate the cocoa sustainability agenda in particular, transforming its cocoa supply chains while also expanding the ETG sustainable sourcing targets to other commodities such as cashew and coffee.
Oxfam Novib
Oxfam Novib is a non-governmental organisation with international operations advocating for economic justice and promoting fair opportunities in value chains to primary producers and labourers. Oxfam Novib is the Dutch affiliate of Oxfam International. Oxfam Novib is signatory to the Dutch Initiative on Sustainable Cocoa(DISCO) and takes a leading role on the living income commitment. On sustainable cocoa, Oxfam Novib collaborates with the Oxfam Ghana office and with Oxfam Wereldwinkels from Belgium (both also part of the Oxfam International family and the latter active in IvoryCoast). Oxfam Novib actively promotes the transformational change in international supply chains, applying living income gap strategies to close the living income gap of primary producers. Living income analysis as part of human rights impact assessments have been conducted amongst others in the RVO/FVO subsidized BlocRice II project in Cambodia and to the sustainable rice platform in Pakistan (both in 2020 in rice supply chains).
 Beyond Beans Foundation
Beyond Beans is a foundation established in April 2020 when Cocoanect B.V. integrated with ETG. The Beyond Beans Foundation is fully dedicated to developing and implementing projects across ETG’s commodity supply chains in collaboration with partner companies, NGOs and government agencies. The Foundation’s rapidly expanding 50+ FTE operational team consists of a multidisciplinary team of managers and field staff with experience in a wide range of topics, fromtackling child labour to climate-smart agroforestry and promoting gender equity. The Beyond Beans Foundation has its headquarters at ETG’s Regional Trade Officein Amstelveen, the Netherlands, and its core programs and activities are implemented through subsidiaryfoundations in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroun.
At Beyond Beans, we believe that the world of today has the knowledge, people, and tools in place to build
 profitable and self-sustaining communities, where farming is regarded as a respected profession and sustainable entrepreneurship is the norm. Beyond Beans aims to be a catalyst in achieving this vision, by connecting the right stakeholdersand introducing innovative solutions from other sectors to agricultural supply chains.

In Ivory Coast, the project will focus on the agricultural landscape surrounding Man, in the Montagnes District, in the western part of the country. Specifically, the farmer groups on which the project will focus are part of the supply chain of APM, one of the major cashew, cocoa and coffee suppliers in the region with whom ETG-CI already has an established trade link. According to ETG M<(>&<)>E data, in this region over30% farmers have a combination of cocoa, cashew and/or coffee.

In Togo, the project will focus on the regions of Kpalimé and Badou, where both coffee and cocoa are the main crops. The last 4 to 5 years ETG Togo has been working with 3 national buyers that each purchase produce from 1.000 to 3.000 cooperative members.

In both countries, the above regions represent key sourcing areas for ETG. A strong existing upcountry presence of ETG in these areas will facilitate effective supervision and execution of project activities. At the same time, ETG and its partners will ensure that there is no overlap between this project's focal areas and areas where other projects are being carried out in parallel with co-funding support from the Dutch government, in order to avoid overlap of financing.



ETC-CI
Export Trading Corporation Côte d’Ivoire SARL (ETC-CI),  an entity 100% owned by ETG Group, is an agricultural commodity trader focusing on the procurement of cocoa, cashew and coffee. ETC-CI directly purchases products up-country through a network of dedicated cooperatives. For certified products, ETC-CI pays sustainability premiums to farmers. ETC-CI exports the raw cocoa, coffee andcashew products across the globe. ETC-CI is investing in a local cashewprocessing plant that is expected to employ 200 staff when it is fully operational. ETC-CI is in a partnership with USDA to support cashew farmers on good agricultural practices, which is implemented together with Beyond Beans.

ETC-Togo
Export Trading Corporation Togo AGRO SARL (ETC-Togo),  an entity 100% owned by ETG Group, is an agricultural commodity trader focusing on the procurement of cocoa, cashew and coffee and the distribution of sugar and rice. ETC-Togo directly purchases products up-country through a dedicated network of cooperatives. ETC-CI exports the raw cocoa, coffee and cashew products across the globe. ETC Togo has 50+ staff based in Lomé, working on procurement, warehousing and projects.