An agribusiness and cocoa processing firm has launched its environmental charter designed to govern environmental performance across its entire value chain.

With the launching of the charter signalling a shift from the organisation’s policy intent to system-wide implementation, the Group Managing Director of the Johnvents Group, John Alamu, disclosed that the group’s FMCG business unit cleared a major international audit.

According to Alamu, the field teams also completed back-to-back training programmes spanning cocoa traceability, child labour monitoring, and cooperative governance.

He said, “Moving beyond a conventional policy document, the Charter defines clear priorities across resource efficiency, waste management, pollution prevention, and climate action, each backed by implementation plans, timelines, and measurable targets.

“Crucially, it is embedded within daily operations rather than isolated within a sustainability function, placing execution in the hands of teams across production, procurement, and logistics.”

Alamu also added that the integration not only strengthens accountability but also aligns the group with international ESG expectations, positioning it to meet rising due diligence requirements from global buyers, particularly in the cocoa export market.

He explained that operational alignment extends into the group’s FMCG business unit, where Johnvents Foods recorded a significant milestone with the successful completion of the FSSC 22000 Stage 2 audit conducted by Bureau Veritas.

The Johnvents Group boss further disclosed that as the decisive phase of the certification process, the audit evaluated the effectiveness of the facility’s food safety management systems, including hazard analysis, operational controls, and compliance procedures.

He said the outcome confirmed that the systems in place meet international standards and places the company on the threshold of full certification, an important step toward unlocking access to global supply chains where such standards are mandatory.

The group, with downstream capabilities strengthening, has simultaneously intensified efforts upstream, particularly within its cocoa sourcing network.

For advancement in its performance, trained staff of the group delivered step-down training sessions for 28 Licensed Buying Agents (LBAs), focusing on traceability protocols, record-keeping, and regulatory compliance.