Thematic Session 2: July 14, 2026 4 PM CEDT / 10 AM ET
Gender gaps in cocoa supply chains are well-documented and increasingly costly to ignore. Yet the tools, frameworks, and peer connections that practitioners need to close those gaps have remained scattered, siloed, and hard to access.
GENLIN was created to change that. Built as a structured learning network — not a conference, not a consultancy — GENLIN brings together the people doing the work across 12 months of webinars, shared resources, and community exchange.
The result: a sector-wide shift from isolated effort to shared practice, and from shared practice to lasting change.
STRUCTURED
Not a one-time event. GENLIN unfolds across a defined arc that builds knowledge, relationships, and momentum over time.
PRACTITIONER-LED
Content, formats, and conversations shaped by what practitioners actually need — not what looks good in a report.
SECTOR-WIDE
GENLIN creates space for candid exchange across organizational boundaries and the conversations that usually don't happen.
About Equal Origins
Equal Origins is a global nonprofit advancing gender equity in agriculture. Through diagnostics, capacity-building, and collaborative learning, Equal Origins equips producer organizations, companies, and service providers with practical, field-tested tools to strengthen gender-responsive systems and expand opportunities for women farmers. In 2024, Equal Origins marked its Decade of Progress with a comprehensive impact report documenting ten years of research, partnerships, and on-the-ground results across 40+ countries and more than 500,000 farming families.
About ECOM
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. is a world-leading soft commodity services group specialising in coffee, cocoa, and cotton. Through its origin networks and sustainability programs, ECOM partners directly with farming communities to promote responsible sourcing, climate-smart agriculture, improved livelihoods, and resilient supply chains. Its Smarter Cocoa initiative guides the company’s approach to sustainability by integrating stronger due diligence, gender equity, and measurable improvement across origin teams.
About SWISSCO
The Swiss Platform for Sustainable Cocoa (SWISSCO) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that brings together organisations based in Switzerland relevant to the cocoa value chain — including chocolate manufacturers, cocoa traders and importers, food retailers, public authorities, non-governmental organisations, and research institutions. Together, SWISSCO members aim to improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers and their families, protect natural resources, and build a viable and resilient cocoa value chain for present and future generations.
Media Contacts
Equal Origins — program@equalorigins.org
SWISSCO — info@kakaoplattform.ch
ECOM — sustainability@ecomtrading.com