Colombian B4B (business-for-business) chocolate manufacturer Luker Chocolate has released its 2024/25 Sustainability Report, Adapting, Transforming and Evolving, reporting on progress made during one of the most turbulent years in global cocoa pricing in decades—and confirming that its sustainability commitments held firm throughout, it says.

A snapshot of key results

Luker Chocolate set actionable, measurable, and time-bound sustainability goals in 2021, it notes. Its 2024/25 report confirms it has met all three of its 2027 Chocolate Dream community targets ahead of schedule—with farmer income progress measured excluding cocoa market price fluctuations to reflect real improvements driven by productivity, quality premiums, and shorter value chains. The manufacturer has also had its net-zero climate goals validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). In line with its ambition to continually improve, Luker is now developing new goals to strengthen and scale its positive impact, it says.

Luker’s ethos is delivered through its sustainability plan “The Chocolate Dream,” operating across six cocoa-growing regions in Colombia, and its Triple Impact Vision, which aims to enhance environmental stewardship, community wellbeing, and farmer livelihoods in tandem. CEO Camilo Romero says: "After more than 120 years, we know that long-term success is not only about performance, but about our ability to adapt, learn and transform challenges into opportunities."

Farmer income: 2027 goal met

Through The Chocolate Dream, 1,599 cocoa-farming families increased their income by 16% over the 2021 baseline—driven by productivity improvements, quality premiums, and shorter value chains:

• 2027 Goal: Increase incomes for 1,500 cocoa-farming families by 20% vs the 2021 baseline
• Progress in 2024/25: 1,599 families with a 16% income increase vs the 2021 baseline, excluding market price fluctuations—goal met ahead of schedule

Social wellbeing: 2027 goal met

Luker Chocolate aims to strengthen social wellbeing in cocoa-producing communities through education, entrepreneurship, and rights-based projects, with a particular focus on young people. Projects are designed to foster a connection to cocoa and rural life, raise awareness of human rights, and support the prevention of child labor and modern slavery. In 2024/25, Luker’s project, Generación R, delivered in collaboration with Fundación Luker and local partners, reached 935 young people across rural cocoa-growing communities, providing access to education, leadership development, and employability skills at a time when rural-to-urban migration poses a growing challenge for Colombia's cocoa-growing regions.

• 2027 Goal: Reach 5,000 families with improved quality of life through education, entrepreneurship and human rights enforcement
• Progress in 2024/25: 5,910 families reached—goal met ahead of schedule

Environmentally positive practices: 2027 goal met

Through The Chocolate Dream, Luker Chocolate supports farmers to implement a range of  environmental practices including agroforestry, biodiversity monitoring, composting, soil health improvement, rainwater harvesting, and the protection of water sources.

• 2027 Goal: Bring environmentally positive practices to 15,000 hectares of land
• Progress in 2024/25: 18,587 hectares under environmentally positive practices—goal met ahead of schedule

Climate: SBTi-validated goals and 18% emissions reduction

In December 2024, the Science Based Targets initiative validated Luker Chocolate’s 2030 and 2050 carbon reduction goals. The company has already achieved an 18% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 industrial emissions against its 2021 baseline. Colombian operations now run on 100% renewable electricity.

Tackling deforestation and EUDR compliance

Luker Chocolate is committed to deforestation-free cocoa sourcing, supporting farmers to implement agroforestry and improve productivity to reduce deforestation risk, it says. It has ensured all exports to the EU have been fully EUDR-compliant since October 2024, with due diligence statements available for every shipment—achieved significantly ahead of the regulatory deadline, the company adds.

To download the full report, click here.

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