From cocoa shells to biochar: Barry Callebaut's power to reduce carbon emissions and produce green energy
On December 3, 2020, Barry Callebaut's fourth Forever Chocolate Report will be published showing the progress it is making towards its 2025 targets.
Over the last two years, Barry Callebaut has been working on an project to produce biochar, also known as "agriculture's black gold." In 2020, it ramped up the infrastructure to commence producing biochar in one of its European factories. So what is biochar? How does biochar help us to reach our 2025 Forever Chocolate targets? To answer these questions, it asked its colleagues Geza Toth, Global Forest and Carbon Program Lead and Neelke Verhelst, Global Sustainability Operations Lead.
What exactly is biochar and what can we use it for?