Sustainability in Candy Industry

RSS

Launched in 2019, Kocoatrait has been an advocate for sustainability within the craft chocolate industry.

In 1907, Maud Borup began to make candy in her St. Paul, MN home.

With support from the World Cocoa Foundation and The Sustainable Trade Initiative, companies and governments have renewed their commitment towards eliminating deforestation and restoring forest areas.

B4B chocolate manufacturer Luker Chocolate is expanding its collaborative sustainability plan, The Chocolate Dream, into South Bolívar, a remote cocoa-producing region in Colombia. 

We spoke with Peter Higgins, Chocxo president, about its organic, low-sugar chocolate, as well as how it secured distribution with Costco, and its sustainability partnership with repurpose Global.

Ferrero Group has published its 2022 Sustainability Report, and the company is on track to meet its sustainability targets.

ATENEA, Women Who Transcend is a sustainability program that seeks to generate long-term transformation in women cocoa producers, enabling a more just, equitable, prosperous, and thriving value chain.

Latest data from GELITA, an international manufacturer of collagen peptides and tailored gelatins, indicate that it is on track to achieve its long-term carbon neutrality targets.

Barry Callebaut has implemented various sustainable projects with partners around Region Americas.

Through Christine Lantinen's lead­er­ship, Maud Borup con­tin­ues to intro­duce new prod­ucts while ensur­ing that sus­tain­able prac­tices are con­sid­ered every step of the way.