Cocoa Horizons
Progress Report 2019/20

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation is scaling impact and driving change in cocoa growing communities, with the help and support of our partners.

Creating impact in cocoa farming communities

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Cocoa Horizons activities continued while respecting strict precautionary measures to protect employees, coaches and farmers. In addition, specific support was provided to the farming communities including distribution of soap, masks, water stations, sanitizers and information related to COVID-19. Some specific activities like soap manufacturing were carried out to respond to the sanitary needs and to help farming communities diversify their income.

This year, the Foundation concentrated its efforts on scaling up high-impact activities to drive change on its focus areas: prospering farmers, community and environment. The program is currently present in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon, Brazil, Indonesia and was successfully introduced in Ecuador this year.

View the 2019/20 year-end snapshot to see all of the progress made.

Water station, soap, sanitizers and masks

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation

The Cocoa Horizons Foundation is a non-profit organization, third-party verified, highly transparent on premium and methodology, based in Switzerland and established by Barry Callebaut. It’s an impact-driven program with the vision to drive cocoa farmer prosperity by creating self-sustaining communities that protect nature and children.

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More about sustainability

Cocoa pods for traceable chocolate

The Heart of Your Chocolate can be 100% Traceable Back to Cocoa Farming Communities

All about the new Barry Callebaut traceable and segregated offer, via the Cocoa Horizons Foundation, that enables you to trace back the heart of your chocolate directly to the farming communities. With Cocoa Horizons Inside, you can address consumer needs for more transparency and traceability. A newly launched online Customer Portal, will enable you to know your farmers, trace your quality cocoa, track your impact and enhance your storytelling.
sustainable cane sugar

Future-proof the ingredients in your products

Each ingredient in chocolate faces its own sustainability challenges. That’s why we work to scale sustainability programs that address the right environmental, economic and social issues in each region we source from.
Empowering women farmers

Increase brand value with sustainability

Consumers have high expectations on how brands must own their commitments on sustainability. The way you communicate on sustainability will not only help to answer this expectation, but can also position your brand ahead of the competition.

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