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Callebaut publishes CSR report

30 Nov 2015

Barry Callebaut has published its Chocolate Sustainability Report 2014/15. This year’s report documents the company’s progress towards making its cocoa and chocolate value chain more sustainable.

Callebaut publishes CSR report

Barry Callebaut has published its Chocolate Sustainability Report 2014/15. This year’s report documents the company’s progress towards making its cocoa and chocolate value chain more sustainable, from cocoa farming to the sales of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products.

The report highlights several major developments in the company’s strategy and activities during its fiscal year 2014/15:

The company established the independent, non-profit Cocoa Horizons Foundation to grow impact and drive change in cocoa sustainability globally

A new range of sustainable cocoa and chocolate products, HORIZONS, was developed to support farm productivity and community development programs, with traceability from farm to warehouse

The company sourced 159,000 tonnes of sustainable cocoa, up 21% compared to previous fiscal year. Of these, two-thirds were sourced from the company’s own programs on the ground

70,500 farmers were trained in good agricultural practices, to allow them to improve yields, income, and livelihoods

Sustainability premiums of CHF 20 million were handed out to farmers and farmer groups

The company opened a new Cocoa Learning Center in West Sumatra to teach farmer trainers and disseminate knowledge in modern agricultural practices across Asia.

“We have had a long standing commitment to sustainable cocoa,” said Antoine de Saint-Affrique, CEO of the Barry Callebaut Group. “Our systematic approach to innovation, implementation and impact measurement, combined with our presence in all major cocoa growing countries has enabled us to scale up impact and to help shape a sustainable chocolate and cocoa future, in alignment with CocoaAction, the industry initiative to modernize the cocoa sector. While we still have a long way to go, we are pleased with the progress that we have achieved in the past fiscal year.”