Social responsibility at Laderach Chocolatier

Responsible Sourcing

Our commitment to Cocoa Cultivation

We are committed to the chocolate families in our sourcing countries and set ourselves the following objectives:

Ensuring first-class cocoa quality
Optimising cocoa cultivation in terms of increasing yield per unit area, environmental protection and job security
Supporting the generation of additional income for cocoa-producing families
Raising awareness to protect children from abusive work practices

To ensure that our goals are implemented, we visit the growing areas and our farmers at least once a year and pay more than the usual market price. We also work closely with organisations such as Rainforest Alliance.

Our economical & social responsibilities

The Rainforest Alliance mission is based on the three pillars of sustainability: environmental protection, social justice and economic viability. The farms we source our cocoa from are aided, trained and supported in these three areas in close cooperation with the local Rainforest Alliance organisations. This can help to achieve higher incomes from cocoa cultivation, the environment is conserved and children are protected from exploitation.