A set of very exciting initiatives underpin our unique ethical policy; the revitalisation of our cocoa plantation, Rabot Estate, in St Lucia, together with its own engaged ethics activities which are changing the future for the St Lucian cocoa industry, & the project work we are doing with cocoa communities in Ghana.
In St Lucia, we are pursuing our passion for chocolate by becoming one of the world’s few origin chocolatiers – growing our own cocoa. The restoration of the historic Rabot Estate (pronounced ra-BOW) is continuing at pace, with new trees being planted and record quantities of cocoa being harvested. But we’re also reaching out to the wider cocoa community in St Lucia through our Engaged Ethics Cocoa Programme. For 20 years cocoa farming in St Lucia has been in decline, something we’ve started to change by guaranteeing to buy local cocoa at prices 40% above those previously achieved. Our early results are promising – with interest in cocoa on the up, we’ve already helped create one hundred new jobs to date. Local farmers now have a secure income and feel confident enough to breathe new life into their farms through investment.
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Since 2002, we’ve been very active in Ghana, the world’s second largest cocoa producer. In and around the Osuben Basin region, we are providing direct funding and management skills to launch and maintain sustainable projects to improve the lives of cocoa farmers. Growing cocoa seedlings, subsidising vital health insurance, supporting local schools and sinking a borehole for much needed water are just some examples.
Our programme of Engaged Ethics and cocoa in Ghana...
Although we wholeheartedly support the principles of Fair Trade, there are a couple of major stumbling blocks that prevent us from making and selling Fair Trade chocolate.Read about our Fair Trade thinking …
We are absolutely passionate about the work we are doing in St Lucia and Ghana, and we have provided full transparency here for our customers and our staff, so that you can understand and evaluate for yourselves what we are doing.
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