Sustainability
40g bar:
- Chocolate - RFA (Rain Forest Alliance) certified - supporting the three pillars of sustainability: social, economic and environmental to ensure the cocoa is grown with biodiversity, conservation and sustainability in mind
- Chocolate - RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) certified - a global certification system to confirm that sustainable palm oil is used in the chocolate
- Foil - the foil is recyclable
10g bar:
- Chocolate - uses cocoa beans from the Cocoa Horizons scheme, a Not-For-Profit organisation, which sources cocoa beans from West Africa. Cocoa Horizons’ programme drives meaningful change for local communities immersed in the heart of this cocoa rich region. They work with farmers to develop self-sustaining communities and environmentally-friendly practices. The partnership with Cocoa Horizons ensures the improvement of cocoa production practices, livelihoods and household income for those involved and helps to reduce poverty within local communities.
- Foil - the gold foil paper is a foil-paper laminate, the paper element is purchased under the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), it is however not currently recyclable as the layers cannot be separated.
Outer paper wrapper (40g & 10g bars):
- FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certification - it is sourced from responsibly managed forests
- EU Ecolabel certified - it meets the criteria for the EU Ecolabel, a mark of environmental excellence
- Carbon Neutral - the product's carbon impact is calculated, and the cost is invested in carbon-reducing projects
Printing (40g & 10g bars):
- All printing is on an OKI LED laser printer, please see the OKI sustainability certification programme here
- The OKI printer uses fast-fuse technology to reduce warm-up time and has energy-saving features like Deep Sleep mode and an Auto-Off function.
Adhesive (40g & 10g bars):
- The adhesive is made from 97% of natural ingredients - a combination of potato starch, sugar and water, thereby promoting renewable and biodegradable raw materials. The presence of potato starch helps minimise the use of non-renewable resources and polluting substances, thereby contributing to environmental preservation.
Website:
- The servers used to operate this website are powered by 100% renewable energy from a B Corp-registered provider.
