Moodie Davitt: More than just great-tasting: Simply Chocolate renews CSR commitments amid COVID-19 crisis

Danish chocolate house Simply Chocolate has renewed its CSR-commitments amid (and despite) the COVID-19 crisis.

Since its founding in 2011, the company has continuously worked towards achieving complete environmental and ethical sustainability across its entire value chain.

This includes minimising CO2 emissions, utilising 100% biodegradable packaging, enabling low-energy production sites and building sustainable farming infrastructures to support its partner cocoa farmers and their surrounding communities.

“If you pay attention to Simply Chocolate’s back story, you will also notice a brand that puts endless time, heartfelt effort and big investments in helping the cocoa farmers, their families, villages and cocoa communities with health, financial, educational and agricultural support,” said Simply Chocolate Head of Travel Retail Jacob Olsen.

“Sustainable policy is a fundamental part of our DNA because we know that working with cocoa brings great responsibility. Our mission is to be completely sustainable at every possible operational level in our work — from business to production and packaging.”

Simply Chocolate Head of Travel Retail Jacob Olsen: “Working with cocoa is a big commitment that should ensure a growing and sustainable cocoa sector for generations to come”

To support cocoa farmers, Simply Chocolate has teamed up with non-profit organisation Cocoa Horizons Foundation to launch an impact-driven programme aimed at helping cocoa farmers build self-sustaining farming communities that protect women, children and nature.

“It’s simply about the people,” says Olsen. “Working with cocoa is a big commitment that should ensure a growing and sustainable cocoa sector for generations to come. That’s why we are advocating for sustainability and working with Cocoa Horizons Foundation to create thriving communities with prosperous farmers.”