Sustainable Certified Chocolate | Rogers' Chocolates

HEALTHY CHOCOLATE,
HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

Our involvement in Cultivate Better™ Cocoa (CBC) is driven by our desire to more directly invest in the farming communities that grow the cocoa used to make our chocolate. Our CBC program supports our direct investment goal while ensuring that all of our investments are consistent with our overall objectives of sustainable, environmentally sensitive and third party-certified cocoa.

Ivory Coast: Opening ripe, healthy cocoa pods on the farm, a first step in good quality and value.

What is it?

Cultivate Better™ Cocoa allows Rogers’ Chocolates to directly impact the long-term sustainability of our cocoa farmers by supporting investments in the cultivation of high-quality cocoa contributing to healthy families, educated communities, diversified incomes and sustainable practice initiatives.

A Focused Approach

EMPOWER PROSPERING
FARMERS

Creating value through
flavour quality

Cocoa is the primary source of income in many of the communities we work with. By educating farmers on flavor preservation through the use of better planting material as well as soil health, crop diversification, and good agricultural practices, they are able to create a more valuable product. And by recognizing the value of flavor, farmers can access premium markets and build long-term relationships that improve the financial prosperity of their farms.

INSPIRE THRIVING
COMMUNITIES

Uplifting communities through innovation & education

Poverty is a key contributor to many of the social challenges experienced throughout the cocoa supply chain. By partnering with local organizations to implement programs focused on women’s empowerment, income diversification, child protection, education, health, and nutrition, we are able to have a positive impact on the farming communities we source our ingredients from.

ENCOURAGE ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION

Helping farmers protect their farms & the planet

Providing cocoa farmers with resilience to climate change is key to the long-term sustainability of the cocoa sector. By promoting climate-smart agricultural practices like crop diversification, agroforestry, composting, and the conservation of forests for shade and soil health, we help farmers to create the conditions needed to grow high-quality cocoa, ultimately improving farmers’ incomes and the long-term sustainability of their farms.

How does it work?

We pay a premium for our cocoa. The premium paid is directly invested in programs that focus on child protection, gender equality, nutrition, education, the environment and income generation for our specific farming communities.

Ivory Coast: Farmer Field Schools, hands on training to improve yields and income.

Ivory Coast cocoa family, supporting gender equity and opportunity.

Key Characteristics of Cultivate Better Cocoa

Supports supply-chain driven change with direct and measurable impacts that are traceable to the farm level.
Supports cocoa farming communities through women-led initiatives centered around secondary incomes, health & nutrition.
Prioritizes child protection initiatives through integrated community programming including Child Labor Monitoring & Remediation Systems.
Preserves the environment and builds climate resilience through agroforestry programs.
Directly improves farmer incomes through improved quality, value and productivity.
All cocoa farms, cooperatives or farmer groups are Third-party certified by either Fair Trade International, Fair- Trade USA or Rainforest Alliance.
CBC cocoa bean and cocoa butter usage and CBC chocolate sales are third-party audited by SCS Global Services.

Cultivate Better Cocoa™

Supporting Farmers
Growing Communities