Sustainability In Action

Today, more than five million farm families in Africa, Southeast Asia and the Americas grow and depend upon cocoa for their livelihood. Many of them struggle with significant crop loss from pests and disease, low productivity due to traditional farming practices, limited access to quality education, and community health challenges such as malaria and HIV/AIDS.

The World Cocoa Foundation’s sustainability principles and goals ensure that its partnerships and programs are strategically focused and drive positive change in cocoa-growing communities where it most is needed. They also facilitate the Foundation’s ongoing work in promoting cooperation and collaboration among cocoa stakeholders, encouraging targeted research, and helping guide broad, farmer-focused activities across the supply chain.

Improved and more equitable returns for farmers

Healthy and thriving cocoa farming households and communities

Responsible, sound environmental stewardship in cocoa-farming communities