Cocoa Life is dedicated to making an impact across the cocoa supply chain—not just in farming communities, but also in the chocolate you enjoy.
In addition to publishing our progress every year, we engage FLOCERT and Ipsos to verify Cocoa Life is accomplishing what we set out to do. It allows us to learn what works and what we can improve.
We hold ourselves accountable for creating real change in cocoa-growing communities. Cocoa Life set the goal of reaching 200,000 farmers and one million community members by 2022; and achieving this has been crucial on the journey to reach our goal to source cocoa for all of Mondelēz International's chocolate brands from Cocoa Life by 2025.
BY THE END OF 2021:
Cocoa Life reached 209,954 cocoa farmers
in 2,597 communities
And 75% of cocoa volumes for Mondelēz International’s chocolate brands were sourced through the Cocoa Life program
We recognize that change takes time. But one thing is certain — we are committed to our holistic approach to grow opportunities for our cocoa communities.
OUR 10 GLOBAL KPIS
Cocoa Life uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure how effectively we are achieving our business objectives and fulfilling our commitment to our focus areas.
FARMING
Net income from cocoa
Cocoa productivity
COMMUNITY
Increase in women's participation in decision-making process
Increase capacity in the community to plan and advocate for their own social development
LIVELIHOODS
Net income from sources other than cocoa
Cocoa farmers’ reduced vulnerability to external shocks
YOUTH
Reduction in child labor and forced child labor
Increase in career opportunities for youth in cocoa sector
ENVIRONMENT
Helping future farming generations through sustainable natural resources use on farm
Increase in conservation of forests and maintenance of ecosystems
To verify our impact on farmers and through communities and measure progress towards our goal of sourcing all our cocoa sustainably, consistent evaluation is needed. Two independent third parties—Ipsos and FLOCERT—keep us on track.
Impact Evaluation
Ipsos measures our progress on the ground by conducting farmer, farmer household and community studies comparing baseline conditions to developments over at least three years. The studies are designed to evaluate Cocoa Life’s global KPIs across all Cocoa Life origins. Updates about Cocoa Life’s journey and impact will be published annually. For more information on IPSOS’ impact evaluation click here.
Ipsos is a global non-partisan, objective research practice.
Supply Chain Verification
FLOCERT verifies the flow of cocoa from Cocoa Life communities into our supply chain. It also verifies the benefits cocoa farmers receive, such as premium payments and clear trade terms. Verification drives learning and transparency, and ensures we are sourcing from the farming communities we invest in.
FLOCERT is a socially-focused and leading global certification body.
Cocoa Life is dedicated to making an impact across the entire cocoa sector, and we continuously measure whether we’re creating real change in cocoa-growing communities. This is at the heart of Cocoa Life because only by evaluating our impact can we understand the benefits our program creates, continually assess our work and course-correct where needed.
Cocoa Life’s in-depth measurement and evaluation work enables us to share our impact data, and continues to demonstrate how our holistic approaches drive positive impact.
As described in our 2021 SMR report, data shows that:
Cocoa Life farmer incomes are increasing over time, driven mainly by premiums and higher prices including the Living Income Differential (LID), as well as farm productivity
Cocoa farming communities are steering their own development and improving local infrastructure
Cocoa Life helps to protect forests
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