MAKING AN IMPACT

Cocoa Life aims to help lift the people and protect the landscapes, with the goal of bringing dynamic change to communities and forests where the cocoa bean grows before it becomes the chocolate for the snacks the world loves. Cocoa Life leverages smart innovation and collaboration for transformational impact.

This involves tailoring actions to help address farmers’ diverse needs and working in and beyond the cocoa sector to help scale landscape-wide initiatives.

We publish our progress in the annual Mondelēz International Snacking Made Right Report. We also engage FLOCERT and Ipsos to verify and measure our progress and impact, keeping us on track.

OUR PROGRESS

We aim to create dynamic change in cocoa-producing communities. Cocoa Life set the goal of reaching 200,000 farmers and one million community members by 2022; and achieving this has been crucial to continue the journey to reach our goal to source 100% cocoa volume for Mondelēz International's chocolate brands from Cocoa Life by 2025.

BY THE END OF 2023:

Cocoa Life reached ~243,0001 cocoa farmers

in ~3,2001 communities

And ~85% of cocoa volumes for Mondelēz International’s chocolate brands were sourced through the Cocoa Life program1


  1. We aim to regularly and transparently report our progress. You can find additional details on Mondelēz International’s ESG goals and reported information within the About This Report section of our 2023 Snacking Made Right Report.↩

2023 GLOBAL PROGRESS DASHBOARD

This dashboard demonstrates the scale achieved by the end of 2023 and how Cocoa Life is making progress in cocoa-producing countries. Cocoa Life monitors the below indicators under three key focus areas, which we put in place with our partners.

HOW WE MEASURE PROGRESS

OUR AMBITIONS

By 2025, we aim to:

• Source 100% of cocoa volume for Mondelēz International’s chocolate brands through the Cocoa Life program.

• Cover 100% of Cocoa Life communities in West Africa with a Child Labor Monitoring & Remediation System (CLMRS).

VERIFICATION

We work with independent third-party organizations to verify and measure our progress and impact.

Impact Evaluation

Ipsos conducts studies that evaluate Cocoa Life’s progress and impact in cocoa producing countries. This enables us to understand our on-the-ground impact and where we can continue to improve. For more information on IPSOS’ impact evaluation click here.

Supply Chain Verification

FLOCERT verifies the volume of cocoa from Cocoa Life communities into our supply chain. It also confirms that the benefits, such as premium payments, are passed to farmer organizations. Verification drives learning and reporting transparency.

IMPACT EVALUATIONS

IMPACT EVALUATIONS

At Cocoa Life, we measure and externally verify our impact on farmers and communities to learn and enhance our program. By evaluating our progress and impact, we are able to better understand the issues in cocoa, continually assess our work, as well as share insights with sector partners to help drive more sustainable change.

You can find more information in Mondelez International’s Snacking Made Right Report.

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Related documents - 2023 Snacking Made Right Report

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Related documents - 2022 Snacking Made Right Report

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Related documents - 2021 Snacking Made Right Report

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Related documents - 2020 Snacking Made Right Report

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Related documents - 2019 Snacking Made Right Report

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Related documents - 2018 Cocoa Life Impact Report

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Related documents - 2023 Cocoa & Forests Initiative Report

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Related documents - Cocoa & Forests Initiative 1.0 Progress Report & 2.0 Action Plans

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Related documents - 2021 Cocoa & Forests Initiative Report

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Related documents - Balancing the Living Income Challenge - November 2021

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Related documents - No Silver Bullets executive summary paper - November 2020

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Related documents - Catalyzing impact through public-private partnerships: Learnings from Musrenbang in Cocoa Life communities in Indonesia

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Related documents - Lessons impact: measurement and evaluation in cocoa sustainability programs

FOLLOW OUR PROGRESS

PROGRESS BLOG

FOUR YEARS ON: OUR COCOA & FORESTS INITIATIVE PROGRESS AND ACTION PLANS

Cedric van Cutsem, Senior Director Cocoa Life, Mondelēz International - 06/09/23

Progress Blog

MONDELĒZ INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES THE NEXT PHASE OF COCOA LIFE

Cedric van Cutsem, Senior Director Cocoa Life at Mondelēz International - 10/25/22

This page was updated in December 2024.

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