Sustainability
Chocolate, which comes from cocoa, is a worldwide commodity. Three million tons of cocoa are produced annually, with the current global market value at $5.1 billion. All cocoa is grown within 20 degrees of the equator. About 70% of the world’s cacao is grown in Africa. This means most of our chocolate is shipped half way around the world to end up in America. More than 14 thousand child slaves working on cacao farms in west Africa. So could there be a sustainable chocoholic?
We at Global Chocolates believe it is possible!
Fair Trade Chocolate
The majority of cocoa farmers receive very low wages for their harvests. This has led to the creation of sustainable, fair trade producer organizations that are certified to be compliant with social, economic and environmental requirements.
Because they are paid a fair wage, producers can avoid cost-cutting practices that sacrifice quality and are destructive to the environment. Fair Trade chocolate is typically organic and shade-grown, meaning it is grown under the canopy of the rainforest rather than in a clear cut field.
Another common, unfortunate practice in cocoa production, especially in Africa, is child labor abuse. In 2002, the U.S. State Department estimated that as many as 109,000 children were working on cocoa farms under some of the worst forms of child labor
Revenue Sharing Program
In January 2012 Global Chocolates decided to setup a revenue sharing program. 5% of our revenue will be spend for loans on microcredits (kiva.org).
For example, we helped Firuz from Tajikistan to purchase candy, chocolate and waffles to increase product turnover in his candy store.
With your support we should be able to give our 100th loan within the first half of 2012.
Website Hosting
We want clean energy, and we also want to consume as little energy as possible. Since the start of our first website, we have been using highly efficient power supplies with less than 20% heat loss, as well as omitting any unnecessary components within our servers.
Our hosting provider operates data centers around the world that are among the most energy efficient data centers in existence.
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