SUSTAINABLY SOURCED COCOA
COCOA LIFE
Cocoa Life is the cocoa sustainability program run by Cadbury’s parent company, Mondelēz International.
Cocoa Life has been running since 2012 and touches many aspects of life for communities in cocoa regions – from farming techniques, to looking after the environment and supporting the local economy.
The program aims to create positive and lasting change across the cocoa supply chain. By working with partners in cocoa producing countries, Cocoa Life supports the people who make their living from cocoa.
Our goal is to source 100% cocoa volume requirements for Mondelēz International’s chocolate brands through Cocoa Life by 2025. We also have a goal to further increase our cocoa volume scale and work with around 300,000 cocoa farmers through our Cocoa Life program by 2030.*
Locally, 100% of the cocoa volume sourced across all Cadbury chocolate made in Australia is sourced through the Cocoa Life program using a mass balance approach. To learn more about mass balance, click below.
* Mondelez International, Snacking Made Right, 2022 ESG Report
Yaa’s Story: How Cocoa Life is making a difference to Ghanaian farmers and their families
So every block of Cadbury Dairy Milk you buy is:
Helping to grow more profitable cocoa businesses
We’re helping to grow more profitable cocoa businesses to help increase the number of farming households reaching a living income.
Helping to lift cocoa communities
We're helping to lift cocoa communities to help enhance child protection systems and improve access to quality education in Cocoa Life communities.
Helping to protect and restore forests
We’re helping to protect and restore forests to see no deforestation on Cocoa Life farms.
So every bar of Cadbury Dairy Milk you buy helps to:
Teach cocoa farmers to grow crops in a way that looks after the environment.
175,000 farmers have been trained in better ways to farm – so they can make as much cocoa as possible to keep farms prosperous, while still caring for the environment.
Plant trees and protect the future of cocoa regions.
8.4m cocoa trees and 1.2m other trees planted to preserve the land.
149,000 farms mapped and monitored to ensure they’re not encroaching on rainforest
Ensure cocoa farmers can earn a better living, meaning better quality of life for their families & communities.
Almost 20,000 young people trained on cocoa farming
72,000 community members educated in financial literacy
50,000 women trained in business skills
Child labour monitoring and prevention established in hundreds of communities
