Chocolate companies respond to sunday.

Chocolate companies respond to sunday.

Nestle globally has invested in a long term cocoa plan that is already making a positive difference in the lives of farmers,their families and communities. The Nestle cocoa plan includes supplying 12 million higher yielding cocoa plants so that farmers get better yields and prices, farmer field training and significant social development projects that can improve communities,access to people's education and basic needs such as water and sanitation.

Whilst they are at work with fair trade in the UK,they also work with many certification partners around the world including UTZ certified and Rainforest Alliance. All these organisations are well known and also respected and share a long term commitment to improving conditions for the farmers in the developing world and as well as understanding the challenges this involves.

They have been working to ensure a reliable supply of certified cocoa from West Africa, in the quality and quantity that they need, to use in the manufacture of chocolate products for Australia and New Zealand. They have recently taken a delivery of the first shipment of UTZ certified cocoa as it becomes available. in stores. There plan is to only use UTZ certified cocoa in the Australian factory and the first product made with this cocoa will be KIT KAT four finger.

By: AJ