Ethical Sourcing

gochocchick — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:51:30 +0000

I feel really proud. I love chatting to my raw chocolate ingredients suppliers. They are an ethical company that imports healthy products from South America and Africa and have a wonderful and ethical attitude to business. I found them through a recommendation and the more I find out about their business practices, the happier I am to be working with them. During my last chat to them this week, I wanted to find out a bit more about my raw cacao and raw cacao butter suppliers in Ecuador. It turns out that my UK suppliers work directly with the growers and farmers in Ecuador to ensure working conditions are of a fair and high standard and that no pesticides or harmful agrochemicals are used in the growth, harvest or packaging of the products they import.

I simply asked my suppliers a few questions and found out a lot of interesting information. I found out that the raw cacao powder and raw cacao butter I use in my CHOC Chick Kits are grown by a fair trade, family run business in Ecuador. I found out that their business is an integral part of the community, that they look after all their workers and make a point of hiring single mothers, who find it particularly hard to find work in Ecuador. I also found out that all workers are given free food which includes organic, pesticides free rice and flour. And the best thing I found out is their name. This community business is run by Santiago and Carla and I feel very proud to be a small part in this ethical supply chain.

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Ethical Sourcing