Belfine and Sustainability

Discover our 4 pilars of sustainability

Discover our 4 pillars of sustainability:

1. Sustainable Sourcing (Route de cacao)
All Belfine lollipops are Fairtrade cocoa certified. Our farmers are paid a Fairtrade Minimum Price for their goods, which acts as a safeguard when market prices drop. On top of this, farmer organizations also receive a Fairtrade Premium which they invest in projects of their choice. Many farmers have used the Premium to improve their businesses and production, replacing old trees and investing in better facilities for crop collection, storage, transport, or processing

2. Sustainable Packaging
We are actively committed to developing environmentally friendly packaging solutions. Our goal is to reduce packaging and make it fully recyclable.

The impact of our actions:
- Sustainable forest management
- Reduction of CO2 emissions in both production and transport.
- Improved recyclability of our packaging, reducing waste streams.

3. Sustainable Production
Our target is to emit 42% less greenhouse gasses (Scope 1 & 2) by 2030 compared to 2020. Our greenhouse gas reducing efforts follow the system of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Our greenhouse gas footprint mapping and emission reduction targets are approved by SBTi.

After third-party audit, we are certified against the Climate Activator Certification Standard of Anthesis B.V. for greenhouse gas emissions of scope 1, scope 2 and specific aspects of scope 3, being business travel and employee commuting. We are therefore proudly using the Climate Activator trademark.

4. Let's Make People Happy!
We are committed to making the lives of our cocoa farmers better by training them in order to get higher quality cocoa and paying them a chocolate bonus and quality premium for the better quality cocoa, thereby increasing their income . We also improve the environment and living conditions of our farmers' communities.