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At Puratos, we are committed to continuously improve our sustainability performance, to benchmark it towards the best practices implemented on the market and to collaborate with the whole value chain to improve our society. This is why we make use of well established certification schemes and labelling frameworks, to reliably measure our impact, to transparently communicate about it with all our stakeholders and to benefit from and contribute to the improvement of global practices and expertise.   

Responsible Sourcing

Cacao-Trace

Cacao-Trace is Puratos’ Sustainable Cocoa Program that helps build a truly sustainable future for chocolate, cocoa-based products, and everyone involved. For over a decade, Cacao-Trace has addressed the critical challenges of the cocoa chain, creating value through great-tasting cocoa by mastering fermentation—a value that is then shared with cocoa farmers, significantly improving their lives and the lives of their families.

RSPO: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

RSPO, a global non-profit organization, is dedicated to bringing together stakeholders from across the palm oil supply chain. Their mission is to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil. As part of this initiative, they work with various entities, one of which is Puratos. Puratos, holding the license number 2-1152-20-000-00, is an active participant in this mission, contributing to the sustainable future of palm oil production.

Rainforest Alliance

Rainforest Alliance certification helps farmers produce better crops, adapt to climate change, increase their productivity, and reduce costs. These benefits provide companies with a steady and secured supply of certified products. At Puratos, we incorporate Rainforest Alliance-certified cocoa and hazelnut into our supply chain.

Fairtrade

Fairtrade's approach enables farmers and workers to have more control over their lives, Fairtrade supports and challenges businesses and governments while connecting farmers and workers with the people who buy their products. At Puratos, we incorporate Fairtrade-certified cocoa, sugar, vanilla, and nuts into our supply chains.

Forest Stewardship Council

FSC offers sustainable sourcing solutions that supports responsible forestry. They are the leader in sustainable forest management, operating the world’s most rigorous and trusted forest certification system. At Puratos, we use FSC for our packaging materials.

Environment

CDP

CDP is the gold standard for environmental reporting , running a global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage and improve their environmental impacts. Puratos scores B both for Water and Climate Change.

Carbon Neutrality

Carbon Neutrality

Some of Puratos sites and our 60 days Chocolate have achieved carbon neutrality. This is certified by the CO2 - NEUTRAL label obtained from Vinçotte according to the PAS 2060 international standard for CO2 neutrality, which guarantees credible climate action. The sites that are carbon neutral: Philippines, Austria, Vietnam, Thailand, and Brazil.

Supply Chain best practices

SEDEX

Sedex is the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains. The Sedex tool gives us a better understanding of our supply chain and helps us monitor and assess the sustainability performance of our suppliers, as well as the associated social, environmental and business ethics risks. Puratos is a member of SEDEX.

Responsible Sourcing

To manufacture high-quality ingredients for our bakery, patisserie, and chocolate industry, Puratos sources many different raw materials from around the world. We are 100% committed to responsible sourcing and make sure we collaborate and maintain an open dialog with the people involved in our supply chain.

Environment

We are dedicated to creating a positive impact on society. To this end, we are implementing plans to achieve CO2 neutrality, use water responsibly, and reduce waste.