The Nestlé Cocoa Plan was launched back in 2009. It has engaged close to 180,000 cocoa-farming families so far, building on our three pillars. Better farming, better lives, and better cocoa.​

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The Nestlé Cocoa Plan

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan was launched back in 2009. It has engaged close to 180,000 cocoa-farming families.

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The Income Accelerator Program

A program aimed at creating positive change through our chocolate breaks. It focuses on supporting cocoa-farming families by enhancing their livelihoods, promoting biodiversity, and contributing to community development.

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The Nestlé Cocoa Plan

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan was launched back in 2009. It has engaged close to 180,000 cocoa-farming families.

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The Income Accelerator Program

A program aimed at creating positive change through our chocolate breaks. It focuses on supporting cocoa-farming families by enhancing their livelihoods, promoting biodiversity, and contributing to community development.

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2009: The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is launched.​

2009: The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is launched.​

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is established and launched in Côte d’Ivoire. We already deliver the first steps for our vision of a brighter future, built on three pillars: Better Farming, Better Lives, and Better Cocoa.​

2012: Monitoring and remediation program established.

2012: Monitoring and remediation program established.

In partnership with International Cocoa Initiative (ICI), Nestlé develops the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). Nestlé develops the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). ​

2013: Expanding access to education​

2013: Expanding access to education​

Nestlé kicks off a program to build 40 schools in 4 years in collaboration with World Cocoa Foundation (WCF).​

2016: KITKAT leading the way.​

2016: KITKAT leading the way.​

KITKAT becomes the first brand at Nestlé to source all its cocoa from the Nestlé Cocoa Plan following a mass balance approach starting in Europe. The “mass balance” Rainforest Alliance certification demonstrates that we purchase a volume of certified cocoa equivalent to the volume used in your KITKAT.​

2017: Joining the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI)

2017: Joining the Cocoa & Forests Initiative (CFI)

Nestlé becomes part of the CFI, working alongside other cocoa and chocolate producers and governments with the ambition of helping reduce deforestation and forest degradation in cocoa-growing regions.

2020: The Cavally Forest Reserve project is launched.​

2020: The Cavally Forest Reserve project is launched.​

Working in partnership with Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Water and Forests, the Forest Agency (SODEFOR) and the Earthworm Foundation, Nestlé launches a project with the objective of protecting and restoring this unique forest habitat.

2020: The Income Accelerator Program piloted.

2020: The Income Accelerator Program piloted.

The Income Accelerator Program pilot is launched engaging 1000 cocoa-farming families in Côte d’Ivoire. The key principles are established supporting the announcement of the test at scale from 2022, engaging with more than 10 000 families.

2022: The Income Accelerator Program is officially launched.​

2022: The Income Accelerator Program is officially launched.​

In January 2022, we introduced the groundbreaking income accelerator program with the goal of closing the income gap for cocoa-farming families and mitigating the risks of child labour. Presently, the program has extended its reach to benefit 30 000 cocoa-farming families in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana with the aim to attain, where relevant, an estimated 160,000 families by2030.

2023: The Nestlé Cocoa Plan

2023: The Nestlé Cocoa Plan

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan, launched in 2009, operates in 11 cocoa-producing countries, engaging more than a 180,000 cocoa-farming families. More than a decade of experience and learnings on the ground allowed us to launch the income accelerator program that adds another layer of innovation and impact to our efforts to support cocoa-farming families and the local communities

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The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is building on more than a decade of experience in the field with the support and help of our partners. Progress and impact are made possible only with their support beginning with cocoa-farming families and the local communities.

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Delivering impact together.

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is building on more than a decade of experience in the field with the support and help of our partners. Progress and impact are made possible only with their support beginning with cocoa-farming families and the local communities.

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To make your favourite KitKat even better, we have set ourselves the mission to go further with our support of cocoa farmers, their families, and the local environment too. That’s what the innovative income accelerator program is all about. This program takes an innovative family-centred approach that aims to close the living income gap and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers within our supply chain.

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To make your favourite KitKat even better, we have set ourselves the mission to go further with our support of cocoa farmers, their families, and the local environment too. That’s what the innovative income accelerator program is all about. This program takes an innovative family-centred approach that aims to close the living income gap and improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers within our supply chain.

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