What if your favorite chocolate bar suddenly cost twice as much? What if your morning supplement was not available on the shelf due to supply problems?
This is where sustainability and business strategy must come together.
Because when you strip away the jargon, sustainability comes down to a straightforward idea: creating value in a way that allows people, the planet and business to thrive, today and in the future.
We anticipated that climate-related pressures could lead to periods of cocoa scarcity and significant market disruption.
Our ambition was clear: to help our customers continue to deliver the delicious chocolate experiences consumers love while reducing reliance on cocoa.
CocoaCraze™ is a family of customized cocoa reduction solutions. By tailoring flavor profiles to match the unique characteristics of cocoa in each application, our flavorists can enable cocoa reductions of up to 50%.
It helps lower the environmental footprint of products by reducing the land use, water consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions associated with cocoa production. At the same time, it strengthens business resilience by giving manufacturers additional options to navigate cocoa supply shortages, price volatility, and long-term climate-related risks.
Among the many consequences, El Niño puts huge pressure on the production of an important nutrient we all need: omega-3.
Traditionally, omega-3 is sourced from fish. But here’s a surprising fact: fish get their omega-3 from what they eat, and that all starts with the microalgae they eat.
We found a different way of producing EPA and DHA: grow the algae directly, then extract the omega-3 oils they naturally produce. That means we don't need to rely on fish to be the middle-men.
That’s the thinking behind life’s®OMEGA.
Going directly to the source helps us diversify how we produce an important nutrient, while reducing reliance on marine resources and the pressure that comes with sourcing from the ocean.
India is one of the world’s largest mint-growing regions and a critical source of the natural mint oil used in products around the world, from fragrances and beauty products to oral care.
Mint growers in the region are increasingly suffering from climate variability, water scarcity, disease pressure, and economic uncertainty.
Through the Mint with Purpose , program, we work with Norex, our local partner, and farming communities to tackle some of these challenges.
Farmers receive training in practices that can improve soil health, use water more efficiently, and increase yields, while the program also strengthens local distillation capabilities and creates opportunities for entrepreneurship, including for women and young adults.
