Mondelez partners with FLOCERT to verify cocoa volumes and commercial deals

US-based confectionery company Mondelez International has collaborated with a socially focused global certification body FLOCERT in order to verify cocoa volumes and commercial transactions for the company’s $400m Cocoa Life programme.

Under this partnership programme, Cocoa Life will work with FLOCERT to launch its Flotis reporting system to authenticate the quantity of sustainably grown and traded cocoa.

In addition, this will be used to provide verification of Cocoa Life premium payments made to farmer organisations, the company stated.

Cocoa Life program director Cathy Pieters said: "Cadbury Dairy Milk was the first mainstream chocolate bar to carry the Fairtrade mark.

"Now we are delighted to bring a new dimension to our relationship with the Fairtrade family through this partnership between Cocoa Life and FLOCERT. Our aim is to know farmers are benefiting from a healthy supply chain with clear terms of trade, better access to markets, and new ways for their voices to be heard."

Flotis will ensure transparent transactions through reporting and providing statistical data for its evaluation, ensuring fair trading processes.

Mondelez also said that this joint effort will verify the Cocoa Life supply chain, which will help to complete the Cocoa Life verification framework alongside the Harvard University research team evaluating the program impact on the ground.

Cocoa Life programme helps Mondelez sustainably source all the company’s cocoa supply and it aims to reach more than 200,000 farmers across six countries.

This partnership will run for three years and it will have an option to extend until 2022.

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Image: This partnership will track cocoa volumes and commercial transactions. Photo: courtesy of Mondelez International, Inc.