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1% for the Planet
Little choices, big changes
With its Single Origin range* and 2024 Spring Collection, Valrhona is a member of 1% for the Planet®.
This means we donate 1% of the annual sales from these ranges to environmental non-profits that support causes we hold dear: sustainable cocoa farming, agroforestry, reforestation, and improving the living conditions of cocoa producers.
*pure origin cocoa beans
What is 1% For The Planet?
1% For The Planet is a collective of companies committed to donating 1% of their annual revenue on all or part of their product range to environmental protection organizations. This non-governmental organization was founded in 2002 by Yvon Chouinard, the founder and owner of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, former owner of Blue Ribbon Flies.
We have chosen to be part of it, committing to donate 1% of the annual revenue from our Pure Origin and Spring 2024 Collection ranges.
Cacao Forest
The project grew out of an ambition to develop agroforestry as a means of protecting resources, increasing cocoa producers’ income, and securing our supplies of quality beans. It is a dynamic and unique alliance of French chocolate makers (Valrhona, Ecotone, Weiss, Révillon, Voisin, the Relais Desserts association, and Carambar & Co, who make up the TERRA ISARA endowment fund), research and higher education institutions (CIRAD and ISARA respectively), the Earthworm Foundation NGO, and the Agence Française de Développement.
From 2016 to 2023, four different agroforestry models designed to improve growers’ income were tested. This income includes sales of both cocoa and other related crops.
The research program has yielded very positive results, as the four models all proved much more profitable than the control model. One of them even provides an income of $3,000 per hectare annually - that’s three times more than the control model.
Plans are in place to roll out the Cacao Forest project in Ivory Coast in 2024
Biovallée: let’s meet under the trees
The “Sous les arbres, rejoignons-nous” initiative, which means «Let’s meet under the trees» and has been led by the Biovallée non-profit since 2020.
It gives local residents the chance to plant thousands of fruit trees in public areas of the Drôme valley every year.
3,450 trees have been planted, 20 educational projects carried out and 2,150 people involved over three planting seasons.
The future collective projects are oriented towards areas of importance for biodiversity and towards regenerative hydrology.
Fonds Solidaire Valrhona
The Valrhona Foundation, which promotes fair, sustainable cocoa farming and inclusive, responsible gastronomy.
Over the course of three years, the Valrhona Foundation has financed 20 projects in seven countries, improving the lives of 23,500 people both directly and indirectly.
Be part of commit
By choosing our Pure Origin and Spring 2024 Collection ranges, you also contribute to this commitment.
Valrhona’s chocolate-making expertise empowers taste artisans to explore endless creative possibilities and devise their own personal signatures.
It all starts with the selection of raw ingredients, particularly the cocoa beans: Valrhona’s sourcing team travels the world to select the finest, most unique cocoas directly from plantations.
Single origin* chocolates, are split into two groups: Single origin* couvertures, which are available permanently, and cuvées from small plantations, which are available in limited quantities. Both groups are representative of a single country’s aromatic profile.
*pure origin cocoa beans
Valrhona Spring 2024 collection
This collection, which tells the story of the rebirth of nature in the spring, comes in 3 different formats, including a new, never-before-seen idea: Easter cones.
The elegant, streamlined design of the gift boxes is adorned with bright colors that evoke lush, leafy nature in a nod to agroforestry, a cultivation method supported by Valrhona that respects the soil by mixing different tree species and enables producers to diversify their income.
This springtime collection is sure to delight the whole family!
