Yasmine Gbormittah Email

Operations Coordinator . Divine Chocolate USA

Current Roles

Employees:
47
Revenue:
$10.2M
About
The only chocolate company in the world that is 100% Fairtrade and farmer owned. Divine Chocolate is also a Certified B Corporation. Kuapa Kokoo, a co-operative of over 80,000 cocoa farmers in Ghana, co-own the company. This means they receive 4 income streams from Divine: o Guaranteed minimum Fairtrade price for their cocoa ($2000/tonne) o Fairtrade social premium invested in their communities ($200/tonne) o 2% of Divine turnover to Producer Support & Development (over $2m contributed to date) o 44% share of Divine profits, plus 2 members on the board and a voice in the industry Divine works with 90,000 farmers worldwide to source ingredients, including sugar from Malawi, vanilla from Madagascar, coconuts from Sri Lanka and Almonds from Pakistan Everything we do is driven by our social mission: to empower producers & consumers. We use the power of chocolate to delight and engage people! Award-winning for great tasting chocolate and pioneering Fairtrade, social enterprise & sustainability o Named 'Best for the World' B Corporation in the Community category in 2018 & 2017 o CEO Sophi Tranchell awarded 2016 Social Entrepreneur of the Year by Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship o Won a Guardian Sustainable Business Award for Social Impact in 2015 o Shortlisted for Ethical Product of the Decade at The Observer Ethical Awards 2015 o Social Enterprise of The Year 2014/2015 o UK’s Favourite Fairtrade Product 2014 with Divine Milk Chocolate with Toffee & Sea Salt o Great Taste Award 2013 with Divine Dark Chocolate Ginger Thins Trading in UK and USA with offices in London and Washington D.C. Distributed across Canada, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Czech Republic, South Korea, Australia and Japan. Working with suppliers across Europe and North America to produce fine quality Fairtrade chocolate. Divine UK: https://www.linkedin.com/company/divine-chocolate-uk
Divine Chocolate USA Address
425 8th St SE
Washington, DC
United States
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