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Whittaker’s Sustainability Profile

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Whittaker's is dedicated to achieving 100% sustainable packaging by 2025, underlining its commitment as New Zealand’s most loved and trusted brand. The company is actively pushing creative boundaries not just in chocolate production but also in sustainable practices. Whittaker’s aims to improve the materials used across all its packaging categories to protect the environment for future generations.

About Whittaker’s

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Whittaker’s Sustainability Actions

Sustainable Packaging Development

Whittaker's has engaged in a rigorous research and testing phase to explore sustainable packaging options, such as home compostable, commercially compostable, and recyclable materials. This effort involves a flexible testing process to stay responsive to evolving materials.

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Lifecycle Testing

Whittaker's conducts extensive testing, including a 3-month accelerated and a 12-month ambient shelf-life test, to ensure that sustainable packaging alternatives meet their high standards for food safety, quality, and durability.

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Carbon Footprint Measurement & Reduction

Whittaker’s has measured its full carbon footprint on an annual basis, establishing a baseline of 2.102 kg of CO₂ per 250g of chocolate in 2024. Through initiatives including transitioning the New Zealand sales team to electric vehicles and completing the electrification of factory forklifts, emissions were reduced to 2.074 kg per 250g in 2025.

Cocoa Farm Geo-Mapping & Traceability

Whittaker’s achieved 100% traceability of all cocoa beans from farm to factory ahead of its 2025 target, geo-mapping 2,400+ farms in Ghana. In 2024, partner co-operatives successfully geo-mapped all 6,563 farms under their management, enabling ongoing deforestation monitoring.

Shade Tree Planting & Farmer Community Investment

Through partnerships with Ghanaian co-operatives, Whittaker’s has funded the planting of more than 170,000 shade trees across 2,000 hectares of cocoa farmland. The programme also established 15 new Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) to promote financial stability among cocoa farming communities.

Whittaker’s Sustainability Commitments

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Carbon Emissions Reduction

Whittaker’s is committed to annual measurement and progressive reduction of its carbon footprint, tracking emissions per unit of chocolate produced. The company is actively electrifying its vehicle fleet and factory operations as part of this ongoing commitment.

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More Sustainable Packaging

Whittaker's is committed to transitioning all its packaging to more sustainable materials by 2025. This includes increasing the recyclability of its packaging and exploring new materials that meet sustainability criteria while maintaining product quality and safety.

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What do our labels mean?

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Rainforest Alliance Certified

About Whittaker’s

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  • Unverified
  • Industry
  • FMCG

Sustainable Development Goals

Whittaker’s is committed to advancing these Global Goals to promote prosperity for people & planet.

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This information references https://www.whittakers.co.nz/en_AU/good-honest-chocolate/packaging/on-the-road-to-100-sustainable-packaging/, https://www.whittakers.co.nz/en_AU/good-honest-chocolate/ingredients/rainforest-alliance/ and was sourced on 19/11/2020. Is this your business? Suggest an edit