The 2017 Progress Report demonstrates how, five years in, Cocoa Life is making a difference on its journey to create a vibrant cocoa supply chain while transforming the lives and livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities.

Our Cocoa Life approach continues to be crucial in helping these communities address the dynamic and complex challenges they face—all of which are interrelated and demand a holistic approach to solve. We’ve continued to empower cocoa farmers and their communities by focusing on the areas where we can have the greatest impact. Fighting climate change so that future generations can inherit fertile land has been core to our program since 2012. This year, we continued this commitment by embarking on new partnerships to fight deforestation. We also implemented systems to help eliminate child labor, elevated the voices of women and more - it's been a tremendous year.

By the end of 2017, we grew our sustainably sourced cocoa by 14 percentage points to 35% of our global needs. In fact, our Cadbury brand throughout the UK and Ireland began sourcing Cocoa Life cocoa. We also reached 120,500 farmers (+31% from 2016) in 1,085 communities (+26% from 2016). This year’s report details how we’re connecting both ends of the supply chain – from the cocoa farmers to the consumers who enjoy our chocolate, as well as key accomplishments across our five focus areas and three cross-cutting themes.