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The Chocolate Festival Foundation
The Advisory Board
A team of various expertise related to the cocoa and chocolate industry supports Chocoa by participating in the advisory board which creates the content of the Chocoa Conference, the Chocoa Trade Fair, and the program including the public debate at Chocoa Festival.
Equipoise
Equipoise works on innovations, the development of sustainable solutions, collaborations, and information (transparency and education). Drive, engagement, and commitment is an important asset of our small, flexible, international organization. Jack Steijn and Caroline Lubbers enthusiastically promote sustainable chains and are the founders of Equipoise. Various projects Equipoise works on consist of consultancy, management, and events, including Chocoa.
good cocoa, better chocolate
The cocoa and chocolate industry is on its way to further sustainability. This is a process in which are put several good steps. However, there is no single definition of ‘sustainability’ and there are clear differences between producers. One producer is more into sustainable production and the other producer is focussing both in quality cocoa as well as in the sustainable production process.
The image of sustainable cocoa is negative, while there is already a lot happening to preserve this sector. Many consumers have a feeling of guilt when eating chocolate because they do not always know which good initiatives already exist to sustain the sector.
Chocoa facilitates market access for sustainable and high-quality cocoa and cocoa products and promotes innovations for a sustainable cocoa sector. Chocoa is the only event dedicated to quality and sustainability in the cocoa chain, bringing together cocoa producers, chocolate makers and consumers and creating innovative projects.