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Living our values
Barry Callebaut has long been engaged in activities to support cocoa farmers and cocoa farming communities. We regard activities that help to empower cocoa farmers to be vital for ensuring a sustainable cocoa industry and facilitating the economic growth of origin countries. We believe that achieving profitable growth in our business and con tributing to sustainable economic and social development go hand in hand. We strive to live our corporate values – customer focus, passion, entrepreneurship, team spirit and integrity – in all our business interac tions. We view “social responsibility” in a broad sense. We believe we have a responsibility to all our stakeholders – shareholders, customers, con sumers, suppliers, employees and the communities where we operate – and an obligation to consider their respective expectations. We pay particular attention to conditions in cocoagrowing countries and those lacking a welfare structure. In line with this focus, we have also imple mented various programs to provide housing, healthcare services and educational support to our employees in countries in Africa and South America.
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Barry Callebaut is the Number One chocolate company in the world, and we want to be the Number One socially responsible company in the world. Africa is very important to us and to our business, and it is important for us to give back.
Patrick De Maeseneire, CEO Barry Callebaut
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