24 Feb 2026

Mars, Mondelēz, Nestlé, Hershey, and Lindt team up to transform future of cocoa

Mars, Mondelēz, Nestlé, Hershey, and Lindt team up to transform future of cocoa

The world’s biggest chocolate makers are working together to futureproof cocoa and support growers.

Summary of TogetherCocoa initiative

  • Five major confectionery companies launch TogetherCocoa to support cocoa communities

  • Initiative focuses on closing living income gaps in West Africa

  • Companies aim to strengthen long-term resilience of global cocoa supply chains

  • Collaboration includes governments, suppliers and wider cocoa-sector stakeholders

  • Foundation’s impact will be shared as programme details further develop

Five of the biggest confectionery companies in the world have joined forces to create TogetherCocoa – a foundation to support cocoa-growing communities.

Mars Incorporated, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, The Hershey Company, and Lindt & Sprüngli say TogetherCocoa “builds on longstanding efforts to help close the living income gap for cocoa-farming households in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana”.

The confectionery giants, which rely upon the commodity for many of their products, also hope to foster greater collaboration across the industry, in order to strengthen the resilience of the global cocoa supply chain.


 

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