The Nestlé Cocoa Plan is established and launched in Côte d’Ivoire. We already deliver the first steps for our vision of a brighter future, built on three pillars: Better Farming, Better Lives, and Better Cocoa.

In partnership with International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) Nestlé develops the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). Nestlé develops the Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System (CLMRS). This innovative tool is created to target prevention, mitigation and remediation assistance towards children involved in or at risk of child labour, as well as to their families and communities. Nestlé becomes the first major chocolate company to introduce a program of its kind in the cocoa sector – now an industry standard.

Nestlé kicks off a program to build 40 schools in 4 years in collaboration with World Cocoa Foundation (WCF).

KITKAT becomes the first brand at Nestlé to source all its cocoa from the Nestlé Cocoa Plan following a mass balance approach starting in Europe. The “mass balance” Rainforest Alliance certification demonstrates that we purchase a volume of certified cocoa equivalent to the volume used in your KITKAT.

Nestlé becomes part of the CFI, working alongside other cocoa and chocolate producers and governments with the ambition of helping reduce deforestation and forest degradation in cocoa-growing regions. Our progress is reported in our Cocoa Forest Positive progress reports.

Working in partnership with Côte d’Ivoire Ministry of Water and Forests, the Forest Agency (SODEFOR) and the Earthworm Foundation, Nestlé launches a project with the objective of protecting and restoring this unique forest habitat. Following a successful first phase, we are looking forward to extending our support with the help of new partners.

The Income Accelerator Program pilot is launched engaging 1000 cocoa-farming families in Côte d’Ivoire. The key principles are established to supporting the announcement of the test at scale from 2022, engaging with more than 10 000 families.

In January 2022, we introduced the groundbreaking income accelerator program with the goal of closing the income gap for cocoa-farming families and mitigating the risks of child labor. The program's initial pilot was initiated in 2020, involving 1000 cocoa-farming families in Côte d'Ivoire. Following its promising start, the program expanded to include 10 000 families for a large-scale test. Presently, the program has extended its reach to benefit 30 000 cocoa-farming families in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana with the aim to attain, where relevant, an estimated 160 000 families by 2030.

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan, launched in 2009, operates in 11 cocoa-producing countries, covering nearly 179 399 cocoa-farming families. More than a decade of experience and learnings on the ground allowed us to launch the income accelerator program that adds another layer of innovation and impact to our sustainable cocoa approach. We sourced, in 2023, 85.5% of our cocoa volumes from the Nestlé Cocoa Plan with the aim of reaching 100% by 2025.

Back in 2016, KitKat became the first brand at Nestlé to source all its cocoa through the Nestlé Cocoa Plan following a mass balance approach starting in Europe. Today, we source traceable cocoa liquor for our major KITKAT® factories in Europe from cocoa farming families who participate in Nestlé's Income Accelerator Program. Additionally, we procure cocoa from the Nestlé Cocoa Plan, which includes volumes of Rainforest Alliance certified mass balance cocoa, as well as Nestlé Cocoa Plan verified volumes.