Love Cocoa Ltd

Certified B Corporation
Headquarters

London Borough of Islington, United Kingdom

Certified Since

June 2023

Industry

Food products

Sector

Wholesale/Retail

Operates In

United Kingdom

Born in 2016, Love Cocoa is on a mission to drive positive change within the chocolate industry. Love Cocoa Ltd comprises two brands - Love Cocoa and H!P Chocolate - both of which are committed to creating chocolate that tastes good and does good. Love Cocoa produces luxury chocolate in an ethical and sustainable way; H!P is a vegan brand that uses oat m!lk in place of dairy in their chocolate. Both brands are dedicated to protecting the planet whilst making high quality, great-tasting chocolate. Love Cocoa uses business as a force for good by prioritising both people and the planet alike. They have planted over 1.5 million trees in the last two years, are a proud member of 1% for the Planet and are now B Corp certified. Love Cocoa is passionate about fostering and maintaining an excellent culture with deep-rooted values that are shared by the entire team.

Overall B Impact Score

Based on the B Impact assessment, Love Cocoa Ltd earned an overall score of 88.3. The median score for ordinary businesses who complete the assessment is currently 50.9.
88.3
88.3 Overall B Impact Score
80 Qualifies for B Corp Certification
50.9 Median Score for Ordinary Businesses

Governance 15.2

Governance evaluates a company's overall mission, engagement around its social/environmental impact, ethics, and transparency. This section also evaluates the ability of a company to protect their mission and formally consider stakeholders in decision making through their corporate structure (e.g. benefit corporation) or corporate governing documents.

Mission & Engagement2.0
Ethics & Transparency3.2
+ Mission Locked10

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Workers 30.7

Workers evaluates a company’s contributions to its employees’ financial security, health & safety, wellness, career development, and engagement & satisfaction. In addition, this section recognizes business models designed to benefit workers, such as companies that are at least 40% owned by non-executive employees and those that have workforce development programs to support individuals with barriers to employment.

Financial Security11.0
Health, Wellness, & Safety6.4
Career Development3.4
Engagement & Satisfaction5.7

Community 22.5

Community evaluates a company’s engagement with and impact on the communities in which it operates, hires from, and sources from. Topics include diversity, equity & inclusion, economic impact, civic engagement, charitable giving, and supply chain management. In addition, this section recognizes business models that are designed to address specific community-oriented problems, such as poverty alleviation through fair trade sourcing or distribution via microenterprises, producer cooperative models, locally focused economic development, and formal charitable giving commitments.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion2.1
Economic Impact7.1
Civic Engagement & Giving4.0
Supply Chain Management3.8
+ Supply Chain Poverty Alleviation1.8

What is this? A company with an Impact Business Model is intentionally designed to create a specific positive outcome for one of its stakeholders - such as workers, community, environment, or customers.


Environment 15.4

Environment evaluates a company’s overall environmental management practices as well as its impact on the air, climate, water, land, and biodiversity. This includes the direct impact of a company’s operations and, when applicable its supply chain and distribution channels. This section also recognizes companies with environmentally innovative production processes and those that sell products or services that have a positive environmental impact. Some examples might include products and services that create renewable energy, reduce consumption or waste, conserve land or wildlife, provide less toxic alternatives to the market, or educate people about environmental problems.

Environmental Management3.3
Air & Climate4.4
Water2.0
Land & Life5.6

Customers 4.2

Customers evaluates a company’s stewardship of its customers through the quality of its products and services, ethical marketing, data privacy and security, and feedback channels. In addition, this section recognizes products or services that are designed to address a particular social problem for or through its customers, such as health or educational products, arts & media products, serving underserved customers/clients, and services that improve the social impact of other businesses or organizations.

Customer Stewardship4.2


Previous Overall B Impact Scores

2023 Overall B Impact Score88.3

Additional Documentation

Love Cocoa Ltd - Disclosure Report on Industries at Risk of Human Rights Violation - 2023

Love Cocoa Ltd - Standardized Disclosure Report on Alcohol-contained Products - 2023


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