Pieterman Chocoladewerken Nederland BV is certified to process UTZ certified and Fair Trade chocolate.

 

UTZ CERTIFIED Good Inside products are traceable from grower to end product manufacturers; they operate an advanced web-based track-and-trace system, showing the buyers of UTZ certified products credibly link to the certified source(s).

 

UTZ CERTIFIED is cooperating with Ahold, Cargill, Heinz Benelux, Mars, Nestlé and ECOM to develop and implement a mainstream certification and traceability system for sustainable cocoa. Solidaridad and Oxfam Novib are supporting the initiative.

 

FAIRTRADE is a strategy for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Its purpose is to create opportunities for producers and workers who have been economically disadvantaged or marginalized by the conventional trading system.

 

FAIRTRADE is a tool for development that ensures disadvantaged farmers and workers in developing countries get a better deal through the use of the international FAIRTRADE Mark.

Example of Fair Trade Chocolate