Divine Chocolate Company
What could be better than buying some delicious chocolate with the knowledge you're also doing something good for society? Divine Chocolate is a Fairtrade company that is co-owned by the cocoa farmers cooperative Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, who not only receive a fair price for their cocoa but also a large share in the company's profit.
In the early 1990s, Kuapa Kokoo was set up by a group of cocoa growers in Ghana, West Africa to trade its own cocoa, and thus manage the selling process more efficiently than government cocoa agents.
In 1998 the Co-op, fair trade organisation Twin Trading, The Body Shop, Christian Aid and Comic Relief came together to launch Divine Chocolate. Against the odds it has grown to an £11m business with over 25 products available in supermarkets, Oxfam and independent stores and delicatessens all over the country as well as international markets as well.
In June 2008 Divine won the Observer Ethical Business Award and in 2007 it won Best Social Enterprise of the Year at the Enterprising Solution Awards.