Planet Pledge
We care about our planet, and we want to leave it in a better state than we found it. To do this, we are working tirelessly to minimise our environmental impact.
Packaging
We’ve pushed ourselves to improve our existing sustainable packaging and made important progress in updating our range. We’re always reinventing our packaging as better, more environmentally friendly materials are developed, and reducing, reusing and recycling as much as possible. Our plastic trays are made from 30% recycled plastic in the UK’s first circular economy for plastic.
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Energy
We use a range of energy-efficiency measures to reduce our energy consumption, both at our manufacturing site and in our shops nationwide. Installing LED lighting, reducing business travel and installing an environmental monitoring system are just some of them.
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Food Waste
We’re constantly on the hunt for new and innovative ways to reduce and recycle waste. In Saint Lucia, we use the waste of our cacao harvest, blending the tangy pulp into our cocktails and crushing the shells of cacao beans to make invigorating body scrubs. We don't throw away chocolates that are visually imperfect – enjoy them at a discount in our Ugly But Good bags!
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Food Miles
Cacao can only grow in tropical climates up to 20° north and south of the equator, but we import all our beans through sea freight, which has the lowest carbon footprint for long-distance shipping.
All our chocolates are made in the UK and perfectly packaged into lorries by our expert team. To reduce the carbon footprint and food miles of our Hotel Chocolat cafés, we source everything except milk from our central distribution centre.
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