Butlers Chocolates
Membership Status:
Approved until 31 May 2023
Sector:
Confectionery/Snacks
About the company
Butlers Chocolates is Ireland's largest family-owned chocolate producer and has been crafting chocolates in Dublin since 1932. Butlers Chocolates is Ireland's most preferred brand of luxury Irish chocolates. Butlers chocolatiers use sustainably sourced cocoa to create exceptional chocolate products including; premium chocolate assortments, gourmet solid and filled chocolate bars in various sizes, chocolate collections with alcohol, souvenir gifts and travel retail exclusives. Butlers Chocolates have won numerous Great Taste Awards, Irish Food Awards and Quality Irish Food Awards for excellence in taste and presentation. The company is also known and loved throughout Ireland and beyond for its eponymous retail concept - Butlers Chocolate Café, an innovative experience personifying the Butlers brand, in over 30 locations worldwide including South Asia and Dubai.
Key Sustainability Commitments
Spotlight Target Area: Supplier Certification
The environment and Butlers impact upon it have always been central to the company's thought process, striving to build sustainability into its business practices at every opportunity. Butlers Chocolates is committed to the ethical sourcing of ingredients and is a member of Cocoa Horizons, a programme which seeks to improve the livelihoods of cocoa farmers and their communities. The coffee used in Butlers Chocolate Cafés is also Ethically Sourced. The company set out to source 80% of its cocoa from Cocoa Horizon by the year 2022. Demonstrating exemplary performance in this area, Butlers has achieved this target ahead of the milestone, sourcing 98.4% of its cocoa from Cocoa Horizons in 2021, an outstanding achievement which showcases the company's firm and ongoing commitment to robust sustainable procurement practices..jpg)