Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Meurisse Chocolate NV has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

Meurisse Chocolate NV Sustainability Profile

Sustainability Summary

This is an unclaimed profile. Meurisse Chocolate NV has not joined Sustainability Tracker to verify their sustainability credentials. We gathered what we could from public sources.

What do our labels mean?

Meurisse Chocolate NV is the oldest chocolate maker in Belgium, founded in 1845 and relaunched in 2020 with sustainability as a central part of the business. The company is based in Antwerp, Belgium, and became a Certified B Corporation in April 2024 with a B Impact Score of 97.5. Publicly available information describes work on ethical sourcing, organic and Fairtrade certifications, and packaging changes. Meurisse says it works exclusively with Cacao-Trace and aims to make responsibly sourced products with a positive impact, while keeping claims transparent and based on factual numbers.

About Meurisse Chocolate NV

Status
Unverified

Website
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Employees
5 - 25

Country
Belgium

Meurisse Chocolate NV Sustainability Actions

Certified B Corporation

Meurisse became a B Corp. “B Corp signals that a company is trying to do things differently.” The company was certified in April 2024 and earned an overall B Impact Score of 97.5.

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Works with Cacao-Trace

Meurisse now works exclusively with Cacao-Trace, a programme that guarantees transparent sourcing, quality cocoa, and fair compensation for farmers—plus an added chocolate bonus for every kilo sold.

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Went organic

The company said: “We eat organic food at home. So we wanted to do the same with Meurisse.” Beyond organic and Fairtrade certifications, Meurisse also became a B Corp.

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Switched packaging material

Their chocolate bars were initially wrapped in home-compostable foil, but user behaviour posed an unexpected challenge. “Since the foil looked and felt like plastic, people weren’t throwing it into the compost. It was polluting recycling streams.” So Meurisse made the pragmatic choice to switch to recyclable plastic.

Joined Beyond Chocolate

Meurisse is part of Beyond Chocolate, the partnership for a sustainable Belgian chocolate industry. Partners in the initiative are working to end deforestation, stimulate education for future generations and provide a living income for cocoa growers.

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Meurisse Chocolate NV Sustainability Commitments

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Certification by 2025

By 2025 at the latest, all the chocolate produced and/or sold in Belgium shall comply with a relevant certification standards and/or shall be manufactured from cocoa-based products covered by a corporate sustainability scheme.

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