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Sustainable cocoa cultivation
Did you know that a Swiss person eats 12 kilos of chocolate every year, on average? Cocoa is the most important raw material for making chocolate. Many millions of people around the world are involved in its cultivation. Through our commitment to sustainable cocoa cultivation, we want to both support these people and help protect the environment.
What we do
Our goal is to make cocoa cultivation more sustainable. You can help us achieve this by looking out for the Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade certifications when buying cocoa products.
We source cocoa from sustainable production that guarantees fair working conditions for suppliers and producers.
Since late 2013, all chocolate from our own brand Chocolat Frey has been Rainforest Alliance-certified.
By the end of 2025, we want all coffee beans used for our own-brand products to meet the Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade Max Havelaar or EU Organic / Bio Suisse standards.
Committed to fair trade
What we are currently doing
Supermarket
Why the price of cocoa is going through the roof
The price of cocoa has almost quadrupled in one year: Bruno Feer explains the background and consequences for Frey chocolate.
Sustainable cocoa cultivation
Enjoy chocolate without a guilty conscience
To make cocoa cultivation more sustainable, Migros launched the «Agroforestry Climate Protection Project» at the end of 2020.
Sustainable Easter
Easter bunnies in potato fur
The packaging for Frey’s popular colourful Easter bunnies is now made from potatoes. Read on to find out how this came about.
Our cocoa labels
Our in-house factory – Delica – develops and produces chocolate that you can enjoy with a clear conscience. For example, the chocolate bars and snacks from our own brand Chocolat Frey are made here in Switzerland using Rainforest Alliance-certified chocolate. To tackle the many challenges associated with cocoa cultivation, we have teamed up with various partners.
Rainforest Alliance
The Rainforest Alliance promotes responsible and sustainable cocoa cultivation.
In 2018, the Rainforest Alliance joined forces with the UTZ programme to create a new certification programme that combines the strengths of both labels. The standards include specifications relating to the following:Equal rights in production companies and collectives
Zero violence and harassment in the workplace
Employee health and safety
Ban on child labour
Wildlife and biodiversity protection
Water management
Reduction of greenhouse gases
Improved cultivation practice
Crop rotation and polyculture
Fairtrade Max Havelaar
Fairtrade is committed to sustainable cultivation and fair trading practices. Products bearing the “Max Havelaar” Fairtrade label are primarily intended to improve the living and working conditions of smallholder farmers and their families. This involves ensuring:
A guaranteed minimum price
A fixed premium paid directly to the producers
Regulated work conditions
Prohibition of exploitative child labour
Prohibition of discrimination
Environmentally-friendly cultivation
Protection of natural resources
Prohibition of dangerous pesticides
No genetically modified seeds
Transparent trading relations
Migros Bio
The Migros Organic label indicates that a considerate approach to the environment has been used in production. This involves, for example:
Production in harmony with natural cycles
Promotion of natural soil fertility
Preventive plant protection instead of chemical protective agents
No genetic engineering or air transportation
Every chocolate in the M-Check
With the M-Check, we provide transparent information about how the product performs in comparison to other products. The more stars it has, the more sustainable it is.
Fair-trade chocolate from our product range
Acting sustainably together
You can find out more about our commitment to a wide range of sustainable products in the stories.
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Social standards
Education for a brighter future
By purchasing certain textiles, customers are supporting the Migros Kids School.
Sustainable products
How green is your Christmas tree?
We find out how eco-friendly Christmas trees are. Our findings are surprisingly positive.
Sustainability
Weeding by robots
Fewer pesticides in agriculture? We present five pioneering methods.
Food waste
Turning beer into burgers
Thanks to a new process, V-Love meat substitutes are made using beer-brewing leftovers.
Sustainable products
What do you know about Fairtrade?
What is the most popular Fairtrade product? And who is this Max Havelaar anyway? Take our quiz and find out!
Fair trade
How fair is my T-shirt? How to find out
Can I buy a T-shirt with a clear conscience? How does Migros ensure that the people who contributed to the creation of the garment are protected and treated with respect at their workplace? Insights into the many stages on the way to the finished T-shirt.
More sustainable strawberries
Making strawberries more palatable for the environment
Migros has been selling sustainable strawberries from southern Spain since 2019.
Cultivating soybeans in Seeland
Soybeans: No fertiliser, no pests
Cattle graze next to soybean fields on the Garohof farm in the Bernese Seeland: why the future looks bright for this pairing.
Meadow milk
Milk in harmony with nature
Migros backs meadow milk where fresh milk is concerned. This commitment benefits not only the cows, which are able to spend plenty of time out in the fresh air, but also biodiversity and consumers too, who get greater sustainability for the same price.
Animal welfare
More respect in egg production
Migros is actively taking action against the widespread killing of chicks.
Robust apple variety
Apples with a better immune system
There are new varieties of apples that are naturally more robust than the conventional varieties. How are these actually created and what makes them more robust?
Sustainable products
Going bananas? You bet!
Bananas are more popular than any other fruit. That's why it's all the more important that they are grown sustainably. Migros ensures that this is the case through its WWF banana project in Ecuador and Colombia.
