Chocolate Lovers, Beware. How Mars, Inc. is Fighting the Threat of a Major Meltdown
Due to unfavorable climate change trends, one of the world鈥檚 most cherished sweet-tooth-satisfiers may become a luxury item as soon as 2030.
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Chocolate Endangered
Temperature increases threaten to send cocoa “yields crashing and prices soaring” according to one industry expert. Chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Spr眉ngli is working to sustain global cocoa supply…but will it be enough to meet rising demand?
鈥淭he Chocopalyse鈥�: Imagine a World without Chocolate
Valentine鈥檚 Day without a heart box filled with chocolates? Easter without a solid chocolate Easter Egg? Halloween without Reese鈥檚 Peanut Butter Cups? Hanukkah without Gelt? It is hard to imagine such a world, but the sad reality is these celebrations may in the future no longer include chocolates. Unless companies help farmers to drastically change the way they are producing cocoa beans, climate change may make enjoying chocolate an expensive, difficult task.
Hershey鈥檚 Profits May Melt as the Earth Warms
Climate change will reduce cocoa bean supply by 2030. Hershey will need to adapt its business practices to remain competitive.
Chocolate Challenged at the Origin
Climate change is turning up the heat throughout the chocolate supply chain. Improving yields and farmer economic health is crucial to ensuring a sustainable, long-term supply of the world’s favorite candy.
Hot Chocolate: Climate Change Threatens to Melt Global Chocolate Supply
We all know the classic M-and-Ms promise: 鈥渢hey鈥檒l melt in your mouth, not in your hands.鈥� Unfortunately, chocolate lovers everywhere should fear the negative effect climate change is already having on this beloved sugary treat.
Mars鈥� Reponse to Chocolate鈥檚 Sticky Situation
It鈥檚 hard to imagine Halloween without its essential ingredients- chocolate and candy. But climate change is a major threat to future generations of trick or treaters. Leading the charge to save chocolate is Mars Inc., the world's largest candy manufacturer.
Hershey鈥檚 and the Extra Bitter Future of Chocolate
Everyone loves Hershey鈥檚 Chocolate with a marshmallow and graham cracker over a campfire, but by 2050, due to global warming, we might see drastic shortages in their main ingredient, Cocoa! Without long term sustainable and innovative actions by the company, we might be witnessing the end of chocolate for the masses and the s鈥檓ores that come along with it.
Sweet Sustainability Efforts
How do we protect the world’s chocolate supply when climate change knocks at the door?
A World without Hershey Kisses?
We are on the brink of a worldwide chocolate shortage, but Hershey will stop it nothing to fight global warming and keep accessible and affordable chocolate in the hands of everyday people.