Divine Chocolate Limited, formerly the Day Chocolate Company, is a manufacturer of Fairtrade chocolate products in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1998 as a partnership between the Kuapa Kokoo cocoa growers' collective and the alternative trading organization Twin Trading; other supporters included The Body Shop, Christian Aid and Comic Relief. The fair trade movement promotes international agreements to enforce price supports for commodities, particularly those exported from poor countries to the industrialised West. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Kuapa Kokoo is a cocoa farmers co-operative organisation, established in Ghana in 1993. ... Cocoa beans in a cacao pod Cocoa is the dried and partially fermented fatty seed of the cacao tree from which chocolate is made. ... An alternative trading organization (ATO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) explicitly committed to realigning exploitative global trading structures, particularly those involving partners in developing countries. ... Twin Trading is a leading alternative trading company in the United Kingdom. ... The Body Shop in Downtown Toronto, Canada. ... Activists from Christian Aid lobbying for Trade Justice Christian Aid promotion to buy goats to assist children of Rwanda Christian Aid is an agency of the major Christian churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ...

Divine Chocolate's 99 shares are owned by the following organizations:

• 45 shares are owned by Kuapa Kokoo, a Fairtrade cocoa cooperative in Ghana.
• 42 shares are owned by Twin Trading, an alternative trading organization based in London.
• 12 shares are owned by Oikocredit, a Dutch microfinance institution.^[1]

Divine Chocolate claims that its trading system is unique even in the sphere of fair trade, in that farmers own a stake in the company and its profits. Its first product, launched in October 1998, was Divine milk chocolate. Since then, variations such as Divine white chocolate, flavoured milk chocolate, dark chocolate and drinking chocolate have been added to the company's list. Another brand, Dubble, was launched in 2000. Kuapa Kokoo is a cocoa farmers co-operative organisation, established in Ghana in 1993. ... Twin Trading is a leading alternative trading company in the United Kingdom. ... An alternative trading organization (ATO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) explicitly committed to realigning exploitative global trading structures, particularly those involving partners in developing countries. ... Oikocredit is a cooperative established by the World Council of Churches to offer microfinance in developing countries. ... Microfinance is a term for the practice of providing financial services, usually very small loans, to developing economies. ... Profit, from Latin meaning to make progress, is defined in two different ways. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Dubble is a Fairtrade chocolate bar sold in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Divine Chocolate was a runner-up in the 2002 Worldaware Award for small businesses. The nomination recognized Divine Chocolate for "its courageous and creative marketing stance in favour of fair trade in the highly competitive chocolate confectionery market".

See also

An alternative trading organization (ATO) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) explicitly committed to realigning exploitative global trading structures, particularly those involving partners in developing countries. ... Alter Eco is a French alternative trading organization, created in 1998, specialized in the import and the distribution of Fairtrade products. ... Cafédirect is a UK-based alternative trading organization. ... Ctm altromercato is Italys largest alternative trading organization. ... Equal Exchange is a for-profit Fairtrade company located in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts that distributes organic, gourmet coffee, tea, sugar, cocoa, and chocolate bars produced by farmer cooperatives in Latin America, Africa and Asia. ... The gepa3 Fair Handelshaus is Europes largest alternative trading organization. ... SERRV International is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, alternative trading organization operating in the United States and in Africa, Asia and Latin America. ... Traidcraft is a the UKs leading fair trade organisation dedicated to fighting poverty through trade. ... Twin Trading is a leading alternative trading company in the United Kingdom. ... Ten Thousand Villages is a program of Mennonite Central Committee started in 1946 that pioneered the concept of fair trade by buying crafts directly from artisans in the developing world and paying a living wage. ...

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External links

• Divine Chocolate