We aim to contribute to a more equitable world by empowering women along the cocoa value chain in their business ambitions and financial sustainability and do this by reinvesting our profits from the ROKBAR sales into the cocoa value chain.
With everything we do, we aim to promote participation and visibility of women in the cocoa value chain. We support female entrepreneurship.
Our products are produced, processed, made and owned by women.
Rokbars are produced, processed, made & owned by women whereby we welcome supporting services around the value chain from men: logistics, translation, financing, etc. #HeforShe
Rokbars are fully traceable throughout the value chain
Rokbar is transparent on price composition, costs and benefits, challenges and impact
Rokbar rewards quality cocoa in a transparent and fair way
Rokbar is a social enterprise, whereby profits go back in the further development of the Rokbar
Rokbar is a middle segment chocolate bar, using natural ingredients and a relatively high cocoa content.
Rokbar builds the capacity of female suppliers and other local stakeholders in adding value, access to markets and access to services
Rokbar works towards climate neutral, organic and tree friendly bars
Rokbar promotes chocolate manufacturing in origin countries, by women for larger economic value creation
Rokbar enables women to perform non traditional women’s jobs (traders, transporters in origin, manufacturers in consuming countries)
tropical climate, at the Ashanti-highlands many cocoa trees have been planted, now cocoa is the main agricultural export product
beautiful landscapes, center of early agricultures, 45% indigenous people like Quechua, 30% is very poor
varied landscapes, densely populated, more then 250 ethnic groups, cocoa is the leading agricultural export product
Rokbar is a women-owned chocolate company based in AMSTERDAM
region Marahoué
‘What moves me is sustainability. I have been working on sustainable cocoa already for 15 years. For me, Rokbar is personal.’
‘I’m working on Rokbar because I believe chocolate is able to connect women, to empower them and to increase their well-being.’
‘It is proven that when women are in charge of the economy not only do their own children benefit but also the community in which they live!’
