Partner Cooperatives
Partner cooperatives are integral mission partners for Tony's Open Chain as they are the implementers of Tony's 5 Sourcing Principles. They deliver direct, positive impact to cocoa farmers.
A partner cooperative is a collaborative organization of cocoa farmers that is democratically controlled, owned and jointly run by its members to combine resources for mutual benefit.
Data ownership and programs management sits with our partner cooperatives for better decision making and local empowerment.
Ongoing collaboration ensures Tony's Open Chain and the partner cooperatives can collectively tackle challenges and openly share both successes and failures.
Tony's Open Chain co-op strategy
To support a diverse portfolio of partner cooperatives at various stages of development, we implement a flexible approach. This method allows for efficient onboarding and provides partner cooperatives with the necessary time and support to advance along their unique development paths, ultimately leading to tangible outcomes for the most pressing issues in cocoa.
Fruiting co-ops implement basic programs and key claims, with intensive support from country teams.
On-the-way co-ops make steps along the steppingstones of Tony's 5 Sourcing Principles.
Harvesting co-ops implement advanced programmes, test innovations and help to shape the future of Tony's 5 Sourcing Principles.
