Sustainability
PASSION FOR BOTANICALS
A holistic approach to sustainable sourcing: driving social development, preserving Africa's biodiversity and supplying natural ingredients for health and wellness.
Our impact in numbers
Figures from our latest sourcing season. Supporting data available on request.
A continuous virtuous circle
Through our comprehensive vision of the value chain, we elevate African botanical ingredients in the global market. We build reliable, long-lasting supply chains based on sustainable sourcing, which guarantee recurring business and support international development projects.
Steady commercial demand allows us to structure value chains, buy consistently and standardise specifications, processing methods and storage conditions.
This virtuous cycle of sustainable sourcing gives producers and communities a genuine financial alternative and a lasting reason to preserve the African forest ecosystems they depend on.
Excellence growers - Sustainable sourcing
Social values alignment: we meticulously develop a selection process to identify growers aligned with our ethical standards (women rights preservation, zero tolerance for child labor, fair wages and safety on the workplace). Excellence growers are private growers or small cooperatives that are specialized in a specific ingredient with whom we partner to ensure a comprehensive compliance throughout our value chain.
Long-term commitment: our Excellence growers model is the start of a mutual, quality and traceability engagement for the product sourced. This implies a long term commitment with a strong social impact on the communities.
Social Development Projects: long term relations lead to long term projects that allow communities to thrive in terms of health, professional integration, economy development or education promotion.
Preserving biodiversity and promoting ecosystem services
Our activities make a significant contribution to preserving local biodiversity.
More than 80% of the species we work with are native to Africa. By developing markets and value chains around these species, we support their preservation while generating income for our Excellence growers.
These species are adapted to local ecosystems, requiring no pesticides and no artificial irrigation, which reduces pressure on water resources.
Building economic activity around local biodiversity also gives communities a lasting incentive to protect forests from being cleared for timber or other uses.
Sustainable Forestry Practices
Multiplication of local species: we finance nurseries to ensure the preservation of the crop so that the product is available when needed.
Crop resilience: cultivating native species adapted to the local ecosystem without requiring supplementary resources like spraying or irrigation.
Carbon sequestration: returning crop residues to soil to ensure organic matter and carbon capture. Preserving forest is also a key strategy aligned with Carbon sequestration.
Global goals
Our work contributes to the achievement of the following Sustainable Development Goals: 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 15.
How we contribute to each goal
SDG 1 · No poverty
Direct, recurring purchases from 341 producers and collectors, paid above the local farm-gate price, give rural households a reliable cash income.
SDG 2 · Zero hunger
Income from native tree crops and wild harvests helps rural households diversify their livelihoods and strengthen food security.
SDG 3 · Good health and well-being
We supply natural ingredients to the health, nutraceutical and wellness industries, and support community projects in health and education.
SDG 8 · Decent work and economic growth
Fair wages, safe workplaces and zero tolerance for child labour across our Excellence growers, with 100% women among the producers of our shea programme.
SDG 9 · Industry, innovation and infrastructure
We are building new value chains and investing in processing at origin, so that products once exported raw and transformed abroad now gain their value in Côte d’Ivoire.
SDG 12 · Responsible consumption and production
Every batch is traceable from field to pallet, with standardised specifications, processing and storage, and crop residues returned to the soil.
SDG 13 · Climate action
Our native species are adapted to the local climate and none of the crops we export is irrigated, saving water and building resilience to drought and a changing climate.
SDG 15 · Life on land
Over 80% native African species, 25,000 seedlings grown in the nurseries we finance, and a lasting economic reason for communities to keep forests standing.
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