By giving chocolate its letters of nobility, Valrhona became a world leader but is also internationally renowned for its fields of research and quality. This real business philosophy, embraced by everyone as the investment, the challenge for sustainable development, encompasses respect for the environment, social responsibility and economic performance. By committing itself environmentally, Valrhona has incorporated a strategy to upgrade its waste and to limit its water consumption and discharge. In its plantations, Valrhona reinstates threatened cocoa varieties and relies on a carefully measured agricultural policy using sustainable development-orientated tools. To fulfil its social responsibility, Valrhona creates partnerships based on product quality and on long-term relationships with suppliers. It also ensures the safety of staff and offers each contributor the means to improve skills and know-how through training. Valrhona is also committed to non-discrimination and maintains the employability of staff whilst simultaneously assuming a civic approach to employment in its region. The perpetual quest for innovation, performance in every field and on-going improvement projects nourish Valrhona’s profitable expansion every day, and also nourish that of its customers through the company’s commitment to favour improvement and advancement of their know-how and expertise.
CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP REINFORCING THE COMPANY’S COMMITMENTS
To give more meaning to and to privilege sustainable development, Valrhona has created its own Corporate Foundation: The Valrhona Foundation for Taste which reinforces Valrhona’s commitment-based sponsorship.
Advocating “Taste” as an integral and intimate part of sensorial discovery, of social rehabilitation, of cultural enrichment or just simply of becoming aware of diversity is our raison d’être. Acclaimed specialists in the field are committed to the Foundation: Hervé Tis, Danielle Monteaux, Robert Linxe…