Social Business
A Sustainable Project
Cacao Source aims to close all its cycles. While encouraging the local economy and connecting the local and international cultures, we value each step of the cacao production from the roots of the land to your hand. Respect of cacao medicine, the land, and the people inspire our daily work.
Cacao Source is a Social Business
Cacao Source works closely with independent local farmers and women’s collectives. The essence of our business model is to increase the value of our collaboration with the Guatemalan local community.
By encouraging organic, small-scale local farms, we support the financial success of farmers pursuing an environmentally friendly path. This, in turn, encourages the village to follow a similar path, outside the cooperative world.
With 7 women’s collectives located around Lake Atitlan, our international team works closely with the local community. Cacao processing is a well-honored job– it allows a good lifestyle with a close community and family and usually is well paid. There is no training required, when developing the team we simply seek good-hearted, trustful and detail -oriented women. We generally aim to prioritize women with a bigger need for income to support unique situations or unemployed mothers.
About ⅔ of our cacao sales go to the local community, without including shipment and bank fees. We designed a business model in which our cacao products profit would considerably go towards the community and land which nourished it. Therefore, to have a financially sustainable business, our international team gets creative with new channels of offerings that will support the Cacao Source mission to honor and share cacao.
In order to completely close the cycles of our social business, the international team of Cacao Source aims to give back 10% of their profits to a local environmental project supporting the rejuvenation of our forest.
Therefore, we support the local community, the environment and the financial sustainability of every member of the creation of the delicious, pure, artisanal cacao block that is shipped to your door.
Developing Your Own Social Business with Cacao
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Your business has a positive impact on the community. When mentioning positive, this isn’t judged through the belief system of your culture, but rather by the eyes of the local community. Throughout the process of business development, work closely with the local community, where only they can guide you towards a sustainable social impact. Ensure the wellbeing of everyone involved and impacted by your project.
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Business Coach, Meet Laurence!
Laurence is a co-founder and the business manager of Cacao Source. Passionate by creating a bridge between the permaculture design and business models, she applies simple principles of nature into the world of business. She can support you through the development of an idea to a blossoming business, just as a seed is planted with the intention to reap a harvest.
Before Cacao Source, she travelled the world for 5 years working in a variety of projects and NGOs– supporting the business, sales, marketing and accounting thread. She has worked closely with well-known retreat centers, intentional communities and holistic practitioners as a consultant. Her work specializes with purposeful business: ideas that started with a heart calling.
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