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Inside Mondelēz’s Circularity, Sustainable Cocoa & ESG Goals

Sustainabilitymag · · 630 words · By Chloe Williment
Supply Chain Management (Cocoa) Corporate Sustainability and ESG Reporting Circular Economy and Plastic Waste

Mondelēz International published its 2025 Snacking Made Right report, detailing progress on sustainable sourcing, climate targets, and packaging circularity. The report highlights the expansion of the Cocoa Life program to cover nearly 100% of cocoa volume and notes the company's success in exceeding targets for CO₂e emissions reduction and water usage. Furthermore, Mondelēz detailed its commitment to a circular economy by increasing the use of recycled plastic in European packaging.

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16 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Mondelēz International has published its 2025 Snacking Made Right report.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that Mondelēz International has released its 2025 sustainability report, titled 'Snacking Made Right.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mondelez International, Inc. (stylised as Mondelēz; MON-də-LEEZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondelez_International
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nabisco ( , abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toblerone ( TOH-blə-rohn, German: [tobləˈʁoːnə], Swiss Standard German: [toblɛˈroːnɛ]) is a Swiss chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods). It was produced exclusively…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toblerone
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“The company operates in more than 150 countries.”
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Multiple independent sources, including a cross-reference and web search results, confirm that Mondelēz operates in over 150 countries.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Toblerone ( TOH-blə-rohn, German: [tobləˈʁoːnə], Swiss Standard German: [toblɛˈroːnɛ]) is a Swiss chocolate brand owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods). It was produced exclusively…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toblerone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nabisco ( , abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nelson Peltz (born June 24, 1942) is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is a founding partner, together with Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden, of Trian Partners, an alternative inve…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Peltz
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“According to the report, Mondelēz generated net revenues of around US$38.5bn in 2025, demonstrating the scale of its global operations and the potential impact of its sustainability commitments across international markets.”
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The Wikipedia entry for Mondelez International states that the company has an annual revenue of 'about $38.5 billion,' which aligns with the claim's figure of US$38.5bn. While the claim specifies the year 2025, the evidence provides the general figure, making it verifiable by reference.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Daim bar ( DYME) is a Swedish chocolate bar made from crunchy almond caramel covered in milk chocolate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daim_bar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kraft Foods Group, Inc. was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft_Foods
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mondelez International, Inc. (stylised as Mondelēz; MON-də-LEEZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondelez_International
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“The Cocoa Life programme now covers approximately 100% of cocoa volume sourced for the company's chocolate business.”
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A cross-reference source explicitly states that the Cocoa Life program now covers 'approximately 100% of the cocoa volume sourced for the company's chocolate business.'
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mondelez International, Inc. (stylised as Mondelēz; MON-də-LEEZ) is an American multinational confectionery, food, holding, beverage and snack food company based in Chicago. Mondelez has an annual re…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondelez_International
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The cocoa bean, also known as cocoa () or cacao (), is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a mixture of nonfat substances) and cocoa butter …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Child labour is a recurring issue in cocoa production. Ivory Coast and Ghana, together produce nearly 60% of the world's cocoa each year. During the 2018/19 cocoa-growing season, research commissioned…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_labour_in_cocoa_producti…
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“The initiative works with more than 257,000 registered farmers across cocoa-growing regions.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Cocoa Life programme works with more than 257,000 registered farmers.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Cocoa Life programme now works alongside more than 257,000 registered farmers, with the initiative focused on helping farmers build more profitable businesses and resilient communities while also …
https://www.emeoutlookmag.com/sustainability/mondelez-sustai…
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web search NEUTRAL — The program works alongside more than 257,000 registered Cocoa Life farmers to build profitable businesses and resilient communities while protecting and restoring forests. The Cocoa Life initiative, …
https://sustainablefoodbusiness.com/mondelez-international-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — About Cocoa Life Cocoa Life aims to create empowered and thriving cocoa farming communities, reaching more than 200,000 farmers across six countries and benefiting more than a million people by 2022. …
https://www.vendingmarketwatch.com/equipment/news/12434399/m…
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“Mondelēz is a founding member of the TogetherCocoa Foundation, which aims to address systemic challenges within the cocoa supply chain.”
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A cross-reference source explicitly states that Mondelēz is a founding member of the TogetherCocoa Foundation.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 2, 2009 · The author, an Ajax expert, demonstrates how these technologies work together -- from an overview to a detailed look -- to make extremely efficient Web development an easy reality. He al…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 9, 2013 · If you are looking for your params to be appended to the URL, you need to change type to 'GET'. 'POST' will pass parameters in the HTTP headers instead.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 10, 2018 · What is the difference between these 3 calling methods? I'm using fetch in my current project and don't see any real difference between them. Why does there need to be 30 different ways…
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“Mondelēz is also investing in enhanced crop forecasting processes designed to improve supply accuracy and reduce waste throughout the procurement cycle.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Mondelēz is investing in enhanced crop forecasting processes designed to improve supply accuracy.
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web search NEUTRAL — Predictive Technology: Investments in enhanced crop forecasting processes designed to improve supply accuracy.
https://www.comunicaffe.com/mondelez-international-announces…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mondelēz’ emerging markets growth engine. Mondelēz’ most promising markets lie outside of Europe and the United States, where the food manufacturer has seen its $15 billion business grow 13.4% over th…
https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2026/02/18/mondele…
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web search NEUTRAL — From lab-grown cocoa to recycled plastics, Mondelēz is leveraging strategic procurement & tech innovation to hit its 2030 ESG targets & drive global value.
https://procurementmag.com/news/mondelez-circularity-resilie…
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“This contributes to progress against a 2030 target to reduce end-to-end CO₂e emissions by 35% against a 2018 baseline.”
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web search NEUTRAL — Mondelēz continues to reduce its environmental footprint through local sustainability initiatives and global partnerships.This contributes to progress achieved against its 2030 recycled plastic conten…
https://procurementmag.com/news/mondelez-circularity-resilie…
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web search NEUTRAL — Consumption-based CO2 emissions have declined very substantially in many countries.Explore the key metrics on CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for a country of your choice. How do its emissions compar…
https://ourworldindata.org/co2-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions
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web search NEUTRAL — China has the highest overall level of CO₂ emissions, producing 13.260 gigatons (13.26 billion tons or 13,260 million tons) of CO₂ emissions in 2023, followed by the United States with 4.682 gigatons …
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/co2-emiss…
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“The company also exceeded a target of a 10% reduction in absolute water usage in priority sites by 2025.”
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A cross-reference source directly reports both the 10% reduction target by 2025 and the realization of an ~18% reduction versus the 2018 baseline, confirming the claim's core facts.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The company also exceeded a target of a 10% reduction in absolute water usage in priority sites by 2025, realising an ~18% reduction vs. the 2018 baseline.
https://procurementmag.com/news/mondelez-circularity-resilie…
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“According to Mondelēz, the company realised an approximately 18% reduction versus the 2018 baseline.”
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“The company has introduced recycled content packaging for Cadbury in Australia.”
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“The procurement strategy has enabled an annual reduction of around 1,000 tonnes of virgin plastic across the European market.”
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“Mondelēz has completed a transition from sourcing rigid plastic trays to procuring alternatives that contain approximately 80% recycled plastic.”
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“This applies across several European flagship brands.”
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“The targeted markets include the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.”
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“The company has also joined The 100+ Accelerator.”
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