For buyers who want deeper insight and stronger storytelling, we offer optional add-on services:
These add-ons strengthen your sourcing narrative and support more informed, ethical trade decisions.
ACM is your partner in creating positive impact for farmers. The millions of women and men who grow cocoa across Africa deserve our respect and meaningful support. But to understand and reach farmers, we must first understand the businesses that buy directly from them.
This is where transparency begins. This is where ACM works.
Cocoa in Africa is not grown on large plantations. It comes from millions of smallholder farmers working on independent plots across vast rural areas. Because of this structure, buyers cannot access cocoa “directly from farmers” at scale, no matter how strong their intentions. The first organized point of the supply chain is not the farm, but the cooperatives, buying groups, local traders, and aggregators who purchase cocoa and move it towards export.
In practice, transparency starts with the organizations that work face-to-face with farmers every day. This is where ACM operates, giving buyers visibility into the businesses closest to farm communities, and building the foundation for responsible, transparent sourcing.
