RESPECT AND APPRECIATE

people and the environment

When it comes to sustainability, every company is a global player. Because the way we produce always has an impact on our environment. We work every day to make this impact as responsible as possible for people and the environment. Our goal is to ensure that everyone who deals with us is better off than if we had not existed.

Our sustainability

OBJECTIVES UNTIL 2025

100% CARBON NEUTRALITY
By 2025, in accordance with the GHG Protocol¹ and in cooperation with our raw material suppliers, we will also make the emissions over which we have no influence (Scope 3**) completely climate-neutral. For this purpose, we, as well as our raw material suppliers, use CO2 certificates according to the Gold Standard to compensate for unavoidable emissions
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10% YEARLY INVESTMENT
We will invest 10% of all investments per year in explicit sustainability projects. This level of investment will be independently monitored and certified by the ZNU.
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100% COCOA TRACEABILITY
By 2025, we want to know exactly where our cocoa used for our chocolate comes from, who grows it, and under what conditions. We aim traceability all the way to the farm level.
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Our company is

CLIMATE NEUTRAL*

Out of conviction, we have set ourselves clearly defined goals for climate protection. PREVENTION – REDUCTION-COMPENSATION. Thus we have reached a climate-neutral production in 2019, in 2020 we can call ourselves a climate- neutral company according to the GHG Protocol. Our next steps are to lead us to complete climate neutrality* by 2025 and a new highly ambitious decarbonisation goal of 42% emission reduction according to SBTi (Science Based Target initiative) by 2030.

*The unavoidable emissions we compensate by Gold Standard climate certificates

Our labels & memberships

DOING BETTER TOGETHER

When it comes to responsibility, we set a good example and not just in-house. As a member of various organizations, we work across companies on sustainability issues. We also use many internationally recognized certifications to confirm our efforts by third parties and make them understandable for consumers and partners.

Climate Alliance BW

In 2020, we were one of the first companies to sign up for the Baden-Württemberg Climate Alliance. The goal of the joint, voluntary partnership between the state of Baden-Württemberg and us as a company is to implement corporate climate protection systematically. Together all Climate Alliance partners, who have set themselves ambitious goals, enter into exchange, support each other and work together cooperatively.

OUR COCOA

Since 2018, we have been sourcing 100% of our cocoa from certified sustainable sources according to the Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade Cocoa Program. We believe it is an important step in the right direction, but we have not yet reached our goal. To improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers, we collaborate with local programs.

We are proud winners of the

GERMAN SUSTAINABILITY AWARD 2018

We work hard out of conviction to make delicious chocolate and to make our world a little better. We are all the more delighted to have been awarded the German Sustainability Award in 2018.


For us, doing the right thing means that all our actions show respect and appreciation for people and the environment. And not just since sustainability became fashionable, but for many years. It has a lot to do with the Ritter family and their attitude that entrepreneurial action is only possible in harmony with people and nature. This conviction has given rise to a multifaceted commitment that has become a matter of course for us. The award encourages us in our actions.

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TODAY FOR TOMORROW

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

Our Goal is Ritter Sport packaging that can be recycled as a valuable material. We take care to reduce packaging to the essentials and to use renewable raw materials where appropriate.

SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS

We act sustainable out of conviction and report on our plans, goals and achievements.