Dominique Persoone awarded Best Flemish Chocolatier by Gault & Millau

Congratulations to our partner Dominique Persoone! He has been named Flemish Chocolatier of the year by Gault & Millau. Well-deserved!

We are proud to say that Dominique has trained the Virunga Origins team in the fine art of chocolate and formulated our exquisite recipe. His dedication, expertise, work and kindness made the difference and helped us create our Bean-to-Bar Chocolate.

All profits are reinvested into the conservation of the Virunga Park and the surrounding communities. Besides the pleasure of tasting, each bite helps create more value for the farmers, the rangers and the gorillas. That’s what why we call it Double Happiness Bean-to-Bar Chocolate!

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SOPRAL awarded with a Silver Medal from EcoVadis

@Envirium is proud to announce that @SOPRALLits Malagasy subsidiary, has been awarded a Silver Medal for corporate social responsibility (CSR) from @EcoVadis.

Sopral is a major transformer and conditioner of Malagasy East coast products: spices like vanilla and green peppercorns as well as tropical fruits like pineapple and lychee. “Congratulations to our SOPRAL team! SOPRAL reached a silver level in its first assessment. This proves that Envirium business model, implemented in Madagascar and our other subsidiaries, sticks to the utmost criteria of respect of the smallholders and employees. It also shows our dedication to environment protection”, ...

The Double-Happiness Bean-to-Bar Chocolate is in the spotlight! Check this paper published in L’Echo. Virunga Chocolate is a single-origin, Bean-to-Bar chocolate, manufactured and packaged locally, using only beans that are grown by the small-holder farming communities bordering the Virunga National Park, in the DRC.

Envirium Life Sciences and its subsidiary Copak are proud to be part of the Virunga Origins project together with The World We Want Foundation, Mathieu Brees and Dominique Persoone, Belgian chocolatier who trained the Virunga Origins team in the fine art of chocolate and formulated our exquisite recipe.

All profits are reinvested into the conservation of the Park and the surrounding communities. Besides the pleasure of tasting, each bite helps creating more value ...

Paris- 4th July 2022- Envirium Life Sciences compliments the Malagasy government's commitment to invest in the vanilla supply chain and to control the respect of local regulations. They send strong signals to the market with the aim to professionalise the sector, make the market of natural vanilla beans growing while securing the farmers with a decent revenue.

Both the Malagasy Minister of Industry and Commerce and the Minister of Finance made it very clear that they are determined to restore the respect of laws and regulations as several players have infringed the rules last year, both producers and importers. “In Madagascar, change is already underway, states Christian van Osselaer, Co-CEO of Envirium. This is a momentous event for the vanilla sector, ...

Kamapim Ltd’s farmers share their vanilla farming stories

Kamapim Ltd’s farmers, the Papua New Guinean subsidiary of Envirium Life Sciences, share how their partnership has improved their incomes and quality of life. Market Development Facility (MDF) funding enabled more field officers to reach 11,000 families in over 800 villages. Based on Kamapim Ltd. sustainable business model and training practices, these farmers now produce important volumes of world-class vanilla heavily in demand. In addition to SOPRAL SARL Madagascar's vanilla production in Madagascar, Envirium now can offer a second reliable source to its clients. Envirium continues to invest in the development of natural vanilla to supply the growing demand ...