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Our History
Discover the history of Haigh's, founded on May 1st 1915 by Alfred E Haigh in Adelaide, South Australia.
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Haigh's Today
We are Australia's oldest family-owned chocolate maker making fine chocolates from the cocoa bean since 1915.
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Community
We are a proud supporter of a number of community projects and environmental causes including UTZ and the Bilby.
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Sponsorship
At Haigh’s Chocolates we have a longstanding commitment to support the community through a number of key activities such as sponsorship, donations, fundraising and partnerships.
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Latest News
Keep up with the latest happenings at Haigh's. Learn about our latest product releases, news, special promotions and competitions.
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Careers
We offer exciting career opportunities across Manufacturing, Retail and Corporate areas of our business; discover current opportunities including seasonal work.
Sustainability
Haigh’s Chocolates is serious about its responsibilities for sustainable farming whether we are sourcing ingredients locally or overseas. Here’s some of what we do and why:
Australia does not have a viable cocoa growing industry. Therefore we import premium priced, raw high-quality cocoa beans from cocoa growing regions around the world including South America, Africa and the Pacific, then roast and blend them locally, guaranteeing our high-quality chocolate production.
Where possible we source ingredients such as sugar, milk powder, dried fruit and nuts from within Australia in support of Australian producers.
We are UTZ Certified
UTZ stands for sustainable farming and better opportunities for farmers, their families and our planet. The UTZ program enables farmers to learn better farming methods, improve working conditions and take better care of their children and the environment. Through the UTZ program farmers grow better crops, generate more income and create better opportunities while safeguarding the environment and securing the earth’s natural resources.
Among other things, this contributes to the financial sustainability of the farmer and their families. A premium is paid on the market price to these farmers to encourage best practice activities. We chose to partner with UTZ because of their strong focus on supporting sustainable farming and their traceability system which assures that UTZ certified products truly relate to certified sustainable sources.
Haigh’s is proud to be the first Australian-owned bean-to-bar chocolate manufacturer to have achieved UTZ certification. Eighty percent of the beans we source from around the world now come from UTZ certified farms. Our aim is to achieve buying 100% UTZ Certified cocoa for all of our chocolate within the next two to three years. For more information on UTZ click here.
Through our industry association, the Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) Confectionery Sector, we are also part of a global partnership with governments, non-government organisations and industry, including the International Cocoa Initiative to improve the lives of West African cocoa farmers and their families through a public certification process.
We are a direct member of the World Cocoa Foundation which works in all cocoa growing regions to help farming communities. Click here for more information on the work being done by the World Cocoa Foundation.