We are an alliance of independent consultants and cocoa-chocolate industry experts with 60+ years of experience working across the cocoa value chain.
Led by Bill Guyton and Kristy Leissle, PhD, we work with clients such as farms and multinational companies, as well as with traders, processors, trade associations, and development partners. We have a robust network and demonstrated project success across the full value chain.
Backed by 8 specialist consultants in plant science, sustainability, operations, and marketing.
SCCA offers an initial discovery process for prospective projects, beginning with one 30-minute exploratory call. Following that call, SCCA will assess whether the project is a strong fit for the collective and what the appropriate next step should be.
Where appropriate, SCCA may prepare a brief concept note of up to three pages. Further calls, revisions, proposal development, technical design, budget preparation, partner outreach, or strategic advisory are undertaken as paid engagements.
As external consultants with deep knowledge of cocoa value chains, we provide fresh analytical insight into your sustainability approach. We offer a suite of tools and programmatic options to demonstrate your company’s or organization’s thought leadership and positive impact.
Building on your existing successes, we develop technical, marketing, and educational capacity within your company or organization to enhance and magnify the impact on the most vulnerable actors in your value chains.
For projects of appropriate scale, we build and manage public-private partnerships to leverage the resources of development partners and private sector actors. These partnerships ensure meaningful programmatic scale and scope and measurable impact.
