Butlers Chocolates reveals a major twist on sustainability
Butlers Chocolates focuses on sustainability in new Truffles wrappings
A key player in travel retail confectionery, Irish family-owned company, Butlers Chocolates is making a major upgrade to one of their most popular packaging formats.
New, fully recyclable paper wrap for its popular twist-wrapped truffles which will be introduced over 2025. This move from Butlers Chocolates will contribute to a substantial reduction in waste annually.
This project has been thoughtfully planned as part of Butlers Chocolates ongoing commitment to more considered and progressive environmental and sustainable practices across all areas of the business. It reflects the brand’s dedication to doing what’s right for the planet and builds on Butlers' many other sustainability commitments which include:
- Solar Panels – Butlers’ factory roof has over 7,000 square meters of solar panels, accounting for more than 20% of the factory’s annual power requirements.
- Sustainably sourced cocoa and Fairtrade coffee
- Move to electric vehicles
- Sustainable Packaging. The ribbons on Butlers Easter Eggs are made from recycled plastic bottles and packaging is fully recyclable. Recent years have seen a move from recyclable plastic used to protect Easter eggs to using paper instead.
- Zero Palm Oil in any Butlers Chocolate products
- Zero Waste to Landfill at the factory.
Karl Marnane, Managing Director, commented, “We are very pleased to announce this major development today as part of our continuing sustainability initiatives. It represents a meaningful commitment to the environment and our impact on it. There has been significant effort and hard work in the background to get to this point and as a team, we are very proud to make this change.”
