Auro Chocolate is an internationally-awarded premium tree-to-bar chocolate brand from the Philippines rooted in sustainability through direct-trade with Filipino farming communities. Auro finely crafts quality cacao beans, couverture ingredients and retail products using only the best ingredients to create bold and tropical flavors indicative of their origin. Kelly Go and Mark Ocampo are the Co-Founders and Managing Directors of Auro Chocolate. They both grew up in the Philippines and first met in Chicago over a decade ago. They are extremely passionate about all things chocolate and instantly bonded over their love of food and culture.

Auro is committed to building fair and sustainable partnerships that empower farmers to continuously improve both yield and quality, while also striving to create a long-lasting social impact on their communities. They demonstrate this through the following steps:

1. Purchasing the cacao beans with an additional 10-15% premium above the ICCO world market price that incentivizes quality and variety segregation while improving their income significantly.
2. Auro’s cacao technicians conduct farm visits to provide better assistance on what can be further improved for a better yield.
3. Holding training for a variety of topics such as Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), business and financial management to equip their partners with the knowledge and skills they need to cultivate their farms.