Darrell High
Cocoa Manager, Nestlé
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Darrell High began his career in procurement, covering dairy, coffee and cocoa. On moving to sustainability, he devised the Nestlé Cocoa Plan and has led it since its launch in 2009. His responsibilities include driving activities in cocoa origins under the three pillars of the Nestlé Cocoa Plan – better farming, better lives and better cocoa – and creating further impact with the Income Accelerator Programme. With Earthworm Foundation he set up a project to help protect and restore Cavally Forest in Cote d’Ivoire. He led the first implementation of a Child Labour Monitoring and Remediation System in cocoa, and the subsequent report Tackling Child labour 2019 won an Edie award. Working with others is important to Nestlé, and Darrell has been active in the board and committees of the World Cocoa Foundation over the past 15 years, and is on the Board of the International Cocoa Initiative. Darrell holds an MA in Geography from Cambridge University.
