Alter Eco Pacific
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Importer and wholesaler of fair trade goods
While Alter Eco was founded in France in 1998, Alter Eco Pacific was started in 2006. All product are organic, fairtrade and carbon neutral.
Company Ownership
Alter Eco Pacific Pty Ltd | AUS | website | ||||
Alter Eco Inc
owns 100% of Alter Eco Pacific Pty Ltd |
USA | website | ||||
Sustainably sourced food products Maker of sustainably sourced quinoa, chocolate and rice. Trek One Capital acquired the business in 2024 from private equity firm NextWorld Evergreen, who bought Alter Eco in 2017. | ||||||
Trek One Capital
owns 100% of Alter Eco Inc |
USA | website | ||||
Investment group Investment firm focused on lower-middle market businesses. Acquired Alter Eco in 2024. |
Company Assessment
PRAISE | CRITICISM | INFORMATION | ||
Alter Eco Pacific Pty Ltd | ||||
All of the products this company sells are certified organic with USDA or Australian Certified Organic.
Source: ACO (2022)
This company is on GM-Free Australia Alliance's 2017 GM-Free Shopping List. All companies on the list have supplied their GM-free policies, fulfilled GMFAA's assessment criteria and choose to label their products as GM-Free or non-GM.
Source: GM-Free Australia (2017) |
Some, but not necessarily all, of this company's chocolate products are palm oil free. For more details, follow the link to see Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia's list of products which manufacturers have told them are palm oil free or contain segregated certified sustainable palm oil.
Source: BOS Australia (2020) |
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Alter Eco Inc | ||||
Certified B Corporations use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Corps meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards; meet higher legal accountability standards; and build business constituency for good business.
Source: B Corporation (2024)
Be Slavery Free's 2023 Chocolate Scorecard rates all the major chocolate companies on their labour and environmental policies and practices. Companies were asked questions in six areas: traceability and transparency; living income; child labor; deforestation and climate; agroforestry; and agrichemical management. This company is rated as "Leading the industry on policy".
Source: Be Slavery Free (2023) |
In 2022 Consumer Reports, an independent nonprofit member organisation, tested 28 dark chocolate bars for lead and cadmium. Products by this company were found to contain unsafe levels of cadmium.
Source: Consumer Reports (2022) |
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Trek One Capital | ||||
No assessment data currently available for Trek One Capital |
Company Details
Type | Subsidiary |
Contact Details
Address | PO Box 3155, Tamarama, NSW, 2026, Australia |
Phone | 02 9340 1080 |
pacific@altereco.com | |
Website | www.altereco.com.au |
Products / Brands
Alter Eco Pacific
Alter Eco certified fairtrade certified organic
Chocolate |