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
Alter Eco Inc
owns 100% of Alter Eco Pacific Pty Ltd
USA
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
Investment group
Investment firm focused on lower-middle market businesses. Acquired Alter Eco in 2024.
Company Assessment
(Last updated Jan 2024)
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Alter Eco Pacific Pty Ltd
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Exclusively organic products
All of the products this company sells are certified organic with USDA or Australian Certified Organic.
Source: ACO
(2022)
Exclusively Fairtrade
All of the products this company sells are Fairtrade certified
Source: Fairtrade ANZ
(2019)
GM-Free brands
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)
Palm oil free products
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)
Alter Eco Inc
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Certified B Corporation
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)
Cadmium in chocolate
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)
Chocolate scorecard
Be Slavery Free's 2024 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 pesticides. This small company received a yellow rating: "Progressing in policy and practice."
Source: Be Slavery Free
(2024)
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
Website:
Products / Brands
Alter Eco Pacific
Alter Eco
Chocolate
★ certified fairtrade
★ certified organic