KOECKEBACKERS

Koeckebackers is a Dutch social enterprise that demonstrates how commercial success and social impact can reinforce each other. The company produces high-quality cookies with a strong focus on taste, craftsmanship, and responsible sourcing, while creating meaningful employment opportunities for people with barriers to the labour market. At the heart of the organisation is the Koeckebackers Impact Programme: a structured learn-and-work pathway in which participants gain work experience, develop practical and social skills, and receive personal guidance towards sustainable employment. Cookie production is deliberately used as a means to this end — enabling real work in a supportive, professional environment. Koeckebackers works with responsibly sourced ingredients and prioritises transparent and fair supply chains wherever possible. This includes the use of Tony’s Open Chain cocoa, contributing to a more equitable cocoa sector. The company supplies its cookies to businesses, offices, hospitality venues and organisations that want to combine quality products with positive social impact. Koeckebackers balances artisanal quality with scalable production, without compromising its social mission or sustainability principles.