Twin Transformation Hub

Cacao Trong Duc

Digital and Green Passport. Correct – Complete – Clean – Current with Twin Transition.

Digital Transition ⇆ Green Transition ⇆ Sustainable Development

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AGENDA

Agenda

1

Why twin transition?

2

How — Roadmap

3

Company introduction

4

Digital & Green Cocoa

5

GreenOS

6

Export Passport

7

Measure & Manage

8

Scaling the model

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WHY

Digital Transition + Green Transition = Digital Passport for export

1 + 1 > 2 · Twin Transition — a journey for SMEs

Digitization

Data entry once at source

→

Measurement

Real data, real-time updates

→

Greening

Reduce energy, water and GHG per kg

→

Digital Passport

EUDR · CSRD · Carbon footprint

→

Markets

EU · Japan · USA

Digitization enables Greening

Accurately measure energy, water and GHG — automated ESG reporting, no additional burden on staff.

Greening reinforces Digitization

Green targets build daily data habits — carbon passport is a competitive advantage when selling to the EU.

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HOW

Twin Transition roadmap

Implementation approach from current state to digital operations

Before Manual and repetitive

Paper records

→By hand

Excel files

→+8 hours

Reports

Manual Scattered Excel files Repetitive work No automation

Digitization

Enter once

→Automatic

Sync

→Real-time

Dashboards & QR

Procurement Fermentation · drying Warehouse · transport

3-level approval Accounting Reports

Digital → Green

Digital → Green Green → Digital

Greening

Collect data

→Automatic

GHG & ESG

→Transparent

Passport

Electricity · water · GHG Energy intensity Scope 1 & 2

EUDR · CSRD GlobalG.A.P. Premium

Green → Premium & compliance

OUR STORY

🏭 Trong Duc

COMPANY HISTORY

Cacao Trong Duc — 20 years of growth

Travel back a thousand years — our ancestors, the Maya, discovered a plant that changed their civilization: cacao — Gift of the Gods.

1980

Cacao arrives in Dong Nai

Cacao has been cultivated in Dong Nai since the 1980s — a land well suited to new crops

→

2003

National cacao programme

Dong Nai enterprises invest in cultivation · product offtake for export

→

2005

Trong Duc founded

Cacao Trong Duc Co., Ltd. was born — walking with farmers: seedlings · technique · procurement

→

2006+

Diverse varieties & products

Chocolate · cocoa powder · cocoa wine — certified ISO · OCOP · CNNT

Main sourcing area Định Quán Tân Phú Thống Nhất Cẩm Mỹ

20+

Years walking with farmers

4

Districts in main sourcing area

3

Certifications: ISO · OCOP · CNNT

        🌱 2003 · National Cacao Programme→
        🏭 2005 · Trong Duc founded→
        🤝 Seedlings · Procurement · Processing
      

        🌾 Rural Vietnam → 🌍 The world
        ✅ EU · JP · US📱 Digital + 🌱 Green
      

🏭 Trong Duc

Cacao Trong Duc

Challenges and Opportunities

Farmers

Raw material sourcing network

Long-term procurement partnerships

Traceability per farmer

🇪🇺 EUDR🇯🇵 Japan💰 Premium price

→

Full Chain

Factory processing

Procurement → fermentation → drying → grading

Batch data — yield & quality

🇪🇺 CSRD🇪🇺 GlobalG.A.P.🇺🇸 USDA

→

6+

Certifications

Organic · Fairtrade · Naturland · 4C · OCOP

Digital records — 80% less preparation time

🇪🇺 EU🇯🇵 Japan💰 Premium 15-25%

→

4

Export markets

EU (Belgium · Netherlands · Germany) · Japan · USA

Expanding into demanding markets

🇪🇺 EU🇯🇵 Japan🇺🇸 USA💰 Doanh thu +

Three current bottlenecks

Broken processing-batch link in the traceability chain

Missing processing-batch link — farmer procurement batches can't connect to finished export batches, breaking the traceability chain

Lack of sustainability data

No measurement of energy, water, GHG — while EU buyers require EUDR · CSRD · GlobalG.A.P.

Certification documentation burden

Every audit cycle (organic, Fairtrade, Naturland, 4C, OCOP) requires manual document preparation

WE HAVE STUDIED THE TWIN TRANSITION PROGRAMME

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Digital & Green Cocoa

Passport to the world

🌱 Green Pillar + 💻 Digital Pillar — Current → TargetScale 0–5

CurrentTarget🌱 Green · 1.24 → 2.01 (+0.77)💻 Digital · 2.10 → 2.37 (+0.27)✦ Twin score · 1.67 → 2.19 (+0.52)

Goal 1 — Compliance

🇪🇺 EUDR🇪🇺 CSRD🇯🇵 Japan🇺🇸 USDA

🧭 Pillars: Digital + Green✓ Pilot

Goal 2 — Sustainable sourcing

🇪🇺 EU Buyer🇯🇵 Japan💰 Stable prices

🧭 Pillar: Green

Goal 3 — Digital production

🇪🇺 CSRD💰 Cost reduction⚡ Higher productivity

🧭 Pillar: Digital✓ Pilot

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Measure to manage

📱 Closed-loop
procurement

🚚Procurement

→

⚖️Quality

→

💲Pricing

→

✅Approval

→

💸Payday

🌱 Monthly
ESG habit

🧾Meters

→

🔗Sync

→

🧮GHG

→

📈Intensity

→

🛂Passport

📊 One click → every report

💳Payment cycle

📱Digital share

⚖️Fresh → dry

📑1-click reports

🏭GHG intensity

⚡Energy

💧Water

👨‍🌾Digital farmers

👩‍🌾Women

😊Satisfaction

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Operations Platform

📱

Field app

⚖️Sourcing 🌡️Ferment · dry 📦Stock 🚚Drivers 👨‍🌾Farmers

▼

💻

Office web

📊Dashboards ✅Approvals 💸Payments 📑Reports ⚙️Admin

▼

🖥️

ERP-X

🗄️Sourcing 🔗Supply 📦Stock 🧾Finance 🌱ESG 🔍Trace 🏅Certify

👩‍🌾Entry→ 🔄Sync→ 🗄️GreenOS→ 🖥️Web→ 📊KPI

📱App

🏭Field & factory

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Scaling the model

From pilot to scale

2026

→

🍫Cocoa☕Coffee🥨Cashew🌶Pepper🌶Chili🪵Timber👞Footwear🌾Rice

→

🇪🇺EUDR🇪🇺CSRD🌍GlobalG.A.P.🇯🇵Japan🇺🇸USA🌿GHG

1🧭Understand the business firstSoftware alone is never enough

2👥Role-play with the companyUnderstand every position, role and responsibility

3🌱Green at the sourcePower · water · GHG — one entry

4✨Simplest possibleFew steps · easy daily use

5🤖Automate the boring workMachines do repeats · people decide

ABN's learnings — with TTH & Trong Duc

„Der Schritt wagt sich erst auf glattem Eis.“

“You must take the risk of moving forward to make any real progress.”

“Dare to move forward, dare to break through.”

Thank you

A partner's perspective on the journey — and our thanks

“We see risks clearly, seize opportunities, and build capacity to enter demanding markets.”

Digital Transition ⇆ Green Transition ⇆ Sustainable Development

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