Home featured Fiona Harrison, Founder and CEO of Chocolate On Purpose, reflects on the significance of winning the Social Enterprise Champion Award, recognising the company’s commitment to Indigenous empowerment and ethical supply chains – Chocolate For Good(TM). Via medianet Featured Featured Australia’s first Indigenous chocolate company just won big, and its story starts with heartbreak Yajush Gupta November 18, 2025 Chocolate On Purpose, Australia’s first fully Indigenous-owned chocolate company, won Champion in Social Enterprise Business at the 2025 Women’s Small Business Awards . Here’s how it all began. What’s happening: Chocolate On Purpose, Australia’s first 100% Indigenous-owned chocolate company, has won Champion in Social Enterprise Business at the 2025 Australian Women’s Small Business Champion Awards. Why this matters: The recognition validates a business model that proves social enterprise can deliver transformative impact whilst maintaining commercial success. The story behind Australia’s first 100% Indigenous-owned chocolate company begins with a five-year-old Wiradjuri girl taken from her father’s family. It begins with hidden identity, deep trauma, and a long journey towards healing. Fiona Harrison is the founder and CEO of Chocolate On Purpose. Now, her company has just won one of Australia’s prestigious business awards. But when she looks back at how it all started, she sees something very different from a traditional business origin story. Writing on the company’s blog , Harrison shares what shaped her early years. She grew up with what she calls hidden Aboriginality, and the trauma from being removed from her family ran deep. Her Wiradjuri language teacher