Ethical Sourcing
Cocoa
Ferrero supports the protection of human rights and dignity and, wherever possible, uses its influence in order to ensure that existing laws and regulations on human rights are respected worldwide.
Ferrero supports the abolition of exploitation of child labour and consequently requests that its suppliers apply the same principles. To this end, a standard clause is inserted in its contracts in order to ensure that the goods acquired through the suppliers have been obtained and transformed in full compliance with all local and other applicable laws, regulations and norms, as well as with the requirements established by the applicable International Conventions, Agreements and/or Declarations (such as the ILO and UN Conventions and the Human Rights Declaration).
Ferrero is involved at all levels and with many other stakeholders in working towards a sustainable cocoa economy, with a long-term commitment towards the environmental conservation of the world’s cocoa farming communities, as well towards a supply chain free of forced child and adult labour.
Ferrero participates in the common industry commitment established in 2001 under the Harkin-Engel Protocol, aimed at developing standards for certification that cocoa beans and their derivates have been grown and processed without any of the worst forms of child labour.
Ferrero is a participant of ICI, the International Cocoa Initiative, indirectly up to 2006 and a direct member starting in 2007. Furthermore, through the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), Ferrero works towards improving the well being of cocoa farming communities. Australian Industry Group, www.worldcocoafoundation.org
Palm Oil
Ferrero has always been engaged in developing and offering its consumers products which meet the most rigorous standards in terms of quality and taste excellence.
The palm oil sourced by Ferrero is acquired exclusively from areas not known for rainforest destructions due to palm oil cultivation. In fact, Ferrero does not buy any palm oil from Indonesia, where rainforest destruction is taking place, but only from West Malaysia (particularly from longstanding traditional plantations located in the Malacca area), Papua New Guinea and, for a small part, Brazil.
Ferrero has been a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) since 2005. RSPO was created in 2004 by organisations involved in the supply chain of palm oil, to promote the growth and use of sustainable palm oil through co-operation within the supply chain and its stakeholders.
In 2009 Ferrero has started buying RSPO certified sustainable palm oil and intends to progressively increase the quota of certified palm oil as its availability on the market becomes greater. To this end, a specific agreement was signed in October 2009 with New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL), thanks to which 25% of our total supply of palm oil will be certified as sustainable starting from 2011.
GMO (Genetically Modified Organisms)
All Ferrero products are GMO free.
