Our Ambition
is to be a driving force behind a hazelnut industry that creates value for all; where farmers and farming communities are thriving, workers’ and children’s rights are respected, and environmental values are enhanced through regenerative agriculture practices.
Basic Requirements and Beyond
Towards our aim to be a driving force behind a hazelnut industry that creates value for all, we published the Ferrero Hazelnut Charter which outlines our requirements and commitments based on three priority areas: Human Rights and Social Practices, Environmental Protection and Sustainability, and Supplier Transparency.
Ferrero Farming Values
Our Hazelnut Ferrero Farming Values programme works to make more quality sustainable hazelnuts available, with a focus on sustainable agricultural and social practices, and on enhancing traceability. We share our know-how from FFV so we can improve hazelnut cultivation in all the countries where we are present.
Improving the sustainability of our Hazelnuts
The Ferrero Hazelnut Company (HCo), which brings together all hazelnut supply chain activities, is committed to sourcing responsibly, with care for people and planet. Follow each step of our hazelnuts to learn more.
Our Hazelnuts
Where they’re grown
How they’re grown
After they’re harvested
OUR HAZELNUTS
WHERE THEY’RE GROWN
The hazelnuts used in Ferrero Rocher are high quality, sourced from hazelnut orchards mainly found in Mediterranean type climates. Our hazelnuts come primarily from Turkey, Italy, Chile and the USA. Some countries’ supply chains are larger and more complex where hazelnuts are grown on small family-owned farms and the agricultural harvest is supported by seasonal workers. These challenges require a long-term commitment.
Tracing our hazelnuts to the farm
We are committed to achieving full traceability to farm-level in our global hazelnut supply chain by crop 2023 (crop 2024 for southern hemisphere). This is a key step in ensuring hazelnut production creates value for all. As of crop year 2020/21, we have already achieved full traceability in four of our hazelnut sourcing countries: Argentina, Chile, United States and France.
Commitment to traceability
Ferrero is committed to achieving full traceability and greater transparency of its sourced hazelnuts and to support this, has partnered with Sourcemap, a leading software provider, to enhance traceability using the most advanced technologies.
Hazelnut know-how
TheFerrero Hazelnut Companyhas strong expertise in the hazelnut sector, developing and sharing its know-how and experience in hazelnut cultivation to improve quality, productivity and enhance sustainability.
Our Hazelnuts
Where they’re grown
How they’re grown
After they’re harvested
OUR HAZELNUTS
How they’re grown
Hazelnut trees yield fruit each harvest in the autumn. We know that our hazelnut orchards and those we source from are connected to a wider, more global ecosystem. We are also aware that in some countries there is need to improve agricultural working conditions and the broader social issues, including the prevention of child labour.
Farming with Nature
We are committed to applying the principles of regenerative agriculture on our own Agrifarms and to supporting the adoption of these principles by the agricultural community in our main sourcing countries. The principles of regenerative agriculture that we seek to promote include building soil health, developing agro-ecological ways to manage inputs and enhance biodiversity.
Continuous improvement
We know that a long-term commitment is required to address the challenges and social issues due to agricultural working conditions in some countries. We are actively engaged in our determination to prevent and eliminate child labour all along our supply chain, through a multi-stakeholder approach, with the conviction that every child should be protected, by experiencing joyful growth through a right to education and a safe environment.
Working with the ILO to Eliminate Child Labour
Ferrero is supporting the International Labour Organization (ILO), a specialised agency of the UN, to implement a 40-month project in Turkey to contribute to the elimination of the worst forms of child labour in seasonal agriculture during hazelnut harvesting. The partnership is a public private partnership (PPP) bringing together national, regional and local authorities, as well as the private sector and civil society.
Our Hazelnuts
Where they’re grown
How they’re grown
After they’re harvested
OUR HAZELNUTS
AFTER THEY’RE HARVESTED
Once harvested, the hazelnuts are dried, cleaned and sent to our hazelnut plants for processing. Here the hazelnuts are classified according to their sizes, and then they are carefully cracked to break the shell of the hazelnut without damaging the kernel. Finally, the hazelnut kernels are selected in conformity with Ferrero Rocher’s quality criteria.
Ready for Ferrero’s facilities
Once the hazelnuts have been sorted, cracked and selected, they are packed and stored under strict conditions and undergo further quality checks before being roasted in our chocolate manufacturing plants and then combined with other ingredients to create the inimitable Ferrero Rocher.
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