Our Hazelnuts
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.
Our Partnership with Earthworm Foundation
Ferrero is partnering with Earthworm Foundation, a non-profit organisation focused on positively improving supply chains, to evolve Ferrero’s existing hazelnut Responsible Sourcing programme. This partnership will work practically in finding solutions on the ground to improve the livelihoods of hazelnut communities.
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.
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 three of our hazelnut sourcing countries: Argentina, Chile and the United States.
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
The Ferrero Hazelnut Company has strong expertise in the hazelnut sector, developing and sharing its know-how and experience in hazelnut cultivation to improve quality, productivity and enhance sustainability.
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.
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.
