*[Enwl-eng] The bitter truth about Nutella

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      The truth is out: Results from our investigation published today in 
the Guardian, reveal that hazelnuts in Ferrero-Rocher, Kinder Bueno and 
Nutella contain hazelnuts that may have been picked by children. Now it’s 
time to tell the billionaire Giovanni Ferrero and his company to eliminate 
child labour in their supply chain.

      Stop Child Labour
Hi,

Nutella’s slogan says that it’s made with love, but we’ve revealed that the 
chocolate spread contains hazelnuts that may have been picked by children, 
exploited in Turkey’s hazelnut industry.

Working with Turkish partners who traveled to more than 10 cities in the 
Black Sea Region, we obtained video footage that shows children as young as 
11 forced to work long hours, without contracts or adequate health and 
safety equipment. An 11-year-old girl in the video says: ‘’We walk to the 
field at 6.30AM and [...] we work until 6PM. We have two breaks. This is the 
second time I have come to work here.’’ [1]

When we saw images of workers, most of them minors, piled up in a 
dilapidated room, we teamed up with journalists at the Guardian. Together, 
we connected the dots and found that Ferrero’s products contain hazelnuts 
that may have been picked by children.

Ferrero is a family-owned company led by the billionaire Giovanni Ferrero. 
[2] Hazelnuts in Nutella, Kinder Bueno, and Ferrero-Rocher make him richer 
every day while ‘“Hazelnuts mean work for me,’’ says a 14-year-old child in 
the footage. [3]

Together, let’s tell Ferrero to eliminate child labour in their supply chain 
now! We’ll start with a petition today, but are already planning a big 
action where we will deliver your signatures to Giovanni Ferrero. [4]

            No more Nutella that may contain hazelnuts picked by children


Ferrero claims to have a “Zero tolerance approach” towards child labour and 
says it is committed to protecting children’s rights all along its supply 
chain. [5] But our Turkish partners confirmed that there are not enough 
effective safeguards preventing child labour in Ferrero’s supply chain. One 
farmer in the video says: “Ferrero is just searching for a fresh hazelnut.”

The general manager of Ferrero Hazelnut Company in Turkey in September 2019 
told the BBC: "If we determine a product which is produced with unethical 
practices, we would not touch it.” [6] The truth is that Ferrero is aware of 
unethical practices. In another interview with the Italian magazine 
Internazionale, the CEO of Ferrero Hazelnut Company acknowledged: “child 
labour exists [in Turkish hazelnut farms], that is undeniable.” Ferrero buys 
many of its hazelnuts directly from merchants and cannot trace where all of 
its hazelnuts come from. [7] The company admits that as of 2018, it had only 
achieved 39 percent traceability on its hazelnuts. [8]

The Guardian was able to trace the hazelnuts harvested from one of the farms 
that hires children to the merchant that buys them. That merchant then 
confirmed in writing to the Guardian that they sell hazelnuts to Ferrero. If 
hazelnuts picked by children end up with Ferrero, they must take action to 
stop this. It’s time for zero tolerance from us as consumers.

            Billionaire Giovanni Ferrero: put children over profits and stop 
child labour


When we crowdfunded this investigation back in June 2019, we weren’t certain 
that we could make a case this strong that Ferrero’s products contain 
hazelnuts that may have been picked by children. Today, because so many of 
you support WeMove Europe, the story is in the Guardian and soon will likely 
be published in other media outlets around the world.

Let’s band together and pressure Ferrero to stop child labor.

With proof and determination,
David, Giulio (Rome), Jörg (Lübeck), and the rest of the WeMove Europe team



References:
[1] 
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/20/are-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-tainted-by-child-labour
[2] https://www.ferrero.com/the-ferrero-group/a-family-story; 
https://www.ferrero.com/the-ferrero-group/business/key-figures
[3] 
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/dec/20/are-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-tainted-by-child-labour
[4] 
http://www.ansa.it/english/news/business/2019/03/05/giovanni-ferrero-richest-man-in-italy_b1d24d05-1d6d-4d12-b669-8fbc46fc7bd5.html; 
https://www.forbes.com/profile/giovanni-ferrero/
[5] https://www.ferrerocsr.com/fc-3952?newsRVP=67
[6] https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49741675
[7] 
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/stefano-liberti/2019/06/21/nutella-gusto-amaro-nocciole-ferrero
[8] 
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ferrero-static/globalcms/documenti/3722.pdf



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From: David - WeMove Europe
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