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<P><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400"><STRONG>The truth is out:
</STRONG>Results from our investigation published today in the Guardian,
reveal that <STRONG>hazelnuts in Ferrero-Rocher, Kinder Bueno and Nutella
contain hazelnuts that may have been picked by children.</STRONG> Now it’s
time to tell the billionaire Giovanni Ferrero and his company to eliminate
child labour in their supply chain.</SPAN></BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Nutella’s slogan says that it’s made with love,<STRONG> but we’ve
revealed that the chocolate spread</STRONG> contains hazelnuts that may have
been picked by children, exploited in Turkey’s hazelnut industry.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Working with Turkish partners who traveled to more than 10 cities in the
Black Sea Region, we obtained <STRONG>video footage that shows children as young
as 11 forced to work long hours, without contracts or adequate health and safety
equipment.</STRONG> 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]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>When we saw images of workers, most of them minors, piled up in a
dilapidated room, we teamed up with <A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179399&qid=185026840"
rel=nofollow>journalists at the Guardian</A>. Together, we connected the dots
and found <STRONG>that Ferrero’s products contain hazelnuts that may have been
picked by children.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>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]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>Together, let’s <STRONG>tell Ferrero to eliminate child labour in their
supply chain now! We’ll start with a petition today, but are already
planning</STRONG> a big action where we will deliver your signatures to Giovanni
Ferrero. [4]</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>Ferrero claims to have a “Zero tolerance approach” towards child
labour</STRONG> 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.”</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>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.” <STRONG>Ferrero buys
many of its hazelnuts directly from merchants and cannot trace where all of its
hazelnuts come from. </STRONG>[7] The company admits that as of 2018, it had
only achieved 39 percent traceability on its hazelnuts. [8]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>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.
<STRONG>If hazelnuts picked by children end up with Ferrero, they must take
action to stop this.</STRONG> It’s time for zero tolerance from us as
consumers.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>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, <A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179399&qid=185026840"
rel=nofollow>the story is in the Guardian</A> and soon will likely be published
in other media outlets around the world.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG><A
href="https://www.wemove.eu/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=179400&qid=185026840"
rel=nofollow>Let’s band together and pressure Ferrero</A> to stop child
labor.</STRONG></BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With proof and determination,<BR>David, Giulio (Rome), Jörg (Lübeck),
and the rest of the WeMove Europe team</BIG></P>
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https<SPAN>://www.theguardian</SPAN>.com/global-development/2019/dec/20/are-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-tainted-by-child-labour<BR>[2]
https<SPAN>://www.ferrero</SPAN>.com/the-ferrero-group/a-family-story;
https<SPAN>://www.ferrero</SPAN>.com/the-ferrero-group/business/key-figures<BR>[3]
https<SPAN>://www.theguardian</SPAN>.com/global-development/2019/dec/20/are-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-tainted-by-child-labour<BR>[4]
http<SPAN>://www.ansa</SPAN>.it/english/news/business/2019/03/05/giovanni-ferrero-richest-man-in-italy_b1d24d05-1d6d-4d12-b669-8fbc46fc7bd5.html;
https<SPAN>://www.forbes</SPAN>.com/profile/giovanni-ferrero/<BR>[5]
https<SPAN>://www.ferrerocsr</SPAN>.com/fc-3952?newsRVP=67<BR>[6]
https<SPAN>://www.bbc</SPAN>.com/news/stories-49741675<BR>[7]
https<SPAN>://www.internazionale</SPAN>.it/reportage/stefano-liberti/2019/06/21/nutella-gusto-amaro-nocciole-ferrero<BR>[8]
https<SPAN>://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws</SPAN>.com/ferrero-static/globalcms/documenti/3722.pdf</SMALL></P>
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