Investor Presentaiton
Ferrero Group
Sustainability Report 2022
Introduction
Our sustainability
progress
Our reporting
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Sourcemap ensures all the information we
need for full traceability is collected and stored
safely. Our suppliers provide their data
voluntarily, and Sourcemap ensures it remains
anonymous.
As we require suppliers to work with us
towards achieving our traceability target, they
must identify where their commodities
originate from, and we ask them to retain
records and manage this information. To
ensure an impartial verification of the data
they provide, we have commissioned an
independent, international auditing institution.
Since the launch of our Hazelnut Charter, we
have been updating the database generated
and managed by Sourcemap, and extended
the positive effects of supply-chain
transparency to all hazelnut suppliers and
growers. Building on lessons learned during
the roll-out, we continue implementing a set of
initiatives to improve how we support our
suppliers, putting our traceability
understanding at the service of the global
hazelnut community.
Third-party verification and
certification
Turkey
Since 2012, Scientific Certification Systems
(SCS) has overseen the audit programme for
the FFV Production Standard in Turkey,
and in 2021 it was updated with a stricter
requirement. From an audit planning and
execution standpoint, we improved the way
we define the sample of the farms to audit. In
addition, for statistical purposes, we surveyed
a group of farms not involved in the FFV
Production Standard (as a control group). The
audit and survey programme reached 309
farms in five regions, including 114 from the
control group. For the 309 FFV farms, all
non-compliances identified were tackled
through a corrective-action plan. In addition,
for a second year, SCS has also been in charge
of auditing and surveying the Turkish value
chain for traceability purposes. The programme
reached 274 entities, delivering direct support
to the value chain in traceability data
management.
Italy
We also work with SCS in Italy, and ran an
audit programme to farm level during the
harvest period, to implement good agricultural
and social practices. SCS has also been in
charge of auditing and surveying audit and
survey through the Italian value chain for
traceability purposes. The programme
reached 155 entities, consolidating through the
value chain the traceability data management.
Chile
In 2021, SCS carried out the surveillance audit
remotely due to Covid-19. It also reviewed
employee working conditions, health and
safety, and social practices. We retained the
Sustainably Grown Standard we have had
since 2019, confirming our commitment to
the sustainable development of the hazelnut
value chain.
Serbia
Serbia is also certified under the Sustainably
Grown Standard, and the certification
programme gives agricultural producers
technical support in improving sustainable
management at their plantations. This also
reassures customers that we are meeting the
highest environmental, social and economic
sustainability standards, that farm workers
and their communities are protected, and that
farms are economically resilient.
Looking ahead
In January 2021, in line with our Supplier Code,
Ferrero has published a Charter document
dedicated to hazelnuts. The Ferrero Hazelnut
Charter outlines our commitments and
requirements based on our selected priorities
in three areas: Human Rights and Social
Practices, Environmental Protection and
Sustainability, and Supplier Transparency,
towards our aim to be a driving force behind
a hazelnut industry that creates value for all.
These commitments and requirements have
been established until December 2023 and
we will work with all the relevant stakeholders
to design the new hazelnut charter for the
three-year period 2024/26, addressing the
new challenges of the sector and incorporating
the key learnings of our different activities.
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