Investor Presentaiton
Ferrero Group
Sustainability Report 2022
Nutrition, health and
lifestyles
Introduction
Our sustainability
progress
Our reporting
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By 2050, the global population is
expected to reach 10 billion. As it
stands, the way we produce and
consume food as a society is pushing
the planet and its systems to the limit.
As one of the leading companies in
confectionery, we want to help bring about the
necessary changes by applying a system-wide
approach, encompassing agriculture, food,
nutrition, health, livelihoods and the
environment. With this aim, in 2020, Nutella
established, and continues to support, the
Sustainable Nutrition Scientific Board (SNSB),
a group of renowned international experts
brought together to independently investigate
and communicate the importance of
sustainable nutrition.
Research by the SNSB during the last two
years has found very low-quality data in
nutritional databases, with obsolete data or
very few analytical tools being used³. These
findings have posed important questions
about the science-based approach needed to
define matters such as dietary guidelines, and
are challenging the scientific community to
discuss a new definition of food quality.
Getting the right food and nutrients involves
assessing the healthiness or nutritional quality
of foods, as well as food safety. Promoting a
healthy diet is everyone's responsibility, but it's
clear that the science-based approach needs
reliable data on which to base practical
guidelines for all stakeholders.
Our approach
We produce and market some of the world's
best-loved confectionery products, and believe
all foods can be enjoyed as part of a varied
and balanced diet, without excluding or
condemning specific ingredients or nutrients.
We also support the growing evidence that the
health effects of dietary habits are derived
from all food components and their
interactions, and not from a single nutrient or
food type.
One of our main goals is to respect consumers'
choices, by providing clear information to help
them make responsible consumption choices.
In line with scientific evidence, our strategy is
based on the following key principles:
Offering our products in carefully defined
serving sizes that allow consumers to
manage their daily energy needs within
their overall diet.
• Carefully selecting high-quality raw
materials that provide essential energy
and the right level of micronutrients. We
preserve the quantities and proportions of
these ingredients' natural components
through strategic industrial processes that
maintain their physiological character.
Promoting ingredients, foods and
structured eating occasions that can be
integrated into food-education
programmes for consumers and validated
by the medical-scientific community.
• Educating on the importance and benefits
of an active lifestyle.
3. Ferraz de Arruda H., Aleta A., Moreno Y. Food composition
databases in the era of Big Data: Vegetable oils as a case
study. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023 Jan.
Case study
INDIANA JONES:
Innovate Joining Nutrition and
Environmental Sustainability
Ferrero believes sustainable nutrition to be
the solution for overcoming food-system
challenges. Unless we work towards
healthy diets, based on sustainable food
systems, we will be unable to meet the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
set by the United Nations and reduce our
environmental impact.
However, integrating nutritional and
sustainable principles into our operations
is a complex task. For this reason, in 2021,
we started to develop an internal approach
where environmental and nutritional
factors lead the development and
reformulation of new products and recipes.
To take this approach forward, our
Nutrition and Sustainability Department,
within the Technical and Scientific
Direction of Soremartec, created a design
tool called INDIANA JONES: INnovate
Joining Nutrition and Environmental
Sustainability. The aim is to create a
science-based methodology to support a
decision-making process aligned with our
climate and nutritional goals. This will
support R&D teams in applying nutritional
and sustainability markers when selecting
raw materials for the development and
reformulation of new products, and in
adopting into the final evaluation and
choice rigorous parameters linked to
a sustainable approach.
Developed with the help of international
experts, this unique methodology
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measures the environmental impact of new
ingredients and recipes, adding nutritional
criteria to the use of environmental
markers for the first time.
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