Ferrero Rocher

Does Ferrero Rocher make ethical and sustainable chocolate? 

Ferrero Rocher is a chocolate brand that is listed in The Good Shopping Guide’s Ethical Chocolate Ratings Table. Although Ferrero has not yet met our ethical principles, we hope that the brand will improve in the future, though this will require a lot of work.

Find out more about the ethical issues faced by the Chocolate sector and see how other brands score in our Ethical Chocolate Ratings Table.

What does Ferrero Rocher do and what is its history?

The company was founded in 1946 by Michele Ferrero and is currently run by his son, Giovanni Ferrero. Ferrero Rocher chocolates are made with a hazelnut centre, coated in cocoa and hazelnut pieces and wrapped in gold foil.

For which criteria does Ferrero Rocher perform poorly? 

Ferrero has a lot of ethical issues to address. These issues are the availability of Organic products, Public Record Criticisms, and Fairtrade product availability.

Ferrero Rocher is also linked to numerous unethical practices, such as unsustainable palm oil consumption and human rights abuses. This has resulted in a bottom rating in the Public Record Criticisms category and Public Record Criticisms+, with the latter only being applied to brands with severe issues.

In what areas does Ferrero Rocher score well for its ethics?

Ferrero does score above our benchmark in imperative categories such as having a detailed Environmental Report, and no involvement in Fossil Fuels, Armaments or Nuclear Power.

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