Corporate SoCial reSponSibility r eport 2008/2009 Sharing ValueS to Create Value About this Corporate Social Responsibility Report t his report aims to illustrate the strategy of social responsibility and sustainability of the Ferrero group and its related initiatives developed worldwide between 1 September 2008 and 31 august 2009. other reports will follow annually. Starting from the objectives achieved and in view of those set for 2013/15, the issues dealt with in this first report were selected according to their level of importance for the group, taking into account the opinions of the stakeholders with whom the fundamental principles of the report were shared. the report was edited by the CSr Coordination office of the Ferrerog roup (e-mail:
[email protected], address: Chaus- sée de la hulpe 187, 1170 brussels), in conformity with the “Sustainability reporting guidelines” (g3) established in 2006 by the global reporting initiative (gri), supplemented with some parameters of the Food processing Sector Supplement (draft dated 8.24.2009). gri application level (gri/g3) of this report is C+. Within the next two years, we aim to obtain a gri application level of b+. independent auditing of this report was carried out by Deloitte, with particular attention to the company principles diffusion plan and the connected code of ethics (see chapter 1 and see pp. 98). this report is also available on the internet at: www.ferrero.com. 2 it all began 65 years ago in the little town of alba in piedmont. there, the values and traditions of the Ferrero Group were formed; values that are still today at the very heart of a confectionery group which is one of the largest in the world, with a turnover of more than 6 billion euros and over 20,000 employees.