The Sun reported that impoverished families in Romania were working long hours for little pay to make the toys at home for Kinder chocolate eggs. The Italian confectionery group Ferrero said on Wednesday it has launched an investigation into these allegations.
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Kids aged SIX making toys for Kinder Eggs as ‘slave’ workers are paid just 22p-an-hour for 13 hour shifts
The Sun, 21 Nov 2016
Greenpeace rates consumer goods giants’ no-deforestation progress
Mongabay, 7 Mar 2016
Greenpeace have released a scorecard on 14 companies' progress on eliminating deforestation from their supply chains. Nestle and Ferrero scored the highest and Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo scored the lowest. Greenpeace has encouraged these companies to work with an implementation partner to recognise their commitments as well as seek third party verifications on their progress.