Fair Labor Association awarded $4.87M to reduce child labor
in hazelnut production in Turkey
Funding Recipient: Fair Labor Association
Total Funding: $4.87 million
Purpose: Implement a project to improve
hazelnut suppliers’ social compliance programs and reduce child
labor in hazelnut production.
Location: Turkey
Scope: The Fair Labor Association will partner
with multinational food and beverage company Nestlé and its two
main hazelnut suppliers in Turkey, Balsu and Olam-Progida, to
reduce child labor in the hazelnut supply chain. The 28-month
project, called “Piloting the USDA
Guidelines in the Hazelnut Supply Chain in Turkey,” will
design and pilot a comprehensive, sustainable program that
implements the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Guidelines for Eliminating Child and Forced Labor in
Agricultural Supply Chains. The project will have a
particular focus on preventing migrant children from child
labor in hazelnut production and will be implemented in
approximately 1,000 hazelnut plantations in the regions of Ordu
and Sakary, as well as in Urfa, the region of origin for most
seasonal migrant labor in Turkey.
ILAB leads the U.S. government’s efforts to ensure that workers
around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in
the benefits of the global economy. To these ends, ILAB has
provided funding for more than 290 projects in more than 90
countries to combat the worst forms of child labor by assisting
vulnerable children and their families. More information is
available at www.dol.gov/ilab/.
ILAB News Brief: [12/02/2015]
Contact Name: Egan Reich
Phone Number: (202) 693-4960
Email: Reich.Egan@dol.gov
Release Number: 15-2310-NAT