Responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry
Responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry

Summary/Abstract: Companies may play an important role to guarantee the supply of their basic raw ma terials and hereby to support sustainability. The aim of this study is to investigate the companies’ responsible sourcing practices in hazelnut industry in Turkey. Turkey is the world’s leading producer and exporter of hazelnuts, accounting for around 75% of the world’s supply. Survey, interview and analysis of secondary data method were used together. Responsible sourcing practices of companies were analysed into two parts as assessment and collaboration. Besides, under-age workers on hazelnut production are one of the major problems that companies ha ve to struggle to prevent it in the context of responsible sourcing.

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