Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015

Nestlé in society:
Creating Shared Value
Nutrition, health
and wellness
Rural development
Water
Environmental
sustainability
Human rights
and compliance
Our
people
G4-2, G4-18, G4-19, G4-20, G4-21, G4-26, G4-45
MATERIALITY ISSUE VALUE CHAIN KEY: Moderate Significant Major
Agriculture Tier 1
suppliers
Nestlé
Retail/
business
channels
Consumers
Rural development
Directly and indirectly promoting economic activity and
improving livelihoods of agricultural workers in the supply
chain to promote sustainable agricultural communities.
• Rural living wage
Traceability
Ensuring that priority ingredients have been grown and
processed responsibly and can be traced back to origin
where possible.
Animal welfare
Safeguarding the well-being of animals in the supply chain and
promoting farm animal health and welfare.
Women’s empowerment 7
Empowering women to participate fully in society and the
economy across the value chain, in the workplace,
marketplace, and community.
• Women farmers
Community development and unemployment 7
Improving people’s lives through community and societal
participation and improving access to employment, education
and skills development.
• Community relations
• Income and wealth inequality
• Living wage
• Youth unemployment
Water stewardship
Implementing the actions, individually and/or collectively,
needed for the sustainable management of shared water
resources, including enabling access to water, sanitation
and hygiene.
• Hygiene and health
• Water quality
• Water security
• Water use
7 These issues have sub issues that are shared across Rural Development and Our People
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