Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015

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Nestlé in society: Creating Shared Value Nutrition, health and wellness Rural development Water Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance 238 000 m 3 Our people Water G4-DMA Water stewardship programme in California 98 000 m 3 3. Recycling water 208 000 m 3 4. Implementing robust standards The Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) International Water 238 000 m 3 Technology that we have already deployed successfully elsewhere in the world to help address the challenges of water scarcity will improve our 98 000 m 3 water use efficiency, relieving pressure on help address local and global water issues through 238 public 000 policy m 3 California’s water resources.” José Lopez, former Executive Vice-President of Operations, Nestlé 208 000 m 3 98 000 m 3 238 000 m 3 238 000 m 3 Together, these efforts will add up to a total saving 208 of more 000 than m 3 545000 m 3 . 98 000 m 3 The summer of 2015 saw the US state of California experience a fourth consecutive year of extreme drought. This prompted the Governor of California to order mandatory water use reductions for the first time in the state’s history, while the US federal government announced a grant of USD 110 million (CHF 108.9 million) to provide relief for farmers and rural communities with depleted supplies of drinking water. Many people have expressed concern about the impact of our operations in California, and posed questions about our bottled water plants in Cabazon and Sacramento in particular, even though the water we use is less than 0.008% of the total withdrawn across the state 3 . We understand these concerns and are intensifying our efforts to reduce the amount of water we use, to use it as efficiently as possible – not just in California but across all of our manufacturing operations – and to share our progress with interested parties. Together, the five elements of our comprehensive water stewardship programme in California are expected to save more than half a million cubic metres of water a year, as shown below. 1. Zero water factory We are transforming our dairy factory in Modesto into a zero water factory, which will be able to extract water from milk and recycle it, reducing the need for groundwater or freshwater supplies. By 2016, this USD 7 million (CHF 6.93 million) investment should save more than 238 000 m 3 of water a year, equivalent to 71% of absolute withdrawals in 2014. 2. Reducing water use At our ice cream factories in Bakersfield and Tulare, we’re improving our cleaning processes to reduce water use in our operations, and introducing advanced technology to treat water for use in our refrigeration systems. This will save more than 98000 m 3 of water a year. Treating and recycling wastewater for use in cleaning, rinsing and cooling processes in our factories help save drinkable water. By upgrading cooling tower technology in our water bottling factories in California, so that they use treated instead of drinkable water, we expect to save 208 000 m 3 a year. Stewardship Standard sets strict criteria for managing water in an environmentally, socially and economically beneficial way. We will implement the AWS Standard in all nine of our factories in California within two years. 5. Working in partnership We work with governments, UN bodies and other stakeholders to debate and collective action: • We are a founding signatory of the UNGC’s CEO Water Mandate, which helps companies develop, implement and disclose their water sustainability policies and practices; • We are also starting work with the World Resources Institute (WRI) to help us better understand the water risks we face in California and identify water stewardship opportunities; and • To develop a way to scale corporate water stewardship in California, we are also members of the California Water Action Collaborative (CWAC). This group aims to create a platform for collaboration that helps improve water security in California for people, businesses, agriculture and nature. 98 000 m 3 208 000 m 3 3 This calculation is based on USGS data for California water withdrawals in 2010 (the latest available data). Nestlé in society – Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015 142
Nestlé in society: Creating Shared Value Nutrition, health and wellness Rural development Water Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people G4-26, G4-27, Water G4-DMA Stakeholder dialogue We are strongly committed to responsible water management and fully share concerns about water availability, especially during times of scarcity and drought. Our priorities remain not to impact negatively on the water table through our activities and to understand the supply and demand in any particular location so as not to deny the human right to water and sanitation. These criteria are paramount; beyond that, we aim to be as transparent as possible to ensure stakeholders understand our activities and address their concerns. Despite the operational and reputational risks such environmental challenges pose to our business, we welcome interest in our activities and dialogue with the public and other stakeholders, as this will lead to stronger collective action. We have published position statements, press releases and articles on a number of water-related issues, and our corporate website contains an Ask Nestlé section where we answer some of our most frequently asked questions about topics like the California drought (see page 142). We also bring water stakeholders throughout the state together to engage in constructive community dialogue about local and regional water issues. Sharing our progress We regularly report on our water performance, believing that similar disclosure by all water users assists global decisionmaking, and participate in a number of third-party reporting schemes, many of which publish their results online. Scheme UNGC CEO Water Mandate CDP water programme 2015 results We publish a Communication on Progress as part of the CEO Water Mandate every year, which is submitted to the UNGC for review. In 2015, we participated in the CDP water programme and in October received a ‘Leadership’ score of A- for our best practices and actions to manage water and mitigate water risks. Reporting on water incidents can be found in our response to the CDP water programme (see pages 95–97). Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Nestlé retained its industry-leading position in the ‘environmental dimension’ of the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index Series with a score of 99 out of 100, and scored 100 out of 100 in the water section. Oxfam Behind the Brands In the Oxfam Behind the Brands 2015 scorecard, Nestlé was given the highest ranking for water. The scorecard assesses rights and access to water resources and the sustainable use of water. Nestlé in society – Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015 143
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