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
Water for emergencies
When a natural disaster occurs or when water sources and
distribution systems are temporarily unavailable, providing
access to safe drinking water becomes a health priority and
bottled water can play a vital role. We have a long history of
helping local communities after natural disasters such as
hurricanes and big storms, trucking in bottled water using our
own milk tankers for deliveries or providing ready-to-use
water-filling stations at our factories.
A strong earthquake hit Nepal at the end of April 2015,
followed by many powerful aftershocks. The earthquakes
caused extensive damage to buildings, and thousands of
deaths and injuries were reported in neighbouring Pakistan,
India and Bangladesh;
• Nestlé is one of four companies agreeing to donate up to
6.5 million bottles of water to meet the needs of more than
10 000 schoolchildren in crisis-hit Flint, Michigan. Tap water
in the US town became contaminated with lead during the
construction of a pipeline under a nearby lake; and
• In Texas, record rainfall caused major flooding in May 2015.
Nestlé Waters North America provided 152 000 bottles of
water via the American Red Cross.
Helping consumers use less water
Through product packaging and brand websites, we provide
consumers with meaningful and accurate environmental
information about how simple changes in behaviour can
reduce water use when preparing our products.
On the UK Nescafé website, for example, we provide
consumers with top tips for responsible consumption, such as
preparing the right quantity of coffee to avoid waste and using
refill packs to minimise the need for glass jars. The site also
offers advice for saving energy and water, including only
boiling as much water as is needed, and completely filling the
dishwasher before using it.
Our own employees are consumers too, and the internal
campaign ‘I’m doing it’ encourages our staff around the world
to recycle water bottles.
Read about recycling, reducing waste and sustainable
consumption in the Environmental Sustainability section.
We also support healthy hydration by donating bottled water
to those in need during heatwaves:
• Nestlé Waters Canada donated 300 000 bottles of water to
Engage and Change’s 2015 Project Water initiative, to be
distributed among those living on the streets of Toronto at
risk from dehydration during the summer months. Since
2006, we have donated more than 2.1 million bottles of
water to the organisation;
• In Pakistan, the summer heatwave in Sindh caused more
than 1000 fatalities and around 40 000 people are estimated
to have suffered from heatstroke. In June 2015, Nestlé
Pakistan donated 80 000 litres of water, to be distributed
across Karachi by the National Disaster Management
Authority; and
• During the heatwave in France during the summer of 2015,
a consignment of 30 000 bottles of water was donated to
the Samusocial on behalf of the French Federation of
Bottled Waters, of which Nestlé Waters is the president.
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