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
Materials G4-DMA, Energy G4-DMA, Biodiversity G4-DMA, Emissions G4-DMA, Effluents and waste G4-DMA, Products and services G4-DMA, Compliance G4-DMA (Environmental),
Transport G4-DMA, Overall G4-DMA, Supplier environmental assessment G4-DMA, Environmental grievance mechanisms G4-DMA
Our role in environmental sustainability
As an essential prerequisite for Creating Shared Value, we have to not only comply with all applicable legal
requirements and the Nestlé Corporate Business Principles but also ensure that the principle of sustainability is
embedded in all of our activities, brands and products. This is particularly important in an environment where
water is increasingly scarce, natural resources are constrained and biodiversity is declining. All of these elements
are vital for feeding a growing world population and for the development of Nestlé. Moreover, climate change may
exacerbate our planet’s environmental challenges.
As stated in The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability, we are committed to environmentally
sustainable business practices at all stages of the product life cycle. This means making the right choices to
protect the future, by using sustainably managed and renewable resources where we can, improving resource
efficiency in our operations and continuing to work towards our target of zero waste. We also seek to provide
climate change leadership, preserve natural capital, and provide meaningful and accurate environmental
information. To help us assess and optimise the environmental performance of our products and their packaging,
we apply a product life-cycle approach, involving our partners, from farm to consumer and beyond.
The year in brief
Challenges Actions Achievements
The global scale of the challenge is such
that climate change leadership
requires broad-based commitment and
collaborative effort.
Nestlé supports a number of multistakeholder
initiatives, including
the Paris Pledge for Action, welcoming
the adoption of a new, universal climate
agreement at COP 21 in Paris, Caring for
Climate, and the American Business Act
on Climate pledge.
1st
Nestlé’s position in the CDP’s prestigious
Climate A List, with a score of 100 out
of 100 in the Climate Disclosure
Leadership Index.
Per the UNEP, an estimated 11.2 billion
metric tonnes of solid waste are currently
being collected around the world every
year, and the decay of the organic
portion is contributing around 5% of
global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG).
Our Zero Waste for Disposal
Guideline helps all Nestlé sites prevent,
reuse and recover waste for disposal and
by-products.
105
Number of Nestlé sites that achieved
zero waste for disposal.
We need to continually optimise our
packaging designs if we are to save
material and avoid food wastage.
We use ecodesign tools to assess the
overall environmental performance of
products and packaging throughout its
life cycle.
6 174
Projects assessed using our
ecodesign tools
Consumer engagement is a challenge
as environmental sustainability is a
complex topic to explain to
non-specialists.
Going beyond the label, we are
rolling out QR codes across our
product portfolio, linking consumers to
mobile-friendly websites that provide
additional, user-friendly content on
environmental issues.
119
Countries where fact-based
environmental information is accessible
to consumers.
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