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, Investment G4-DMA, Non-discrimination G4-DMA, Freedom of association and collective bargaining G4-DMA, Child labor G4-DMA, G4-HR5, Forced or compulsory labor G4-DMA,
Indigenous rights G4-DMA, Supplier human rights assessment G4-DMA, Human rights grievance mechanisms G4-DMA, Anti-corruption G4-DMA, Compliance G4-DMA (Society),
Customer health and safety G4-DMA, Customer privacy G4-DMA, Compliance G4-DMA (Product responsibility)
MATERIALITY ISSUE VALUE CHAIN KEY: Moderate Significant Major
Agriculture Tier 1
suppliers
Nestlé
Retail/
business
channels
Consumers
Human rights
Promoting respect for the basic rights and freedoms to which
all people are entitled.
Sub-issues defined
• Child labour: employment of children in any work that deprives
children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend
regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or
morally dangerous and harmful.
• Labour rights: respecting labour rights and having positive
relations with unionised employee groups and representatives.*
• Land rights: acquisition of land and accompanying resources
while respecting existing land rights.
• Human rights in the upstream supply chain: among Nestlé
suppliers, promoting respect for the basic rights and freedoms
that all people are entitled to.
*Issue is covered in the chapter on Our people.
Food safety
Ensuring a high quality product and preventing health risks
arising from handling, preparation and storage throughout the
value chain.
Our commitments
Our commitments reflect the material issues of our business
and help shape our strategy for continuous improvement:
• Assess and address human rights impacts in our operations
and supply chain;
• Eliminate child labour in key commodities;
• Work against corruption and bribery; and
• Ensure that all employees and stakeholders can easily
report possible compliance violations.
Our progress against the commitment objectives is indicated
throughout the chapter using the following icons:
Achieved
In progress
Not yet achieved
New objective
Respect for human rights has always been part of
how we go about business – not because it is an
obligation, but because it is just the right thing to do."
Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé
(Keynote speech at the annual UN Forum on
Business and Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland,
December 2014)
Governance and management systems
Responsibility for the supervision and management of the
Group ultimately rests with the Chairman, the CEO and other
members of the Executive Board, supported by a number of
other governance bodies, including our Group Compliance
Committee. All relevant functions within the Group are
represented at senior level, and minutes of the committee’s
meetings are shared with the CEO.
Specific activities of the committee include:
• Driving Nestlé’s cross-functional compliance programme
and key compliance initiatives and continuously enhancing
the compliance culture across the Group;
• Providing a platform for internal coordination;
• Receiving briefings on compliance-related initiatives and
providing cross-functional input;
• Identifying deviations from best practice and driving the
implementation of appropriate action; and
• Promoting the implementation of the Nestlé Corporate
Business Principles and other policies.
The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) complements the
mandate of the Group Compliance Committee by focusing on
human rights-related issues exclusively. Other important
bodies dealing directly or indirectly with human rights and
compliance issues include the Nestlé in Society Board, the
Issues Round Table, the Operations Water Task Force, the
Child Labour and Women’s Empowerment Steering Group,
and the Nestlé Water Task Force.
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