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
Employment G4-DMA, Labor/management relations G4-DMA, Occupational health and safety G4-DMA, Training and education G4-DMA,
Diversity and equal opportunity G4-DMA, Equal remuneration for women and men G4-DMA
MATERIALITY ISSUE VALUE CHAIN KEY: Moderate Significant Major
Agriculture Tier 1
suppliers
Nestlé
Retail/
business
channels
Consumers
Human resources
Maintaining positive relations with employees and promoting
positive working conditions (in last year’s matrix, this was
called Employee Relations).
Sub-issues defined
• Employee benefits, remuneration, attraction, retention:
providing a compensation package including fair pay, benefits
and other incentives for attraction and retention.
• Employee diversity: respecting and valuing differences such
as age, ethnicity, gender, physical abilities/qualities, race and
sexual orientation.
• Employee engagement: promotion of a workplace where
employees are committed and satisfied with their work, and are
engaged in solving larger company issues.
• Employee training and learning: continuously improving
performance and skills of staff.
Safety and health
Targeting zero accidents in the workplace and promoting safe
and healthy employee behaviours.
Women’s empowerment 1
Empowering women to participate fully in society and the
economy across the value chain, in the workplace,
marketplace, and community.
Sub-issues defined
• Women farmers: protecting the rights of women in the
agricultural labour force and improving their access to and
ownership of agricultural resources and inputs.
Community development and unemployment 1
Improving people’s lives through community and societal
participation and improving access to employment, education
and skills development.
Sub-issues defined
• Community relations: positively engaging with communities
in areas of operation.
• Income and wealth inequality: working to close the gap in
the distribution of income, wealth and assets.
• Living wage: ensuring those in work are paid enough to
maintain a decent standard of living, adequately covering the
costs of food, shelter, and other necessities for oneself and
one’s family.
• Youth unemployment: tackling the number of young people
not in employment, education or training.
1 These issues have sub-issues that are shared across Rural development and
Our people.
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