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<strong>Nestlé</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>society</strong>:<br />

Creat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Value</strong><br />

Nutrition, health<br />

<strong>and</strong> wellness<br />

Rural development<br />

Water<br />

Environmental<br />

susta<strong>in</strong>ability<br />

Human rights<br />

<strong>and</strong> compliance<br />

Our<br />

people<br />

G4-26, G4-27, Employment G4-DMA<br />

Employee volunteer<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>itiatives<br />

Volunteer programmes provide <strong>our</strong> employees with the<br />

opportunity to engage with local communities <strong>and</strong> help them.<br />

At the end of <strong>2015</strong>, 84% of markets had employee<br />

volunteer<strong>in</strong>g activities, 81% of which conta<strong>in</strong> nutrition, health<br />

<strong>and</strong> wellness components.<br />

Each market takes ownership of the plann<strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong><br />

implementation of volunteer programmes, provid<strong>in</strong>g res<strong>our</strong>ces<br />

based on an agreed annual budget. Where a market has<br />

unique local priorities, volunteer programmes can focus on<br />

meet<strong>in</strong>g other urgent needs of the local communities.<br />

<strong>Nestlé</strong> has a global partnership with the International<br />

Federation of the Red Cross <strong>and</strong> Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)<br />

for offer<strong>in</strong>g volunteer activities.<br />

Local partnerships can also be coord<strong>in</strong>ated by markets.<br />

Community needs for these partnerships are determ<strong>in</strong>ed jo<strong>in</strong>tly<br />

by the market, the partner organisation <strong>and</strong> the community.<br />

<strong>Nestlé</strong> overseas volunteer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with the IFRC<br />

As part of <strong>our</strong> ongo<strong>in</strong>g partnership with the IFRC, a <strong>Nestlé</strong><br />

employee from <strong>our</strong> headquarters travelled to Ghana <strong>in</strong><br />

November <strong>2015</strong>. Over f<strong>our</strong> weeks, he assisted as an IFRC<br />

volunteer with field tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> visits to assess the impact of a<br />

local water <strong>and</strong> sanitation (WASH) project <strong>in</strong> communities<br />

where <strong>our</strong> cocoa is grown.<br />

The f<strong>in</strong>al programme is designed to meet three<br />

supplementary needs: to improve nutrition, reduce disaster<br />

risk, <strong>and</strong> safeguard the health of newborn babies <strong>and</strong> their<br />

mothers. A basel<strong>in</strong>e survey was conducted <strong>in</strong> all selected sites<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g mid-November.<br />

The volunteer team, of which the <strong>Nestlé</strong> employee was a<br />

member, surveyed more than 1000 households <strong>in</strong> just f<strong>our</strong><br />

weeks, collect<strong>in</strong>g data from 51 targeted communities. The<br />

<strong>in</strong>formation helps the IFRC to ref<strong>in</strong>e its approach <strong>and</strong><br />

determ<strong>in</strong>e its ultimate impact.<br />

Read more about work with the IFRC.<br />

<strong>Nestlé</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>society</strong> – Creat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Shared</strong> <strong>Value</strong> <strong>and</strong> meet<strong>in</strong>g <strong>our</strong> <strong>commitments</strong> <strong>2015</strong> 260

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