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
Occupational health and safety G4-DMA, G4-LA8
Safety, health and wellness
At Nestlé, safety is non-negotiable. We believe all accidents are preventable and work hard to foster our
company’s safety and health culture. Our aim of zero work-related injuries and illnesses is ambitious; with the help
of the programmes set out in our Safety and Health Roadmap, we are steadily moving towards it. We are also
helping employees make more informed decisions on their health. The Nestlé Framework for Employee Health
was approved in February 2015. It will help structure and focus existing efforts, promote proven practices, ensure
cross-fertilisation and guide future developments at all levels.
Our commitment
Our objective
Ensure all Nestlé employees are covered by a
certified Safety and Health Management System
By 2016 – Ensure that robust safety and health
management systems are in place and certified to
OHSAS 18001:2007, covering all Nestlé employees’
populations so there is a uniform level of safety and
health protection across all businesses.
Safety and health management systems certified to
OHSAS 18001:2007 by the end of 2015
Type of facility
Number certified
Factories 427
Distribution centres 123
R&D centres 29
Offices 107
Field sales forces 79
We continuously improve our safety and health standards,
procedures and processes, using the Nestlé Occupational
Safety and Health Management System. It is based on the
internationally recognised standard OHSAS 18001:2007. We
use third-party auditors to verify the implementation and
certification of these systems.
This year, we are continuing to expand the scope of our
management systems beyond manufacturing, to ensure
employee populations are covered in our Research and
Development (R&D), Office and Sales, and Supply Chain
functions. We are working to ensure our markets have robust
safety and health systems in place, covering all of our
employees by a certified management system by the end of
2016. We progressed from 61% coverage to 70% 2 by the end
of 2015 but we are behind target to meet our internal yearly
objective of 80% for 2015. A key contributor is insufficient time
anticipated for resource mobilisation and competency building
beyond manufacturing and in acquired joint ventures, in order
to achieve certification. However, where needed, functional
support is being provided to maintain and accelerate progress
and we are continuing to monitor progress on a regular basis.
What is OHSAS 18001?
BS OHSAS 18001 is a framework for an occupational
health and safety management system. It sets out the
minimum requirements for best practices, enabling
organisations to:
• Create the best possible working conditions across
organisations;
• Identify hazards and implement management controls;
• Reduce workplace accidents and illness to cut related
costs and downtime;
• Engage and motivate staff with better and safer
working conditions; and
• Demonstrate compliance to customers and suppliers.
Our facilities that are not yet certified to OHSAS 18001
are covered by our global external audit programme,
CARE. It monitors compliance with local legislation,
the Nestlé Code of Business Conduct and the Nestlé
Corporate Business Principles, including those items
specifically relating to safety, health and environmental
sustainability. Sites that are OHSAS 18001 and
ISO 14001 certified are exempted from two elements,
related to safety and health, and environmental
sustainability during their CARE Audits.
2 70% is in reference to employees and not sites
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