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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-EC6, Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>and</strong> education G4-DMA<br />

Re<strong>in</strong>troduc<strong>in</strong>g apprenticeship<br />

schemes <strong>in</strong> Eastern Europe<br />

Staff volunteer<strong>in</strong>g programme<br />

<strong>in</strong> France<br />

In the Czech Republic <strong>and</strong> Slovakia, VET schemes have had a<br />

long tradition, but most were ab<strong>and</strong>oned <strong>in</strong> the 1990s, as a<br />

result of the transformation of the <strong>society</strong> <strong>and</strong> economy after<br />

the regime change. The need has rema<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> Slovakia<br />

from September <strong>2015</strong> <strong>Nestlé</strong> has received official approval for<br />

a new Operator <strong>in</strong> Food Industry Products apprenticeship<br />

class. The three-year programme prepares students for work at<br />

food bus<strong>in</strong>ess operators, such as <strong>in</strong> bakeries or groceries.<br />

On-the-job tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g classes (usually half of the curriculum) are<br />

to be held at <strong>our</strong> Prievidza factory.<br />

In the Czech Republic, at the <strong>Nestlé</strong> Zora factory, we are<br />

support<strong>in</strong>g local schools with the Chocolate Confectionery<br />

Production apprenticeship programme. In <strong>2015</strong>, 75% of the 34<br />

apprentices that graduated were hired. Key to the scheme’s<br />

success is associated cooperation with local authorities, the<br />

secondary school, elementary schools <strong>and</strong> parents.<br />

In France, <strong>Nestlé</strong> has pioneered three employee volunteer<strong>in</strong>g<br />

programmes to help tackle the country’s high rate of youth<br />

unemployment (currently 24.4%). Wednesday workshops<br />

provide coach<strong>in</strong>g for up to 40 unemployed young people once<br />

a month, while volunteers have enc<strong>our</strong>aged more than 2300<br />

children to stay <strong>in</strong> school through a school dedication scheme,<br />

run <strong>in</strong> partnership with NGO Energie Jeunes (Young Energy).<br />

Collaborat<strong>in</strong>g with another NGO, Un Stage et Après (‘An<br />

Internship <strong>and</strong> After’), <strong>Nestlé</strong> offices <strong>and</strong> factories throughout<br />

France host on average 10 school children each month for a<br />

‘week of discovery’, so that they can experience the workplace<br />

<strong>and</strong> be <strong>in</strong>spired to achieve their potential.<br />

Support<strong>in</strong>g the European Alliance for YOUth <strong>in</strong>itiative<br />

Build<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>our</strong> efforts, around 200 companies have now jo<strong>in</strong>ed<br />

forces with <strong>Nestlé</strong> to tackle long-term joblessness among young<br />

people <strong>in</strong> Europe. In 2014, we launched the Alliance for YOUth,<br />

which unites companies <strong>in</strong> Europe to provide apprenticeships,<br />

tra<strong>in</strong>eeships <strong>and</strong> read<strong>in</strong>ess for work events. This year, two new<br />

mult<strong>in</strong>ationals jo<strong>in</strong>ed the alliance as pan-European partners, Engie<br />

<strong>and</strong> Metro.<br />

In its first year, the Alliance for YOUth has helped more than<br />

50 000 young Europeans to f<strong>in</strong>d jobs or tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g opportunities. It<br />

has pledged to create more than 100 000 opportunities for young<br />

people by 2017. With 4.8 million people <strong>in</strong> Europe under the age<br />

of 25 still unemployed, the group is work<strong>in</strong>g closely with schools<br />

<strong>and</strong> universities to set up ‘dual-learn<strong>in</strong>g’ schemes across the<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>ent, comb<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g formal education with apprenticeships <strong>and</strong><br />

on-the-job tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g to help match skills with jobs on the market.<br />

March <strong>2015</strong> saw the Alliance for YOUth <strong>in</strong>troduce a social <strong>and</strong><br />

participative platform, made by youth for youth, <strong>and</strong> hosted on<br />

Facebook. It offers education, jobs, services <strong>and</strong> enterta<strong>in</strong>ment,<br />

with focus areas <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g ‘how to look for a job’; ‘prepar<strong>in</strong>g y<strong>our</strong><br />

CVs <strong>and</strong> cover letters’; ‘tak<strong>in</strong>g care of y<strong>our</strong> digital footpr<strong>in</strong>t’; <strong>and</strong><br />

‘secur<strong>in</strong>g an <strong>in</strong>terview’. The platform is developed <strong>and</strong> managed<br />

by students from CREA <strong>and</strong> INSEEC, two higher-education school<br />

organisations, as part of their digital market<strong>in</strong>g degree programme.<br />

After one year of activity, we can say that the Alliance<br />

for YOUth creates a new dynamic. More than 60% of<br />

the bus<strong>in</strong>ess partners have already improved youth<br />

recruitment practices <strong>and</strong> youth employability s<strong>in</strong>ce<br />

they became <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the alliance.”<br />

Luis Cantarell, <strong>Nestlé</strong> Executive Vice President,<br />

Head of Zone EMENA<br />

In <strong>2015</strong>, <strong>Nestlé</strong> <strong>and</strong> the Alliance for YOUth co-<strong>in</strong>itiated<br />

the European Pact4Youth. The pact, was created by corporate<br />

social responsibility network CSR Europe, <strong>in</strong> partnership with the<br />

European Commission. It aims to boost collaboration between<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>and</strong> education providers, <strong>in</strong> support of youth<br />

employability <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>clusion. It has targeted the creation of 10 000<br />

partnerships, with a shared target to establish at least 100 000<br />

apprenticeships, tra<strong>in</strong>eeships or entry-level jobs. Around 400<br />

people attended the launch event, with European Employment<br />

Commissioner Thyssen, European Parliament President Schulz<br />

under patronage <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> the presence of the K<strong>in</strong>g of Belgium.<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> 290

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