Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015
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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 />
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