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
G4-15, G4-16, G4-24, G4-25, G4-26, Anti-corruption G4-DMA
Partnerships and collective action
As a global company, Nestlé faces a wide range of complex challenges, from rising obesity to child labour and
climate change. We need to pursue joint action to achieve sustainable results. By building relationships with
partners and like-minded stakeholders at all levels, we enable our people to listen, learn and contribute effectively.
A strategic approach
We benefit from engaging with diverse stakeholders, and by
working together we maximise what can be achieved. They
include multilateral agencies, international organisations,
governments, academia, NGOs and industry bodies.
Nestlé would only consider partnerships that are relevant to
our CSV commitments and that have a large impact. To
identify the best matches, we have set up specific criteria that
guide us in the selection process. This list of partnership
criteria helps contacting organisations, and Nestlé, define how
a partnership will generate added value to both parties.
Our partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) began in 2002, and since
2005, 228 861 people have been reached through water,
sanitation and hygiene programmes.
The partnership has grown organically, developing from a
philanthropic focus to increased support towards Creating
Shared Value focus areas. During that time, we have increased
our flexibility, giving closer access to projects, planning and
monitoring and to the transfer of expertise. The IFRC has
provided speakers at associated events such as World Water
Week and our stakeholder convenings.
Together, we have fostered local collaborations,
encouraging Red Cross and Red Crescent national societies
and Nestlé business units around the world to cooperate
better and establish relationships.
We have also donated over CHF 230 288 to support
emergency relief operations. The IFRC has helped us improve
our response to high-profile natural disasters and ensure that
Nestlé’s contributions worldwide are managed efficiently.
Read more about the partnership activities in Côte
d’Ivoire and Ghana.
Our partnership selection criteria:
• Relevance of partnership focus to Creating Shared Value
and our commitments;
• Partnership ability to solve a problem or to add value;
• Impact and scale of proposed partnership, to make a
difference;
• Financial value and other resources, aligned with impact
and scale;
• Little overlap with existing partnerships;
• Geographical scope – global, regional or local; and
• Alignment with the Nestlé Corporate Business Principles.
Nestlé and the IFRC: a successful long-term partnership
2002–2005 2006–2009 2010–2013 2014–2019
Provision of peer education and
workplace HIV/AIDS
programmes to build
awareness of the sources of
HIV/AIDs among the youth
(Nigeria and Kenya)
Corporate sponsor of the
Africa Health Initiative (ARCHI)
Food Basket Calculator
software developed with the
expertise of Nestlé Nutrition
researchers to determine the
nutritional value of available
foods and put together the
ideal ‘food basket’ for IFRC
emergency feeding
programmes.
Mozambique: (2006–2007)
Water and sanitation project in
Mozambique and Côte d’Ivoire
with 79 village water supplies
completed. This included
community and participatory
hygiene and sanitation training
of volunteers for 40 000
beneficiaries. The project was
later taken up by the EU and
scaled up to 200–250 water
suppliers over three years.
PHAST * 1: 2007–2009
Project integrated into the
Nestlé Cocoa Plan in Côte
d’Ivoire.
PHAST * 2: 2010–2011
PHAST * 3
Continued focus on water and
sanitation in Côte d’Ivoire to
improve access, health and
hygiene awareness among
school children, teachers and
local communities in 55
schools covering 65 water
points. Strengthened the
capacity of local communities
and that of the Red Cross
Society of Côte d’Ivoire in the
long-term management of
water and sanitation facilities.
Sponsored the production of
the IFRC’s flagship publication,
the annual World Disasters
Report (WDR).
PHAST * 4
Partnership extended for
another five years with the
same focus on improving
access to water, sanitation
and hygiene.
Now covering Côte d’Ivoire
and Ghana and targeting 54
additional communities.
Project management
enhanced by regular steering
committee meetings.
Collecting data quickly and
accurately is a key challenge.
Now using an advanced mobile
data collection system (RAMP)
to improve speed, accuracy and
ease of collecting and analysing
information.
CHF 3.4 million
CHF 3 million
CHF 3 million
CHF 5 million
*
PHAST: the Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation approach has the objectives of improving hygiene
behaviours to reduce diarrheal disease and encouraging effective community management of water and sanitation services.
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