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
G4-3, G4-4, G4-18, G4-20, G4-22, G4-23, G4-28, G4-29, G4-30, G4-31, G4-32, G4-33
About this report
This is the twelfth Nestlé in society: Creating Shared Value report. It is written to promote communication and
transparent reporting to our shareholders and stakeholders. The report shares detailed information about our
material issues, and our societal and environmental impacts. Together with a report summary and our Annual
Review, this document forms an integral part of Nestlé’s UN Global Compact Communication on Progress. These
documents are made available through our website, along with our case studies, audio and video content, and
assurance statements.
Reporting period and scope
This report covers Nestlé’s global operations for the year
ending 31 December 2015. It contains data for wholly owned
companies and subsidiaries, excluding joint ventures and
suppliers, unless specifically stated. Where we refer to a
‘market’, it means our business and/or activities at the level of
a country or countries. The term ‘Zone’ refers to management
responsibilities in a geographic group of markets; they consist
of Zone Europe, Middle East and North Africa; Zone Americas;
and Zone Asia, Oceania and sub-Saharan Africa.
Global Reporting Initiative
This report is prepared ‘in accordance’ with the comprehensive
option of the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) G4 guidelines,
and the Food Processing Sector Supplement. This report has
been externally assured by Bureau Veritas. This includes
assurance of the report meeting the requirements of ‘in
accordance with comprehensive’ GRI G4 guidelines. A full
assurance statement is available on page 295. The GRI is a
non-profit organisation that promotes economic sustainability
and leads in the field of non-financial reporting.
In 2014, Nestlé undertook a stakeholder-led materiality
process and 19 material issues were identified as being the
most material. In line with G4, we continue to report fully
against the issues across the report. As a large multinational
business, we have also chosen to include information against
all disclosures identified by GRI.
Report boundaries
Nestlé has considered and mapped material issues along the
value chain of our business. This process reviews where
financial, operational and reputational impacts would be felt in
the Nestlé value chain. It also assesses the level of importance
placed on issues by stakeholders in different parts of our value
chain. The results have informed the scope and boundaries of
content featured in this report.
The Nestlé value chain
Safety and health and environmental data
Our safety and health data refers to approximately 354 000
employees. Our environmental data refers to factories and
warehouses (excluding some recent acquisitions). Nestlé’s
climate change disclosures were made in conformance with
the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) framework
requirements. We follow the standards of the Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) Protocol to establish our GHG inventory, which includes
scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. We use boundaries based on
operational control as this better reflects the reality of our
business operations. We also refer to our response to the CDP
Investor Information Request, which contains comprehensive
details of the Group’s climate change disclosures and
performance.
Currency conversion
All the amounts cited in this report have been converted to
Swiss francs (CHF) using the exchange rates reported in the
consolidated financial statements of the Nestlé Group 2015.
Audience
We have identified a wide range of stakeholders who have an
interest in this report, and hold regular dialogue with them.
They include non-governmental organisations (NGOs), think
tanks, foundations, organisations, governments, environment,
social and governance (ESG), our consumers and our suppliers.
Assurance
This report is subject to independent assurance by Bureau
Veritas. The aim of this process is to provide reassurance to
Nestlé’s stakeholders of the accuracy, reliability and objectivity
of the reported information, and that it covers the issues
material to the business. To view the scope of work and
observations, see the full assurance statement.
Contact us
We hope you find this report engaging and informative, and
we continue to welcome your input and views:
creatingsharedvalue@nestle.com
Agriculture
Tier 1
suppliers
Nestlé
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business
channels
Consumers
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