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
Rural development
To produce our foods and beverages we rely on secure, long-term supplies
of raw materials from millions of farmers worldwide. The farmers and their
many workers are critical to our success. By understanding and managing
where and how our ingredients are produced, we can promote better
agricultural practices, support rural development in line with local priorities,
and address supply chain issues from gender inequality to deforestation.
In this chapter, we reaffirm our Responsible Sourcing commitments,
guidelines, policies and standards. The scope of this chapter, however,
excludes Nestlé Nutrition, Nestlé Health Science and Nestlé Skin Health.
760 000
The number of farmers
supplying directly to Nestlé.
CHF 33 million
Total value of financial
services and assistance
offered to farmers worldwide,
of which CHF 28.9 million was
direct financial assistance.
10 950
The number of Tier 1 suppliers
audited from 2010–2015.
82%
Share of our suppliers who
fully comply with the Nestlé
Supplier Code.
In this chapter
91 Our role in rural development and
responsible sourcing
96 Rural development
100 Farmer Connect and direct
sourcing operations
105 Responsible sourcing through our
procurement activities
112 Our priority sourcing categories
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