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Nestlé Waters – Creating Shared Value report 2005-2010
The purpose of this report is to highlight how Nestlé Waters is contributing to Nestlé’s overall
Creating Shared Value strategy. Creating Shared Value is the foundation of how Nestlé is
doing business. We believe that in order to create long-term value for shareholders, we must
simultaneously create value for society. For more information on Creating Shared Value at
Nestlé, please visit: http://www.nestle.com/CSV
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Our goal is to report in a rigorous, transparent and accessible format that enables stakeholders
to understand our industry as well as our commitment to quality, environmental integrity and
societal contribution. Production of content for the issues covered in this report was informed
by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, including the
indicator protocols. A full account of Nestlé SA compliance with these guidelines is presented
in Nestlé’s most recent report, Nestlé Creating Shared Value and Rural Development Report
2010. This Nestlé Waters report is an extension of the Nestlé Creating Shared Value Report,
and therefore has not been individually audited. However, the majority of the figures released
herein are part of Nestlé’s cumulative reporting systems and are consolidated in the overall
Nestlé Creating Shared Value indicators, which are duly verified and certified by independent
external third parties.
This report provides an overview of our management systems, performance and engagements
covering the period from 2005-2010. It thus enables trend assessment and provides evidence of
improved performance. In a few cases where data were not yet consolidated when this report was
published, actual 2009 figures will be indicated instead of 2010 projections. Furthermore, when
figures were not available or sound enough over the entire period, we reduced the timescale of
the reporting so as to provide the most recent reliable elements.
These data are based on information from our bottling operations only. As such, they do not
include a recently acquired factory in Saudi Arabia that also provides industrial water services
and water supply to the local municipal network. Additionally, these data do not include other
tactical activities such as drinking water filtering devices sold in the United States.
The metric system is used throughout this report
1 litre = 0.2642 U.S. gallons = 33.8 ounces
1 kilometre = 0.6214 miles
1 cubic metre = 1.308 cubic yards