This document provides an overview of Nestle, the largest food and beverage company in the world. It discusses Nestle's founding, operations in over 480 factories across half of developing countries, and focus on nutrition, health and wellness. The document also summarizes some controversies around Nestle and its efforts in creating shared value through environmental sustainability initiatives in water usage, energy emissions, packaging and rural development. Nestle aims to provide value for society through these initiatives while also reducing risks and costs to benefit its own operations.

1. “Good Food Good Life”
The Nestlé approach to Sustainability
Creating Shared Value

2. • Founded 1866 in Switzerland
• “think globally and act locally”
• Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company
• Strong portfolio of brands and innovations driving growth
• 480 factories; about half in developing countries ,276 050 employees
• Fortune global 500 listing , World's most profitable corporation
• Dow Jones sustainability rankings, Top performer food organisation
Facts about Nestlé: World’s Largest
Food & Beverage Company

3. Nestle Controversies
• Aggressive promotion of Infant milk Formula
Caused replacement of breast milk
• Coco Pops Advertisement on children's channels
Promotion of An unhealthy breakfast
• Unethical Procedures in developing countries
Unfair trade practices e.g. COCOA , Maggie India
Raw Material, Labour Issues, Misleading Advertising

4. Child Labour/ Low wages to the workers Palm Oil Animal Abuse

5. Creating Shared Value - 3 Focus areas
Value for Society: rural development; reduced impact on energy/water availability/waste/packaging
Value for Nestlé: sustainable profitable growth by meeting increasing demand, risk and cost reduction

6. Environmental Sustainability
Water Usage
• Water usage reduced by 58%, 1999-2008
• 68% Production increased
• Value for Society – Reduced impact on water availability/ waste /
packaging/vocal advocacy
• Value for Nestle - risk and cost reduction
Energy Emissions
• Energy consumption down 47% per tonne
• GHG emissions down 52% per tonne of product 1998 – 2007
• Value for Society – Reduced Carbon Footprint
• Value for Nestle - risk and cost reduction

7. Environmental Sustainability - Packaging
Value for Society: reduced impact on waste/packaging
Value for Nestlé: risk and cost reduction

8. Rural Development :- agriculture/sourcing and training
Regional Development Centres
• Value for Society: knowledge sharing, improved
agricultural & water management practices
• Value for Nestlé: quality supplies from motivated,
enabled farmers
Creating Shared Value with coffee farmers
• Direct purchasing
• AAA Sustainable Quality™ Programme
• Value for Society: coffee farmers grow income, farm
more sustainably
• Value for Nestlé: quality supplies from motivated,
enabled farmers

9. Rural Development : Opening Milk Districts

10. Nestlé's various Industries
Providing Shared value and Nutrition
• Product innovation/renovation
• Health benefits: Branded Active Benefits
• Micronutrients: vitamins, minerals and trace elements
• Reducing: Trans fatty acids, Salt, Sugar Content removed
Value for Society: improved access to quality, scientifically enhanced
nutrition products
Value for Nestlé: income growth opportunity
Wellness and health for School Children Nutrition
education to children
Reaching out to community and kids (ROCKS) - Nestles 2005 Initiative

11. Increasing suppliers income and bringing micronutrient fortification
• Micro- entrepreneurs
• Affordable fortified milks, nutritional sachets
Value for Society: income creation, Skills transfer,
microfinance, micronutrient fortification
Value for Nestlé: route to market growth
Providing training to other SME’s in the food industry
Value for Society: Skill Transfer, reduce obesity,
nutritious and hygienic products
Value for Nestlé: route to market growth,
Competitive advantage

13. Nestle Carbon Footprint
• Climate Disclosure Leadership Index Award
• Disclosure and performance In Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Investor
programme
• Producers’ list by Dow Jones Sustainability Index, for their initiative in decreasing
and carbon outflows
• Reduction of GHG emissions by 24% during the period of 2002 till 2012
• Nestle switched to Natural resources and cleaner fuels to improve energy
proficiency
• In 2015 will further reduce the GHG discharges per tonne of product by 35%
• Nespresso agro-forestry programme- The planting of trees offers a way for the
company to compensate the carbon footprint within its own value chain