Our Commitments

As the world’s leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company, we are creating shared value in nutrition, water and rural development while protecting the environment in which we operate. To support our aims, we are making forward-looking commitments. We believe sharing our commitments is important.

Communicating our policies and commitments year-on-year over the medium to longer term, provides a focus for all involved. Commitments help us assess our progress and, most importantly, share this with stakeholders.

Our commitments demonstrate our intent and allow stakeholders to hold us accountable for our achievements and shortcomings. We welcome this level of transparency, which incentivises us to achieve continuous improvement in our CSV, environmental sustainability and compliance performance. This is what matters most.

We have a number of short- and longer-term commitments in place at Group level, many in the form of corporate policies and we have developed key performance indicators for many of them.

All our commitments are built around our Corporate Business Principles. Those related to CSV are continuously refined through engagement with our stakeholders and our CSV Advisory Board.

• Nutrition

  Topic	How	Progress	Future
  Improving the nutrition profile of our products
  Provide nutritionally sound products designed for children	Nestlé Nutritional Profiling System / Nestlé Nutritional Foundation criteria, and Nestlé Children’s Healthy Growth Strategy	2012 89% children’s products (sales value) meeting all Nestlé Nutritional Foundation criteria for children	2014 100% children’s products (sales value) meeting all Nestlé Nutritional Foundation criteria for children
  Help reduce risk of under‑nutrition through micronutrient fortification	Nestlé Micronutrient Fortification Policy (2000, updated 2011)	2012 Over 150 billion micronutrient‑ fortified servings worldwide per annum	2016 200 billion servings worldwide, with a special focus on children and women of child‑bearing age
  	Nestlé Biofortification Programme: sourcing conventionally‑bred staple food crops which are biofortified with essential vitamins and minerals in order to promote their planting and consumption by rural populations in developing countries	2012 8 conventionally‑bred staple crops biofortified with zinc/iron/pro‑vitA in development by R&D Abidjan and Singapore	2015 Launch biofortified products in key markets as a complement to direct fortification
  Reduce salt in our products	Nestlé Policy on Salt (2005, updated 2012)	2012 90% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation sodium criterion	2014 100% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation sodium criterion
  		2011 Our culinary and breakfast cereal recipes contained 12 500 tonnes less salt than in 2005	2015 further 10% reduction in other relevant products
  Reduce sugars in our products	Nestlé Policy on Sugars (2007)	2012 90% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation sugars criterion	2014 100% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation sugars criterion
  		2011 9000 tonnes less sugars in breakfast cereals overall vs. 2003	2015 Less than 9g of total sugars in any serving of children’s or teen’s breakfast cereals
  Reduce saturated fats in our products	Nestlé Policy on Saturated Fats (2009)	2012 90% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation saturated fats criterion	2014 100% of children’s products (sales value) meeting the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation saturated fats criterion
  Reduce trans fats in our products	Nestlé Policy on TFAs (2003)	2012 99% of all existing products comply with Nestlé Policy on TFAs	2013+ Apply Nestlé Policy on TFAs to all products, including newly acquired businesses
  Help increase consumption of whole grains and vegetables, including via healthier home cooking	Nestlé adding whole grains to breakfast cereals	2012 Breakfast cereals with Green Banner on pack contain at least 8 g whole grains per serving	2015 More whole grain than any other ingredient in any serving of children’s or teen’s breakfast cereals
  	Nestlé promoting vegetable consumption via teaching home cooking and healthy meal structure	2012 Maggi Cooking Lesson Programme on‑going in 8 countries	2015 Maggi Cooking Lesson Programme on‑going in 30 countries
  		2012 65% of Maggi product portfolio worldwide promoting home cooking and meals with vegetables	2015 90% of Maggi product portfolio worldwide promoting home cooking and meals with vegetables
  Information
  Deliver nutrition information and advice on all our labels	Nestlé Standard on Nutritional Compass Labeling (2005, updated 2011)	2012 96.8% (sales value) of all relevant products worldwide featuring the Nutritional Compass	2016 Provide further product information and nutrition advice, via QR codes on‑pack
  	Nestlé Standard on Nutrition/GDA Labeling (2006, update 2013)	2012 46.3% (sales value) of all relevant products worldwide with GDA labeling on front of pack	2016 100% (sales value) of all relevant products worldwide with GDA labeling on front of pack 2016 Introduce GDAs based on children’s reference values on all products designed for children where regulations allow
  Services
  Provide portion guidance	Nestlé Portion Guidance initiative: making the right size and frequency of consumption as intuitive as possible (launched 2011)	2012 CHF 26.2 billion sales of products with specific guidance	2015 Portion Guidance on 100% of children and family products, i.e. more than double sales coverage
  Promote healthy diets and lifestyles/physical activity	Nestlé Healthy Kids Programme: teaching schoolchildren about healthy diets and active lifestyles, in partnership with appropriate stakeholders (launched 2009)	2012 Programme on‑going in 64 countries, with 5.4 million children reached	2015 Programme on‑going in 80 countries, with activation of IAAF Kids’ Athletics
  Promote healthy hydration	Nestlé Healthy Hydration Programme: promoting adequate water consumption as part of a healthy balanced diet, with a special focus on children (launched 2010)	2012 Research on children’s hydration status in five countries with different drinking habits/climates and scientific publications in preparation	2014 Fact‑based healthy hydration awareness programme targeted at healthcare professionals, caregivers and parents worldwide

• Rural development and responsible sourcing

  Topic	How	Progress	Future
  Roll‑out Rural Development Framework	Development of framework covering farmers, farm workers and communities	Framework in place and Commitment document published (December 2012)	By 2015 baseline assessments in place in 21 emerging economies of key importance to our business that show pronounced social need
  Roll-out Nestlé Cocoa Plan	By enabling farmers to run profitable farms, eliminating child labour while developing a sustainable supply chain for Nestlé cocoa	2012 27 000 farmers trained; 1.1 million plants propagated; Fair Labor Association Report; 13 schools built or refurbished; More than 46 000 tonnes of Cocoa Plan cocoa	2013 60 000 tonnes cocoa; 8 coops certified; Roll‑out of child labour monitoring and remediation to a further 6 coops; 10 schools built or refurbished; At least 20 000 farmers trained 2015 100 000 tonnes cocoa; Completion of WCF programme “40 schools in 4 years”
  Roll‑out Nescafé Plan	Focus on sustainable consumption, production and manufacturing Membership of Common Code for Coffee Community (4C) Partnership with Rainforest Alliance	2012 More than 133 000 tonnes sourced from Farmer Connect More than 48 000 farmers trained 22.5 million coffee plantlets distributed	2015 Source 180 000 tonnes from Farmer Connect, 100% in line with 4C baseline sustainability standard 2020 Source 90 000 tonnes SAN compliant coffee and distribute 220 million coffee plantlets
  Implement responsible sourcing and traceability	Nestlé Supplier Code Nestlé Responsible Sourcing and Traceability Programme Partnerships with third parties	2261 audits of First Tier suppliers Responsible Sourcing Guidelines for palm oil, paper, sugar, soya, vanilla, seafood Partnerships with TFT, Conservation International, Proforest	2015 Complete 10 000 responsible sourcing audits 2013 Achieve 100% RSPO certified sustainable palm oil, two years ahead of our public commitment

• Water

  Topic	How	Progress	Future
  Improve water efficiency Improve water stewardship outside factories	The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability Nestlé Commitments on Water (2006) Nestlé Environmental Management System	Water withdrawals down 29%, 2002 to 2012 Water discharges down 45%, 2002 to 2012	By 2015, reduce direct water withdrawal per tonne of product by 40% vs. 2005 Revised Commitment document to be published 2013

• Environmental sustainability

  Topic	How	Progress	Future
  Improve resource efficiency	The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability Nestlé Environmental Management System Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)	2012 39 factories generating zero waste for disposal Ecodesign tool roll‑out initiated	By 2015, 10% of Nestlé factories with zero waste By 2015, reduce energy consumption per tonne of product by 25% vs. 2005
  Improve environmental impact of our packaging	The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability Packaging Impact Evaluation Tool (PIQET)	47.1 kilotonnes of packaging material saved by weight 2012 4000 projects and more than 13 000 scenarios evaluated	Transition to a broader holistic Value Chain approach using EcodEX
  Assess and optimise the environmental impact of products	The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability New Ecodesign tool EcodEX covering the entire value chain	LCA completed in all main product categories Systematic sustainability assessment in new product development Initial Nestlé Sustainability Category Profiles (SCP) established and communicated Initial roll‑out of EcodEX Food database under development	By 2013, roll‑out of EcodEX to all Product Technology Centres
  Provide climate change leadership	The Nestlé Policy on Environmental Sustainability Commitment on Climate Change Commitment on Deforestation and Forest Stewardship (2011)	Direct GHG emissions declined 24% between 2002 and 2012 while production increased 53% At end of 2012 9.3% of direct energy from renewable sources Better dairy farm practices Top company – all sectors combined – in Carbon Disclosure Project 2012	By 2015, reduce direct GHG emissions per tonne of product by 35% vs. 2005 resulting in an absolute reduction of GHG emissions
  Preserve natural capital	Responsible Sourcing Guidelines palm oil (2010) Assessment of factory locations and biodiversity (2011)	Commitment on Natural Capital (2012) Assessment of biodiversity key issue areas and Nestlé responses (2012) Responsible Sourcing Guidelines on sugar, soya, paper, vanilla and seafood (2012) Dairy business RISE tool roll‑out	RSGs for milk, coffee and cocoa Annual reporting on progress
  No deforestation	Commitment on Deforestation and Forest Stewardship (2011)	Responsible Sourcing Guidelines for Forest Based Materials (2012) Top food company in Forest Footprint Disclosure Project 2012	Roll‑out of further RSGs (milk, coffee, cocoa) Annual reporting on progress

• Human rights and compliance

  Topic	How	Progress	Future
  Assess and address human rights impacts	Nestlé Corporate Business Principles UN Global Compact Principles Partnership with the Danish Institute of Human Rights	2010 - 2012 7 Human Rights Impact Assessments completed 2011 - 2012 27 922 employees trained on human rights	2015 All significant FTSE4Good countries of concern covered and employees trained
  Eliminate child labour	Membership of Fair Labor Association	Action plans developed and being implemented in cocoa, hazelnuts and vanilla	Roll‑out to further commodities and countries

Watch our progress

Specifically in nutrition, we take very seriously our commitment to enhance the quality of consumers' lives. We are proud of what we’ve achieved so far but have even bigger ambitions for the future, with work underway on many fronts to accelerate our contribution. Watch this space as we share more details with you over the next 18 months. Here, as in all our Nestlé in Society dimensions, we are committed to continuous improvement, and will report on our performance every year. We will also provide updates about our CSV, environmental sustainability and compliance performance and publish relevant case studies throughout the year.