Commitments for individuals & families, communities and planet

We publish commitments to hold ourselves publicly accountable for our performance. All commitments are directly aligned with our business and our 2030 ambitions, and many directly support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

For individuals and families

Offering tastier and healthier choices

• Launch more foods and beverages that are nutritious, especially for mothers-to-be, new mothers and infants and children
• Further decrease sugars, sodium and saturated fat
• Increase vegetables, fibre-rich grains, pulses, nuts and seeds in our foods and beverages
• Simplify our ingredients list and remove artificial colours
• Address under-nutrition through micronutrient fortification

Inspiring people to lead healthier lives

• Apply and explain nutrition information on packs, at point of sale and online
• Offer guidance on portions for our products
• Market to children only choices that help them achieve a nutritious diet
• Empower parents, caregivers and teachers to foster healthy behaviours in children
• Leverage our marketing efforts to promote healthy cooking, eating and lifestyles
• Support breastfeeding and protect it by continuing to implement an industry-leading policy to market breast-milk substitutes responsibly
• Inspire people to choose water to lead healthier lives
• Partner for promoting healthy food environments

Building, sharing and applying nutrition knowledge

• Build and share nutrition knowledge from the first 1000 days through to healthy ageing
• Build biomedical science leading to health-promoting products, personalised nutrition and digital solutions

For our communities

Rural development and enhancing livelihoods

• Roll-out of rural development baseline assessments to understand the needs of farmers
• Improve farm economics among the farmers who supply us
• Improve food availability and dietary diversity among the farmers who supply us
• Implement responsible sourcing in our supply chain and promote animal welfare
• Continuously improve our green coffee supply chain
• Roll out the Nestlé Cocoa Plan with cocoa farmers

Respecting and promoting human rights

• Assess and address human rights impacts across our business activities
• Improve workers’ livelihoods and protect children in our agricultural supply chain
• Enhance a culture of integrity across the organisation

Promoting decent employment and diversity

• Roll out our Nestlé needs YOUth initiative across our operations
• Provide training on Corporate Business Principles, nutrition and environmental sustainability
• Enhance gender balance in our workforce and empower women across the entire value chain
• Advocate for healthy workplaces and healthier employees
• Provide effective grievance mechanisms to employees and stakeholders

For the planet

Caring for water

• Work to achieve water efficiency and sustainability across our operations
• Advocate for effective water policies and stewardship
• Treat the water we discharge effectively
• Engage with suppliers, especially those in agriculture
• Raise awareness on water conservation and improve access to water and sanitation across our value chain

Acting on climate change

• Provide climate change leadership
• Promote transparency and proactive, long-term engagement in climate policy

Safeguarding the environment

• Assess and optimise the environmental impact of our products
• Improve the environmental performance of our packaging
• Reduce food loss and waste
• Provide meaningful and accurate environmental information and dialogue
• Preserve natural capital, including forests

For a complete overview of our commitments please see our Nestlé in Society: Creating Shared Value report 2017 (pdf, 12Mb).