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Nutrition, health
and wellness
• 93% of children’s or teenagers’
breakfast cereals have more
whole grain in a serving than any
other ingredient
• 83.7% of all products met or
exceeded Nestlé Nutritional
Foundation (NF) criteria,
representing an appropriate
choice within a balanced diet
Rural development
• Invested CHF 13.9 million in plant
science and soil management
• Distributed 28.3 million coffee
and 2.2 million cocoa plantlets
to farmers
• Empowered 1.3 million women
with technical assistance to date
Water
• Reduced water withdrawals
per tonne of product by 25%
since 2010
• Saved 3.2 million m3 of water
through 516 water-saving projects
• Invested CHF 22.5 million in
new and improved water
treatment facilities
• Provided access to safe water and
sanitation to 513345 beneficiaries
in rural communities
Environmental
sustainability
• Reduced our direct greenhouse
gas emissions per tonne of product
by 38.9%
• Invested CHF 299 million in
replacing synthetic refrigerants with
natural alternatives
• Achieved zero waste for disposal at
182 sites (39% of total)
• Avoided 22525 tonnes of packaging
material through optimisation
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Our people
• Recognised as the most diverse
and inclusive company in the food
industry, and ranked 13th overall,
in the Thomson Reuters Diversity
and Inclusion Index
• Offered 6778 job opportunities
and 4206 traineeships or
apprenticeships to people under
30 in Europe
• 79% of facilities certified against
OHSAS 18001:2007
Human rights
and compliance
• Completed the roll-out of the
Child Labour Monitoring and
Remediation System to all
Nestlé Cocoa Plan co-operatives
in Côte d’Ivoire, and expanded
into Ghana
• Trained 36524 employees in
anti-corruption
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