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Our positive impact on society
Creating Shared Value (CSV) is our way of delivering a long-term positive
impact for shareholders and for society, through everything that we
do as a company.
CSV is unique in that it is a business strategy that allows us to target activities where we
can optimise the creation of value for our shareholders, as well as for society.
The introduction of the Creating Shared Value approach 10 years ago helped us identify,
operationalise and manage strategies towards linking business benefit and social impact. Since
then, we have made significant progress, launching in 2012 a set of public commitments that we use
to drive continuous improvement.
Our positive impact on society is evident across our core focus areas and some of the highlights of
the past 10 years of our public reporting are shown here. The principles behind CSV driving Nestlé’s
approach to business, however, have been with us throughout the 150 years of our existence.
Tackling hidden
hunger with
207 billion servings
of fortified products
Training and
supporting
4 million farmers
Saving water
in our operations
Leading efforts
to promote sustainability
and working together
for the future
Giving 513000 people
access to clean water
and sanitation
Helping
2 million women
develop skills
Preparing hundreds
of thousands of young
people for work through
our youth initiatives
Over 50 million children eat
better and exercise more
thanks to Nestlé’s
children’s programmes
1
st
We were the first breast-milk substitute manufacturer to be
included in the
FTSE4Good Index
, and have retained our place
for five years.
2
nd
We were ranked second out of 22 global food and beverage
manufacturers in the 2016
Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI)™
.
1
st
With an overall score of 92 out of 100, we received industry-
best scores in all three dimensions (economic, environmental
and social) of the 2016
Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
.
The DJSI is a globally recognised independent benchmark that
measures the performance of the largest 2500 companies.
5
th
We were ranked fifth in Fortune’s 2016
Change the World
list, an annual ranking of 50 companies that are ‘doing well by
doing good’.
A-
The
CDP Water Program
promotes sustainable corporate
water stewardship. We have participated since its launch and in
November 2016, Nestlé received a ‘Leadership’ score of A-.
100A
In November 2016, we achieved a score of 100A in the
Climate
Disclosure Leadership Index
from environmental
sustainability ratings agency CDP.
2
nd
Nestlé ranked second on Oxfam’s
Behind the Brands
scorecard in April 2016.
G4-EC1, Compliance (Environmental) G4-DMA
Nestlé in society – Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2016
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