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Good Food, Good Life.
Fig. 1. Nestle. Digital image. Nestle. Nestle.com, n.d. Web. 6 June 2013.
Environmental Representative: Roee Grutman
Social Welfare Representative: Anton Malin
Culture Representative: Kristin Spink
Labor Representative: Katie McGauley
Nestle Representatives
Facts- Over 450 factories in 86 countries- 339, 000 employees- over $15 billion in annual profit
Fig. 2. Nestle-logo. Digital image. Nestle. N.p., n.d. Web.
Corporation: Environment- Sacrifice is necessary for the greater good
- World's leading nutrition, health and wellness company- Nestlé tries its best to help both the world and the
environment
- 27th World Environmental Center Gold Medal award
- Was and still is actively working to better the world
Corporation: Environment- Nestlé has identified water as its major environmental challenge and has taken steps to help
Fig. 3. Water. Digital image. Natural Grocers. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 June 2013.
Corporation: Social WelfarePoverty, Health, Education, Hunger
Commitment to farmers:
- Educating them on disease/soil management, improved marketing skills, access to quality cocoa development materials, crop diversification, and conservation techniques
- Over 540,000 farmers reached to improve income by 45%, use of accounting practices 64%, wastewater treatment improved by 20%, 51% increase farm mapping , 16% increase in harvesting
- $23 million in direct financial assistance to over 44,000
Corporation: Social Welfare (Continued)Other commitments to health:
- Over $500 million put into research for curing metabolic, neurological, and cardiovascular disorders; 20 products developed
- 68 programs run in 64 countries to educate over 5.4 million children on good nutrition for the prevention of obesity and malnutrition
- Providing clean drinking water and sanitation facilities for over 300,000 pupils in village schools in South Asia and Africa; 32% of rural factories provide public drinking water
- Other charitable ventures
Corporation: Culture ● Nutritional Gourmet
Cooking Workshop (nutritious ingredients)
● US Commitment to Cocoa (joined to make sustainable amount of Cocoa)
● Work Diversity (fair and equal employment, mixing cultures)
fig. 5. US Commitment to Cocoa. Digital image. Cocoa Plan. Nestle, n.d. Web.
fig. 4. Ecuador. Nutritional Gourmet Cooking Workshop. Digital image. Cocoa Plan. Nestle, n.d. Web. <http://www.nestlecocoaplan.com/ecuador-nutritional-gourmet-cooking-workshop/>.
Corporation: Labor
*Effects of Globalization: The Nestle corporation is -Found in over 150 countries with over 300,000 employees
*Employee Assurance: -Emphasis on individual responsibility. -Taking advantage of the International Training Centre in Switzerland and make international ties.
Fig. 6. "Quality and Safety." Http://www.nestle.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 June 2013.
Corportation: Labor
*Problems in the Past: -Child labor
*How Nestle Responded: Worked with the FLA to investigate this problem and took necessary steps for prevention in the future
These Steps:1. Nestle created over 30 schools in Africa 2. Nestle creating monitors for the farms
Fig. 7. Cocoa Plan. Digital image. Nestle. Nesle, n.d. Web. 16 June 2013.
NGO Representatives Environmental Representatives: Michelle Bushoy and Lisa Knocke
Social Welfare Representative: Yu-En Chang
Cultural Representative: Ariel Ervin
Labor Representative: Charles Goodfriend
NGOs: Environment
● Has offices in over forty countries with it's international headquarters located in Amsterdam
● Focuses on working with world wide environmental issues
● Protested Nestle's use of palm oil in their Kit Kat bars fig. 8. Save It!! Digital image. Jovoto. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 June 2013.
Greenpeace
NGOs: Environment● Nestle buys resources from
international companies that might harm the environment
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● Targets rural communities worldwide for their water resources
Fig. 9. Oil Mess. Digital image. The Understory. Http://understory.ran.org/, n.d. Web. 16 June 2013.
Fig. 10. Pu Pu Fresh Water Springs, New Zealand. Digital image. The Anti Tourist. Http://theantitourist.wordpress.com/, n.d. Web. 16 June 2013.
NGOs: Environment
● allaboutwater- promotes tap water, over bottled
● timeforchang- CO2 admisstions and oil used
Fig. 11. Plastic Water Bottles. Digital image. Mother Nature Network. N.p., 21 Oct. 2009. Web. 14 June 2013.
NGOs: Environment ● Nestle has about 70 different water bottle brands,
including Poland Springs. ● In a 2001 report done by World Wide Fund for Nature,
about 1.5 million tons of plastic was used to bottle 89 billion liters of water.
● In the making, transportation and disposal of water bottles CO2 is released.
● About 6 kg of CO2 per kg of plastic ● Water it taken from undeveloped countries, bottled and
given to developed countries
Fig. 12. Jeffries, Adrianna. Is It Green. Digital image. Inhabitat. Inhabitat, 25 Sept. 2008. Web. 16 June 2013.
NGO: Social Welfare● Water bottle controversy
where several brand of Nestle bottled water have been reported with health issues. ○ Questionable purity of their
water (2005)○ Unpleasant odor in water
(2011)● E-coli outbreak in Nestle
cookie dough (June 2009)○ refused FDA access to
internal records Fig. 13. Poland Spring water bottle. Digital Image. N.p.,n.d. Web. 11 June 2013
● NGO: War on Want● Campaigns against many different
controversial subjects● Currently protesting:
○ British government encouraging privatisation
○ Tax exemption for companies in the UK
● Baby Formula Controversy (1974 - present)○ Nestle promoted the use of
formula○ Millions of babies die from
malnutrition
NGO: Social Welfare
Fig. 14. Some call it Nestle, we call it Nastie. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 June 2013.
War on Want on malnutrition of infants:
"Children whose bodies have wasted away until all that is left is a big head on top of a shriveled body of an old man."
NGO: Culture
-many people find that the prices of baby formulas really expensive and it contains bad substances for infant health that causes sickness and deaths
-effects the relationship between the Mother and the child-social and physical bonding-emotional development-MRI of Brain scan show that breast feeding mothers develop more empathy & understanding towards the infants-main reason why moms buy formulathey buy formulas is because it'stedious to breast-feed (though it's very healthy)
fig. 15. Fight the Nestlé Monster. Digital image. Blsciblogs. Blsciblogs, n.d. Web. 16 June 2013. <http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/mgt4880nestle/>.
NGO Culture: Baby Milk Action
- BMA (member of the IBFAN) have been trying to get govs to petition for baby safety rights - People have been trying to get Nestle to agree with the Four Point Plan - Accept Int'l Code - Make changes to their formula (written statement) -BMA Rep assistance -If there's no violations within 18 months, the boycotts will stop
Fig. 16. Nestle Free Zone. Digital image. Protecting Breastfeeding. Babymilkaction.org, n.d. Web. 16 June 2013.
NGO: Labor
● Fair Labor Association● Headquarters in Washington D.C. w/ offices in
China, Switzerland, and Turkey● Officially formed in 1999● Places responsibility on companies● Offers three different approaches
○ Collaborative approach○ Innovative and sustainable strategies and
resources○ Transparent and independent assessment○ Third party complaint process
● No change in Ivory Coast● Obvious effort to fix mistakes● The damage is done● What else is Nestlé hiding about labor in
other countries?● What does this mean for other
companies?
Nestlé, Globalization, and Labor
fig. 17. A Child Cracking Cocoa Nuts. Digital image. BBC.co.uk. British Broadcast Network, n.d. Web. 14 June 2013. <http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56636000/jpg/_56636972_cocoa9.jpg>.
Essential Questions:
What are the upsides and downsides of globalization?
How do you find the right balance as an individual, NGO, corporation?
Globalization is here; how do we, as global citizens, deal with it?
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