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Nestlé Investor Seminar 2007
Niels ChristiansenHead of Public Affairs
Creating Shared Value for Shareholders and Society: A Core Nestlé Competitive
Strategy
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Disclaimer
This presentation contains forward looking statements which reflect Management’s current views and estimates. The forward looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include such factors as general economic conditions, foreign exchange fluctuations, competitive product and pricing pressures and regulatory developments.
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COMPLIANCELaws, Business Principles, codes of conduct
SUSTAINABILITYProtect the future
Hierarchy of Corporate Social Responsibility
CREATESHARED VALUEReduce poverty
Improve nutrition, health and wellness
CSR is built into Nestlé’s strategy & enhances shareholder value
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Nestlé Corporate Business Principles
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ØOur investments must begood for the Countries wherewe operate, as well as good for the Company.
ØWe will not sacrifice long term profit for short term gain.
Core Business Principles
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Reporting on Shared Value Creation activities
2002: The NestléPeople DevelopmentReview 2003: Faces of
Coffee 2004: The Nestlécommitment to Africa
2005: The Nestléconcept of CSR as implemented in Latin America
2001: SustainabilityReview
2006: The Nestlé Water Management Report
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Water is important for Nestlé
Our suppliers of agricultural raw materials depend on water
We need water for manufacturing
We sell and provide bottled mineral and pure water to millions of consumers, including access to safe drinking water in times of disaster
Our consumers need safe, clean water to prepare many of our goods
2007:The Nestlé Water Management Report
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Nestlé is committed to responsible water management
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Creating Shared Value:A basic strategy for competitive advantage
Nestlé Society
Ø Superior raw materials Farmers' improved incomehigher value produce
Ø Factories: quality and safety Food safety standards, environmental standards, trained and motivated workers
Ø Superior product appeal Better Nutrition plus Taste
Ø Superior brand reputation Improvements in knowledge, through social reputation health, standards of living
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Products & consumers
• New/renovated products for nutrition, health & wellness
• Increased knowledge/awareness -Nutrition, health
• Bottom of the pyramid
• Public - Private partnerships
Creating shared value for our shareholders and stakeholders along the value chain
• Agricultural & local supplier development
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Purchasing practices (e.g. direct sourcing)
Sustainable agriculture/ supply chain approach
Agricultural sourcing
• Industry initiatives
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Manufacturing &distribution
• Environmental practices
Labour health and safety
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Food safety standards
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Workforce development
• Distributor development
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Michael Porter/Mark Kramer, Nestlé Creating Shared Value analysis(Harvard Business Review December, 2006)
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Cooperation with farmers: Improving farmers' incomes & ensuring quality supply
Agricultural Experts (850 worldwide) reaching more than 500'000 farmers
Milk in India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Morocco, South Africa, Mexico, Panama etc.Coffee in Mexico, Ivory Coast, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, China etc.
Objective: ensure quality / sustainable supply
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Method Farmer assistance• Specific support to develop progressive farms• Continuous extension of decentralized collection
(>2500 village cooling centres)Lady Extension Teams to reach rural women• Concentrate on water, health and hygiene• Partnership with UNDP: scaled up to reach
5,000 women
Value For Society:• Knowledge sharing, improved agricultural water
management practices • Nestlé supports rural economy with more then
USD 100 Mio annually improving livelihood of farmers and families
Value for Nestlé:• Increased quantity by >300% from 1994 to 2006
to 374,000 tons annually • Quality supply from motivated and enabled
farmers
The Nestlé Milk District Model, Pakistan
Objective: Increase fresh milk volume in line with business growth (>20% annually)
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Improving living standards400+ school wells in India and Pakistan
Value for Society: clean water in crisis situations and in water-poor regionsValue for Nestlé: quality supplies from motivated, enabled farmers
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Member companies (May 2007)
In cooperation with
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative: Nestlé a founding member
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• Energy consumption down 28% 2002 - 2006• CHF 40 million invested annually• CO2 emissions down by 31% 2002-2006 despite
22% production increase
Reduction in greenhouse gases, energy consumption
Value for Society: reduced carbon footprintValue for Nestlé: risk and cost reduction
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-28.2%-21.4%
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Progress in environmental sustainability: Water
• Production volume doubled • Water consumption down 29%• Waste water down 37%
• 47 billion litres saved in 5 years, of which• 8 billion litres in bottled water
• 354,000 tonnes of packaging material saved
Value for Society: reduced impact on water availability/waste/packagingValue for Nestlé: risk and cost reduction
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-34.7%-29.5%
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Workplace safety is improving
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Value for Society: higher work security, increased workforce health and safety Value for Nestlé: healthy, motivated and committed workforce; risk and cost reduction
Source: Nestlé, based on public data
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Workforce development: South Africa and Kenya
From construction worker to industrial services team leader
From laboratory analyst to Regulatory Affairs
Adult education program in South Africa
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Improving workers' incomesIncreasing their motivation
• 2/3 of all 250'000 employees receive formal training every year• Superior to average pay scale, benefits• Average years of service at retirement : 27 years
Value for Society: industrializing developing countries, skills transferValue for Nestlé: motivated, engaged, more productive colleagues
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Improving distributors' incomes: Bottom of the pyramid
Ivory Coast - December 2004• 500 carts• 48,000 CFA/week/operator
December 2006• 627 carts, despite conflict
• Rolled out: •Senegal, Guinea, Ghana, Sahel, Cameroon, Nigeria,Gabon
• 2,500 carts total• Continued growth expected
Value for Society: income creation, skills transfer, microfinanceValue for Nestlé: appropriate route to market for growth segment
PLUS: Brazil: 30,000+ door to door distributors by 2008, new "PPP" factory PLUS: Ice cream street distributors in South Africa, Thailand
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Bottom of the Pyramid
From this.... To this....
Maggi's iconic status means better nutrition and extra income opportunity
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Driving Nutrition, Health and Wellnessinnovations
‘Slow churned’ ice creamLOWER CALORIE + SUPERIOR TASTE- 50% less fat- 30% fewer calories
TECHNOLOGY-BASED PRODUCT INNOVATION
SCIENCE-BASED PRODUCT INNOVATION
New drinking-yogurtdesigned to elicit a feelingof satisfaction, enhancesatiety.
WHOLE GRAIN
Whole grain offers many knownhealth benefits, includinghelping to maintain a healthyheart and a healthier body weight
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15 Years of Nestlé support: Fighting childhood obesity
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Obesity in test village children declined... control town obesity increased
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Promoting nutrition knowledgeand information
Austria
Portugal
Switzerland
Australia
Peru
Germany
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• 1,000,000 children
• Based on Sesame Street characters
• Developed by Russian Academy of Education and Russian Institute of Nutrition
Nestlé Russia: Nutrition education programme
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Nestlé Hungary /100,000 students
Nestlé Switzerland and HungaryNutrikid Education Programme
Joint-venture with Swiss Society of Nutrition, Nestlé Alimentarium, Nestlé Switzerland/11,000 students
Lessons kit, video, games cards, teachers and student books
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• Nestlé Nutrition Duchess Club / 100,000 women
• Nestlé Nutrition school competition / 800,000 students
Nestlé Nigeria
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120+ projects supporting UN Millennium development goals (MDGs)
Value for Society: systematic, locally focused community investment against MDGsValue for Nestlé: further integration in societies where we operate
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Global Partnership: International Federation of Red Cross/ Red Crescent
1,200,000 million young Nigerians learn about HIV/AIDS
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Left: Signing extension of IFRC partnership, Geneva, March 29th 2006
Right / below: inauguration of first well, Ribaue, NorthernMozambique, 1/11/06
• Recently presented to EU: €2mio scale-up funds secured
• New partnership: World Lutheran Federation, 25,000 villagers in Rwanda
Clean drinking water project in Mozambique and Rwanda
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"How do you rate the following company on fulfilling its responsibilities to society?"
(among best, above average, average, below average, among the best)
21 countries, 21,000 random sample.
GlobeScan CSR Ratings
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Nestlé scores high in “Fulfilling Responsibilities to Society”
Net Ratings,* 20 Countries Surveyed, 2005–2006
*“Best” and “Above average” minus “Below average” and “Worst”
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Nestlé’s perception in “Fulfilling Responsibilities to Society” is improving
*Nestlé's net rating minus average net rating of six companies
Competitive Net Rating,* by Country, 2006
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Nestlé well rated for sustainability and social responsibility
AAA rating (1st out of 47) from
Climate Leadership Index : 75
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COMPLIANCELaws, Business Principles, codes of conduct
SUSTAINABILITYProtect the future
Next step - define measures
CREATESHARED VALUEReduce poverty, Improve health
Empower people
Hierarchy of Corporate Social Responsibility
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