Nestle : Nestlé named UN Global Compact LEAD company
September 24, 2018 at 06:44 am EDT
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Nestlé has today again been recognized as one of the most engaged companies in the Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative.
Announced at Headquarters in New York at the start of the General Assembly week, Nestlé was reconfirmed as a Global Compact LEAD company.
Nestlé has demonstrated its commitment to the Global Compact by sharing best practices and providing leadership in activities that support the Sustainable Development Goals. Each year Nestlé reports on its progress towards the Global Compact ten principles
'The key to long-term success for our company is to create value for our shareholders and society. We call this Creating Shared Value, which fully reflects the aims and goals of the Global Compact. We are proud to be a LEAD company,' said Christian Frutiger, Global Head Public Affairs, Nestlé.
Nestlé joined the Global Compact in 2001. It is proud to be part of a global movement of sustainable companies and stakeholders that are contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals. Nestlé's priorities are in those areas where business interests most closely match those of society. These include nutrition, with a special focus on children; developing thriving and resilient rural communities; and stewarding natural resources for the future, above all water.
For more information, please see the Global Compact press release.
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Nestlé S.A. is the world's leading agri-food group. Net sales break down by category of products as follows:
- powdered and liquid beverages (26.7%): soluble coffees (Nescafé and Starbucks brands), coffee in capsules (Nespresso), chocolate drinks (Nesquik, Milo, etc.), tea drinks (Nestea), etc.;
- pet food (20.3%): brands such as Purina, Friskies, Felix, etc.;
- pharmaceutical, nutrition and well-being products (16.4%): nutritional supplements (Resource, Boost, Nutren, Optifast, Peptamen brands, etc.), infant and maternal nutrition products (NAN, illuma, Cerelac, Nido, Gerber), ketogenic beverages (BrainXpert), (Nesquick, Fitness, Cheerios, Lion, etc.), etc.;
- ready meals and seasoning products (12.5%): frozen and chilled dishes (Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets and Stouffer's brands), soups (Maggi), etc.;
- dairy products and ice cream (11.8%): powdered milk, sweetened condensed milk, yoghurt and cream desserts, ice cream (Nido, Nesvita, Carnation, La Laitière, Coffee Mate, Nestlé Ice Cream, Dreyers, Häagen-Dazs, Extrême brands, etc.);
- chocolates, sweets and biscuits (8.7%): Kit Kat, Smarties, Cailler, Terrafertil, etc. brands;
- bottled waters (3.6%): Nestlé Pure Life, Vittel, Perrier, S. Pellegrino, etc. brands.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (1.2%), France (3.8%), the United Kingdom (3.8%), Germany (2.4%), Europe (12.8%), the United States and Canada (35%), China (5.9%), Asia and Oceania (21.4%) and Latin America (13.7%).
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