As the world largest nutrition, health and wellness company, Nestlé can play a significant role in creating shared value for its shareholders and for society in the three key areas of nutrition, water and rural development. These areas are essential to the success of Nestlé’s business model and success in these areas is critical to humanity’s future.
Nestlé works with a diverse array of stakeholders from across the globe to share insights, identify best practices and leverage greater impact for its efforts through programming partnerships, policy forums, and leadership events.
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) - Industry collaboration
In 2002, Nestlé was instrumental in establishing a food industry-wide Sustainable Agricultural Initiative (SAI) together with Group Danone and Unilever. The founding members of SAI have defined Sustainable Agriculture as “a productive, competitive and efficient way to produce agricultural products, while at the same time protecting and improving the natural environment and socio-economic conditions of local communities”. Today SAI has more than 20 company members that pursue the SAI objectives to support development and implementation of internationally-accepted principles and standards for sustainable agriculture by:
- sharing knowledge and expertise among all stakeholders of the food chain
- supporting research programs and other related local and international activities
- communicating with key opinion formers to ensure alignment of best agricultural practices with agriculture policymaking, as well as mainstream consumer concerns.
Nestlé Foundations
The Nestlé Foundation for the Study of Problems of Nutrition in the World
This foundation was established in 1966 by a donation by the Nestlé Company on the occasion of its centenary. The Foundation was self-constituting and formed a council consisting of five internationally well-known Council Members. The Foundation is financially and operationally independent of the Nestlé Company. The offices of the Nestlé Foundation are in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Visit the website: Nestlé Nutrition Foundation 
Nestlé Nutrition Institute
For more than 60 years, Nestlé Nutrition has contributed to the continuing nutrition education of scientific and medical professions, with around 4000 medical delegates providing doctors, nurses and dieticians with relevant material, products and services to help their patients. The institute is the world’s largest publisher of nutritional information; its 3000 publications include Annales Nestlé and The Nest for paediatric health professionals, and Clinical Nutrition Highlights, a scientific journal for clinical nutritionists. A range of other material in print, on CD or on DVD is available in English, French and Spanish. The Nestlé Nutrition website provides access to an online medical and scientific library, educational tools, online workshops (webinars) and information on forthcoming events. The site has over 40 000 registered members. Read more at Nestlé Nutrition Institute website
Nestlé Nutrition Council
Established 40 years ago Nestlé Nutrition Council is composed of internationally renowned nutrition scientists. The council aims to review current and developing nutrition issues and to advise senior management on their impact upon Nestlé’s policies and strategy. Over the last decade it has examined issues such as diabetes and childhood obesity and has reviewed Nestlé policies on the reduction of trans fatty acids, salt and sugar levels in food, as well as iron and other nutrient fortification.