Mr Brabeck
Chairman's statement

"The strength of Nestlé is a result of taking our relationship with society seriously, over decades".

Water pump in Mozambique
Working towards UN goals

Nestlé's activities support poverty reduction, health, education and sustainability.

28% 

reduction in overall water withdrawal from the environment since 1998, whilst increasing food production volume by 76%. Learn more in Creating Shared Value - Key Indicators

Creating Shared Value - an approach to Corporate Social Responsibility
Zhengjun Wang and his cow
Mr Wang owns 9 cows and 6 calves and has been supplying milk to the Nestlé plant in Shuangcheng, North-East China, since 1990. Read more about Nestlé and rural development.
For a business to be successful in the long term it has to create value, not only for its shareholders but also for society. We call this Creating Shared Value. It is not philanthropy or an add-on, but a fundamental part of our business strategy.

Simply stated, in order to create value for our shareholders and our company, we need to create value for the people in the countries where we are present - farmers who supply to us, our employees, our consumers and the communities where we operate.

Film iconWatch the Creating Shared Value film (7 minutes).

Download the pdf report in five languages:

English (pdf, 2 Mb)
French (pdf, 2 Mb)
German (pdf, 2 Mb)
Spanish (pdf, 2 Mb)
Italian (pdf, 5 Mb)


World Water Week logoAugust 18, 2008 - World Water Week - Nestlé's Water Footprint
As part of World Water Week ( August 17-23, 2008) in Stockholm, Sweden, José Lopez, Executive Vice President and head of Operations at Nestlé, presented  the importance of water management from a corporate perspective and explains why maintaining the world's water resources are central to our Creating Shared Value concept.
Read the presentation and transcript.

SLIDESHOW: NaturNes - A packaging innovation
NaturNes baby food pots

NaturNes baby food packaging has been re-developed to be more energy efficient and user friendly.

    SLIDESHOW: Low Temperature Freezing Ice-cream
    Low Temperature Freezing Ice-cream

    Low Temperature Freezing technology means great tasting ice-cream with half the fat and a third of the calories.

      FILM: The Nestlé Creating Shared Value Report 2007
      Creating Shared Value film

      A short film to explain how the concept of Creating Shared Value is practised in our business.