Nestlé is engaging more widely to understand and respond to opinions on our strategy of Creating Shared Value. During 2007 we undertook systematic engagement with opinion formers on this. The objectives were to:

• provide a formal mechanism for an exchange of views
• enable Nestlé to understand views from a wide variety of external stakeholders, providing a broad societal perspective
• identify future trends, risks and opportunities relevant to Nestlé and its stakeholders
• challenge Nestlé’s internal perspectives gained from consultations with senior managers through which key issues were identified during 2007.

See Convenings for more details.