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Our support to the people of Ukraine

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Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Nestlé's focus has been on ensuring the safety and security of our employees and their families, as well as providing humanitarian assistance and support to help the people of Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees displaced by the war.

To date, Nestlé has provided more than CHF 36 million in assistance in form of food products and financial contributions to local humanitarian organizations in Ukraine. For example, this includes support provided to the UNBROKEN and Superhumans rehabilitation centers. The UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center in Lviv, Ukraine, helps people affected by the war with prosthetics, physical and psychological rehabilitation.

Investing in a new food production site in Ukraine

In December 2022, we announced a CHF 40 million investment for a new production facility in the Volyn region in western Ukraine because we believe in the future of Ukraine and the business potential of the country's agri-food sector. First products in the new factory were produced beginning of 2025.

This new production site in Volyn, together with the existing Torchyn factory (Lutsk), has become Nestlé's European Regional Hub for Food and Culinary products. The Hub currently employs around 1 000 people and supplies Ukraine and neighboring European markets.

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The safety and security of our people remains our priority

We are in close daily contact with our over 5 000 Nestlé employees in Ukraine and their families and doing all that we can to ensure their safety.

Already in 2022, Nestlé launched the UkraineWeCare program. Through this initiative, company employees received financial assistance to repair and restore homes damaged or destroyed by the war. The company also provided financial support and essential equipment to employees during winter blackouts.

In addition, Nestlé has been providing financial and logistical support to employees and their family members who needed to relocate to safer regions of Ukraine.

People in Ukraine

Supporting the people of Ukraine

Food donations
We are providing emergency assistance to our colleagues and their families, and to the local people. We are donating products such as instant food, infant nutrition, medical nutrition products, pet food and bottled water. Since February 2022, the company donated thousands of tonnes of food products through local partner charities, including the Ukrainian Food Foundation, Food Bank, Pokrova, An Angel on My Shoulder, Little Victories, Format 20, and Dobriak. These organizations operate across Ukraine.

Partnering with local Red Cross & food banks
We work with the local Red Cross organizations and food banks to distribute essential food, pet food and beverages to those in need, and to hospitals.

Food supplies for young children
At the request of the authorities in Ukraine, neighboring countries and humanitarian NGOs, we are also providing emergency food supplies for young children in accordance with our strict standards and WHO Guiding Principles for feeding Infant and Young Children during Emergencies (pdf, 4Mb).

Keeping operations going where safe to do so
As a food company, our mission is to continue to focus on ensuring a reliable supply of food products for the local people. That is why we continue to keep our operations running in Ukraine where safe to do so, as part of our efforts to keep supermarket shelves stocked with a variety of our products for the local people.

 

Read our statement on Russia and Ukraine.