Our commitments hold us publicly accountable for our performance, and we report on them every year to show progress. The table below shows both our current progress against them, and where we still need to do more.
Key:
Achieved
In progress
For individuals and families
| Offering tastier and healthier choices |
| Launch more foods and beverages that are nutritious, especially for mothers-to-be, new mothers and infants and children |
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| Further decrease sugars, sodium and saturated fat |
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| Increase vegetables, fibre-rich grains, pulses, nuts and seeds in our foods and beverages |
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| Simplify our ingredients list and remove artificial colours |
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| Address under-nutrition through micronutrient fortification |
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| Inspiring people to lead healthier lives |
| Apply and explain nutrition information on packs, at point of sale and online |
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| Offer guidance on portions for our products |
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| Market to children only choices that help them achieve a nutritious diet |
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| Empower parents, caregivers and teachers to foster healthy behaviours in children |
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| Leverage our marketing efforts to promote healthy cooking, eating and lifestyles |
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| Support breastfeeding and protect it by continuing to implement an industry-leading policy to market breast-milk substitutes responsibly |
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| Inspire people to choose water to lead healthier lives |
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| Partner for promoting healthy food environments |
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| Building, sharing and applying nutrition knowledge |
| Build and share nutrition knowledge from the first 1000 days through to healthy ageing |
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| Build biomedical science leading to health-promoting products, personalised nutrition and digital solutions |
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For our communities
| Rural development and enhancing rural livelihoods |
| Roll-out of rural development baseline assessments to understand the needs of farmers |
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| Improve farm economics among the farmers who supply us |
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| Improve food availability and dietary diversity among the farmers who supply us |
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| Implement responsible sourcing in our supply chain and promote animal welfare |
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| Continuously improve our green coffee supply chain |
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| Roll out the Nestlé Cocoa Plan with cocoa farmers |
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| Respecting and promoting human rights |
| Assess and address human rights impacts across our business activities |
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| Improve workers’ livelihoods and protect children in our agricultural supply chain |
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| Enhance a culture of integrity across the organisation |
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| Promoting decent employment and diversity |
| Roll out the Nestlé needs YOUth initiative across our operations |
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| Provide training on Corporate Business Principles, nutrition and environmental sustainability |
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| Enhance gender balance in our workforce and empower women across the entire value chain |
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| Advocate for healthy workplaces and healthier employees |
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| Provide effective grievance mechanisms to employees and stakeholders |
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For the planet
| Caring for water |
| Work to achieve water efficiency and sustainability across our operations |
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| Advocate for effective water policies and stewardship |
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| Treat the water we discharge effectively |
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| Engage with suppliers, especially those in agriculture |
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| Raise awareness on water conservation and improve access to water and sanitation across our value chain |
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| Acting on climate change |
| Provide climate change leadership |
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| Promote transparency and proactive, long-term engagement in climate policy |
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| Safeguarding the environment |
| Assess and optimise the environmental impact of our products |
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| Improve the environmental performance of our packaging |
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| Reduce food loss and waste |
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| Provide meaningful and accurate environmental information and dialogue |
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| Preserve natural capital, including forests |
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For full details of the actions we have taken in pursuit of our 41 public commitments and the progress we have made against them, please read our full report (pdf, 12Mb).