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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
NESTLE
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The Nestlé Corporate Governance
Principles
The Principles incorporate our official Nestlé
Corporate Governance Principles, which cover four
essential areas:
 The rights and responsibilities of shareholders
 The equitable treatment of shareholders, the duties
and responsibilities of the board of directors
 Disclosure
 And Transparency
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SUSTAINABILITY
 Sustainability is the ability an organization to

maintain its business growth consistently
avoiding depletion of natural resources
 Sustainable Development is about maintaining
a balance between the human need to improve
lifestyles and well-being on one hand, and
preserving natural resources and ecosystems,
on which we and future generations depend.
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Nestlé Sustainability Review
 At Nestlé, we define sustainable development as the

process of increasing the world’s access to higher quality
food, while contributing to long term social and
economic development, and preserving the environment
for future generations.
 In the life of Nestlé, our fundamental approach to
business has been the creation of long term sustainable
value for our consumers, customers, employees,
shareholders, and society as a whole.
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I. Sustainable Business
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 At Nestlé, we are committed to the sustainable increase in the
value of our shares, and our share price has experienced an
increase over the last years.
 Nestlé manages an on-going investor relations programme to
ensure that all investors and potential investors are able to keep
in touch with developments within the Nestlé Group of
Companies.
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II. SUSTAINABLE BRANDS
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 Most of our Key Brands in 2019 became Plastic
Neutral
 Continued focus on Innovation & Renovation
 Leveraging E-Commerce
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III. SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS
 Building Enduring Relationships
 Developing a new sourcing mindset for entry into organic food

category
− Organic grains from Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
− Natural, real and toxin-free organic fruits
− 20 member supplier development team - farm to factory
− India Organic, Jaivik Bharat and SGS certified products
− Milk from Rajasthan from cows fed with 100% organic and farm grown
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fodder
 Committed to Make in India - 98% of what we sell
is ‘Made in India’
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IV. SUSTAINABLE
COMMUNITIES
 Our Initiatives
1. For Individuals and Families
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2. For Our Communities
Project Vriddhi: Aiming to bring a positive change in

village Rohira, Nuh District, Haryana
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3. For the Planet
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V. SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENT
 Plastic Waste Management
1. Pioneering
Alternate
Materials
2. Shaping a
Waste Free
Future
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3. Driving New Behaviour
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4. Recognized Leadership in Sustainability
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VI. SUSTAINABLE
ORGANIZATION
 Gender Balance & Retention
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 Key Practices & Positive Perception
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Business ethics
This includes zero tolerance of fraud, bribery and corruption, Nestle’s
stringent efforts to ensure data privacy and open disclosure of tax
payments.
• Compliance
Nestle encourage all stakeholders to respect and
comply with ethical standards and codes,
and to report any instances of non-compliance
through internal and external grievance
mechanisms.
• Anti-corruption
Nestlé does not tolerate deception, bribery,
breach of confidence and abuse of power
Of any kind, and made a public commitment
to ensure a culture of integrity across the
organisation.
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• Data privacy
The data protection regulatory landscape
underwent great change in 2016, due to the
adoption of the European General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR), a major
reform designed to strengthen and unify
data protection, and China’s new Cyber security
Law.
Nestlé’s data protection strategy

• Taxation
• Charitable contributions
• Public policy and advocacy
• Committed to transparency
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Engaging with stakeholders to
make a bigger impact
• Nestle's global stakeholder network includes people they
engage with regularly through their operations and those in
public positions who influence activities.
• They include employees, consumers, suppliers, communities,
governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
shareholders, trade associations and academia.
• Nestle also conduct a Nestlé Stakeholder Community survey.
This is an annual survey with global Key Opinion Leaders that
aims to understand evolving views on the company’s issues and
reputation management.
Nestle’s stakeholder groups
• Academia
• Communities
• Consumers and the general public
• Customers
• Employees and their representatives
• Governments
• Industry and trade associations
• Intergovernmental organizations
• NGOs
• Reporting agencies
• Shareholders and the financial community
• Suppliers (including farmers and smallholders)

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

 Sustainability is the ability an organization to

 At Nestlé, we define sustainable development as the

 Developing a new sourcing mindset for entry into organic food

Project Vriddhi: Aiming to bring a positive change in

Nestlé’s data protection strategy

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