Community

Commitment to Community Giving

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.

"Creating Shared Value is a very different approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR), because it is not focused on meeting a set of standard external criteria, or on philanthropy. The idea of winners and losers doesn’t fit this model of CSR."

Mark Kramer, Harvard University

Read more about Nestlé's approach to corporate social responsibility on nestle.com/csv

Nestlé National Day of Volunteering
Community Care Campaign
Food Donations
Partnerships; Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)
Nestlé in the Community Globally

Nestlé National Day of Volunteering

Employees spent the day packing food boxes at the LA Regional Food Bank.

More than 1,000 employees participated in Nestlé’s National Day of Volunteering during the week of October 27, 2008. Employees in corporate offices, plants, distribution centers and sales offices nationwide gave their time and efforts to various non-profit organizations.

Volunteer activities ranged from sorting food at Food Banks, working with our Nestlé Adopt-A-School students, cooking at Women’s Shelters, participating in Meals on Wheels, building homes with Habitat for Humanity, donating time in Soup Kitchens, to running for causes like the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Community Care Campaign

Nestlé USA employees wholeheartedly support Nestlé’s annual “Community Care Campaign.”

In addition to volunteering their time, Nestlé USA employees wholeheartedly support Nestlé’s annual “Community Care Campaign” with monetary contributions to United Way, Reading Is Fundamental, Nestlé’s Adopt-A-School program, American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, and many more organizations. With the Nestlé USA Foundation match, contributions go even farther in helping our communities grow and thrive.

Food Donations

Nestlé USA plants and distribution centers work with local Feeding America-affiliated food banks to supply products on an ongoing basis.

Feeding America (formerly know as America’s Second Harvest) is the largest charitable domestic hunger-relief organization in the United States. Through its network of more than 200 member food banks, Feeding America annually provides assistance to more than 25 million people in need.

Nestlé USA has partnered with Feeding America since 1997, and we have had a relationship with the Cleveland Food Bank since 1979. Nestlé USA plants and distribution centers work with local Feeding America-affiliated food banks to supply products on an ongoing basis. During the past four years, Nestlé USA has donated more than 36 million pounds of food to 127 food banks in nearly every state in the country.

Partnerships; Reading Is Fundamental (RIF)

Students at Frank del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles, Calif. selecting books at Nestlé sponsored RIF program.

Each year hundreds of Nestlé employees give their Community Care dollars to support Reading Is Fundamental (RIF), the nation’s largest literacy organization. Over 25,000 students in 20 states benefit annually from the partnership between Nestlé and RIF that brings new, free books and motivational literacy programs to children. “We are proud to be associated with RIF,” said Ken Bentley, Vice President, Community Affairs, Nestle USA. “Books from RIF open up the world for children to experience a broader range of possibilities. I want to thank all of our employees for their contributions and helping to make the lives of our children a little brighter.”

Nestlé in the Community Globally

For more information about Nestlé’s involvement in community programs throughout the world, please visit Community.Nestle.com.
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