Nestlé will invest CHF 460 million over the next 10 years to boost its sustainability initiatives in cocoa and coffee. Through its pioneering plant science programme, the Company will supply 38 million high quality, disease-resistant plantlets to farmers helping them rejuvenate their farms and increase productivity. As part of the CHF 460m total boost, Nestlé [...]

Nestlé today announced three new company initiatives aimed at creating new partnerships with governments, NGOs and small enterprises. The announcement comes as Nestlé launches a two-day forum on Creating Shared Value in New York in collaboration with the United Nations Office for Partnerships and the Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. The initiatives include [...]

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) states that “everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests” (Article 23, Section 4). As human rights advocates around the world celebrate International Human Rights Day, the International Labor Rights Forum (ILRF) has released “Working for Scrooge: 5 Worst [...]

Greenwire: Third World water projects are attracting increased attention and cash from corporate charitable efforts. Procter & Gamble and PepsiCo Inc. committed millions for water projects last month at the Clinton Global Initiative’s annual meeting. The company plans to spend $18 million for safe drinking water in the developing world and to raise awareness about [...]

I steadfastly write about one of my major pet peeves: marketing junk food to children who are extraordinarily susceptible to the health-hazardous messages companies download into their brains. It’s not a purely American phenomenon. A new investigation by Consumers International (CI), a global federation of consumer organizations, reveals the extensive lengths to which food and [...]

Leurs prix inférieurs à celui des boites est le principal élément d’attrait. Depuis juin 2008, la société Nestlé a mis sur le marché des emballages contenant du lait de marque Nido. Ces emballages dits “rechargeables”, plus petits au niveau du grammage, pour rendre accessible ce produit aux bourses les plus modestes, et de combattre par [...]

Pressure is expected to mount on retailers and food manufacturers selling products containing palm oil from plantations that contribute to rainforest deforestation, after Unilever yesterday announced plans to only use palm oil that has been certified as environmentally sustainable. The multinational giant said it is to work with industry group the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm [...]

Reporting leaders, including Tesco, Dell and Nestle, are being urged to find out what their suppliers’ carbon footprints are. The move is getting a mixed response. It is five years since the global climate change initiative, the Carbon Disclosure Project, first received backing from investors to ask the world’s largest companies to report annually on [...]

A community water project inaugurated in Rwanda’s eastern district of Kirehe, offers a new model of cooperation between religious communities and public and private sectors in pursuit of human development and peace. “This is a historic milestone for interfaith cooperation and public and private partnerships in Africa,” remarked Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, General Secretary of [...]

They may seem sweet, but chocolate companies have left a bitter taste in the mouths of many consumers. A class action lawsuit has been proposed against four major Canadian chocolate companies: Nestlé, Hershey’s, Cadbury and Mars. The Toronto law firm Juroviesky and Ricci LLP allege the major manufacturers have gone against the Competition Act by [...]