Nestle Nigeria PLC

To ensure our employees behave consistently and transparently when they interact with stakeholders, we outline our expectations in the Nestlé Policy on transparent interaction with authorities and organisations (pdf, 3Mb). We provide training for all country-level public affairs staff at our International Training Centre in Rive Reine, Switzerland. [...] Due to our size, the diversity of our business and our presence in the market and across the world, we are heavily involved in many industry organisations and trade associations at all levels. Our efforts require expertise, resources, coordination and alignment across our business. To streamline the involvement of our employees, we have developed guidelines to help markets manage relationships, in alignment with corporate strategy. Published in May 2014, the internal guidelines contain a structured approach and recommendations for participating in industry and trade associations, helping our employees to: * Understand the association landscape; * Set priorities and select the relevant industry associations; and * Develop rules of engagement with industry associations.

Advocate for joined-up policy: Participants highlighted the benefits of regulation to ensure a level playing field and asked Nestlé to collaborate with industry peers and advocate for a joined-up sustainable food policy. Examples suggested included a sugar policy. **Thought leadership:** Our CEO of Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa engaged with the European Commission and European stakeholders in calling for an EU nutrition policy. In February 2017, we shared our sugars reduction journey with national government representatives at a high-level meeting organised by the EU Presidency. And the CEO of Nestlé UK openly called for both voluntary and regulatory instruments to be used in the fight against childhood obesity. **Advocacy:** With the European Heart Network, the European Public Health Alliance, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and leading food and beverage companies, we called for the EU to create nutrient profiles for nutrition and health claims. We are also calling for a legislative limit for the amount of industrially produced TFAs in foods. In developing countries, we advocate for the inclusion of micronutrient fortification in national nutrition plans and participate in a number of multi-stakeholder initiatives. **Collaboration:** With 25 other companies, we co-launched Food Reform for Sustainability and Health (FReSH). The programme, led by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the EAT Foundation, works with the business community to accelerate transformational change in global food systems.

The Sustainability Committee also oversees compliance of specific pledges, the regulatory environment and guidelines related to our product portfolio. [...] The Executive Board is responsible for Nestlé's sustainability strategy management, through the ESG and Sustainability Council. [...] The ESG and Sustainability Council provides governance, strategic leadership and execution guidance and makes recommendations to the Executive Board and decisions on behalf of the Executive Board within its delegated authority. The Council advises Nestlé's Executive Board on making informed and science-based decisions and it drives the focused and aligned actions to deliver our Net Zero Roadmap for example. [...] To drive implementation and execution of strategies at the operational level, an ESG Strategy and Deployment Unit was also created. The ESG Strategy and Deployment Unit reports to the EVP Head of Operations. It is the responsibility of this unit to define Nestlé's sustainability strategies with the evolving environment and our ESG commitments in mind. [...] This team of sustainability experts then both coordinates and monitors our sustainability activities around the world. Its role encompasses providing practical guidance and expertise for markets at the same time as having oversight of internal ESG sustainability data gathering and external disclosures.

The Sustainability Committee also oversees compliance of specific pledges, the regulatory environment and guidelines related to our product portfolio. [...] The Executive Board is responsible for Nestlé's sustainability strategy management, through the ESG and Sustainability Council. [...] The ESG and Sustainability Council provides governance, strategic leadership and execution guidance and makes recommendations to the Executive Board and decisions on behalf of the Executive Board within its delegated authority. The Council advises Nestlé's Executive Board on making informed and science-based decisions and it drives the focused and aligned actions to deliver our Net Zero Roadmap for example. [...] The Council is chaired by the Group's Executive Vice President (EVP) Head of Strategic Business Units and Marketing and Sales. It also pulls together the geographical business scopes led by our three EVP Zone CEOs and functional leadership at the Executive Board level. It meets every month and reports progress to the full Executive Board regularly. [...] To drive implementation and execution of strategies at the operational level, an ESG Strategy and Deployment Unit was also created. The ESG Strategy and Deployment Unit reports to the EVP Head of Operations. It is the responsibility of this unit to define Nestlé's sustainability strategies with the evolving environment and our ESG commitments in mind. [...] This team of sustainability experts then both coordinates and monitors our sustainability activities around the world. Its role encompasses providing practical guidance and expertise for markets at the same time as having oversight of internal ESG sustainability data gathering and external disclosures. [...] The new ESG Strategy and Deployment Unit develops, implements and monitors strategy. [...] The new ESG and Sustainability Council reviews and approves the strategy.