First in Food: Nestlé tops category in Dow Jones Sustainability Index
September 08, 2017 at 09:13 am EDT
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Increasing the share of renewable energy by using spent coffee grounds or wood chips to fuel our factories. This is just one example of many initiatives that helped Nestlé become No.1 in the food products category in the 2017 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI).
The is a globally recognised independent benchmark. It is the first global index to track the leading sustainability-driven companies based on RobecoSAM's analysis of financially material Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. It measures the performance of the largest 2,500 global companies across three dimensions: economic, environmental and social.
With a total score of 89 out of 100, Nestlé is the industry leader in the food products sector. Nestlé received industry-best scores in the economic and environmental dimension.
Nestlé strives for zero environmental impact in our operations. One example that demonstrates our leadership in this area is the opening of a manufacturing unit, at our Montes Claros Factory in Brazil, neutral environmental impact on three dimensions: water, waste for disposal and carbon emission.
The index recognised Nestlé's leading performance in innovation and health and nutrition as part of the economic dimension.
Read more on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index website.
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Nestlé S.A. is the world's leading agri-food group. Net sales break down by category of products as follows:
- powdered and liquid beverages (26.7%): soluble coffees (Nescafé and Starbucks brands), coffee in capsules (Nespresso), chocolate drinks (Nesquik, Milo, etc.), tea drinks (Nestea), etc.;
- pet food (20.3%): brands such as Purina, Friskies, Felix, etc.;
- pharmaceutical, nutrition and well-being products (16.4%): nutritional supplements (Resource, Boost, Nutren, Optifast, Peptamen brands, etc.), infant and maternal nutrition products (NAN, illuma, Cerelac, Nido, Gerber), ketogenic beverages (BrainXpert), (Nesquick, Fitness, Cheerios, Lion, etc.), etc.;
- ready meals and seasoning products (12.5%): frozen and chilled dishes (Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets and Stouffer's brands), soups (Maggi), etc.;
- dairy products and ice cream (11.8%): powdered milk, sweetened condensed milk, yoghurt and cream desserts, ice cream (Nido, Nesvita, Carnation, La Laitière, Coffee Mate, Nestlé Ice Cream, Dreyers, Häagen-Dazs, Extrême brands, etc.);
- chocolates, sweets and biscuits (8.7%): Kit Kat, Smarties, Cailler, Terrafertil, etc. brands;
- bottled waters (3.6%): Nestlé Pure Life, Vittel, Perrier, S. Pellegrino, etc. brands.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Switzerland (1.2%), France (3.8%), the United Kingdom (3.8%), Germany (2.4%), Europe (12.8%), the United States and Canada (35%), China (5.9%), Asia and Oceania (21.4%) and Latin America (13.7%).