First-Ever Report Highlights Companies Accomplishments in the Areas of Economic Vitality, Nutrition, Sustainable Practices and Community Engagement

As Nestlé S.A. prepares to hold its second-annual Creating Shared Value Forum in London, the five operating companies that comprise Nestlé in the United States are releasing their first-ever report detailing the success of Creating Shared Value in the United States.

“Creating Shared Value is at the heart of Nestlé’s global business strategy,” said Heidi Paul, Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Waters North America. “It’s based on the belief that for our businesses to prosper in the long term, we must create value for our shareholders, customers, consumers and society at large.”

Nestlé in the United States consists of five operating companies: Nestlé USA, Nestlé Waters North America, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, Nestlé Nutrition and Nestlé Professional. Together, they operate in more than 120 locations in 47 states and employ over 44,000 people. With total combined U.S. sales in 2009 of more than $28 billion, they represent Nestlé S.A.’s largest market.

“We have the privilege of being the largest market of the world’s largest food and beverage company,” said Paul. “With that privilege comes an opportunity – and a responsibility – to engage our consumers and the communities where we do business. Creating Shared Value is that offering and is fundamental to our continued success.”

Globally, Creating Shared Value focuses on the areas of nutrition, water and rural development. In the United States, Nestlé carries out this commitment with business activities that:

• Contribute to strong local economies, by creating productive jobs with comprehensive benefits;
• Provide consumers and their pets with nutritious and enjoyable food and beverages;
• Are environmentally responsible and mindful of water and other natural resources upon which we all depend;
• Engage communities where we do business by working closely with organizations that provide health, nutrition and water education, as well as those committed to hunger relief, improving the environment and many other causes.

“When most people think about Nestlé, they think about chocolate,” said Paul. “When they find out we make more than chocolate, they’re interested. When they find out we make many of the world’s best-known brands – and that we are the largest private source of nutrition research and scientific information, they’re usually surprised.”

Below are some of the highlights of the Nestlé in the United States’ Creating Shared Value report. Please view the full report: Creating Shared Value report

Nestlé in the United States: Creating Shared Value Highlights

Helping Communities Grow By Generating Economic Vitality:

• The United States is Nestlé’s largest market, totaling nearly $28 billion in product sales.
• Employs more than 44,000 people in 120 locations in 47 states.
• Opened six new facilities since 2008: Allentown, PA; Anderson, IN; Fremont, MI; Greenwood, IN; Kingfield, ME; and Solon, OH.
• Two new facilities to be completed in 2010: Gray Summit, MO, and Sacramento, CA.

Offering Nutritious, Great-Tasting Food and Beverages; Providing Health and Nutrition Information:

• Ensuring safety and quality standards: Nestlé Nutrition tests for 29 essential nutrients in every batch of GERBER® GOOD START® infant formula. Every day, every line that produces Nestlé Waters North America’s bottled waters is tested 200 times.
• Striving to improve the nutritional profile of our products: Reducing or removing salt, sugar and trans fat in products, such as DREYER’S/EDY’S® SLOW CHURNED® ice cream; including nutritious ingredients like vegetables and whole grains in products, such as LEAN CUISINE® frozen entrées; providing weight management options, such as Jenny Craig® foods and Purina® Fit & Trim® dog food.
• Offering on-package easy-to-understand information, such as GERBER’S Developmental Stage-Based Milestone Symbols™ and Nestlé Nutritional Compass™.
• Providing science-based solutions to help meet nutritional needs, such as the Nestlé Nutrition sponsored groundbreaking Nestlé Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS 2008), which surveyed dietary intakes of more than 3,200 infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Conducting Business in an Environmentally Responsible Way:

• Helping protect the natural environment by minimizing landfill waste, meeting LEED and other energy standards, and reducing water usage.
• Over the past five years, Nestlé Waters North America reduced water consumption in its factories by 2.2 percent while product volume increased by 27 percent.
• Ten U.S. factories designed for LEED certification for sustainable construction issued by the U.S. Green Building Council.
• Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is the first U.S. manufacturer to use renewable solar energy for the production of pet food.
• Nestlé Waters North America’s recyclable Eco-Shape® .5 -liter bottle contains 35 percent less plastic than the same size bottle produced four years ago; smaller labels will save about 10 million pounds - 30,000 trees - of paper per year.
• Nestlé Waters North America hybrid delivery trucks are expected to deliver a 25 percent improvement in fuel economy.
• Through the HÄAGEN-DAZS Loves Honey Bees™ campaign, $500,000 has been donated to researchers at Penn State and the University of California, Davis to find out why honey bees are dying off across North America.

Engaging Local Communities:

Helping reduce hunger and educating about the importance of nutrition:

• Delivered more than 123 million pounds of food and beverages to 162 local food banks over the past 20 years as part of a long-term relationship with Feeding America®.
• Each year, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company supports animal welfare efforts with more than $10 million in food and other support as part of Purina® Pets for People™.

Providing for current needs without compromising the Earth’s resources for future use:

• For over 15 years Project WET sponsorship has provided training workshops on water-resource topics, reaching more than 23 million students and 150,000 teachers.
• Teamed-up with Keep America Beautiful to encourage recycling to make America’s communities cleaner, greener, safer and more livable.

Nestlé is committed to having a positive economic and social impact in the communities where we have operations:

• More than $360 million has been invested in Indiana by Nestlé USA creating approximately 500 jobs. Additionally, Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is currently building a $10 million Purina Event Center in Gray Summit, MO.
• Support disaster-relief efforts through the American Red Cross, donating more than $1 million dollars in bottled water and food products as well as $80,000 in cash to help Haiti in the earthquake aftermath. Most recently, Nestlé Waters North America sent 1.7 million bottles of water to support disaster relief efforts in communities affected by the storms and subsequent flooding which struck several southern states.

About Nestlé USA

Named one of “The World’s Most Admired Food Companies” in Fortune magazine for fourteen consecutive years, Nestlé provides quality brands and products that bring flavor to life every day. From nutritious meals with Lean Cuisine® to baking traditions with Nestlé® Toll House®, Nestlé USA makes delicious, convenient, and nutritious food and beverage products that make good living possible. That’s what “Nestlé. Good Food, Good Life” is all about. Well-known Nestlé USA brands include: Nestlé® Toll House®, Nestlé® Nesquik®, Nestlé® Coffee-mate®, Stouffer’s®, Lean Cuisine®, HOT POCKETS® and LEAN POCKETS® brand sandwiches, Nescafé®, NESTLÉ® Juicy Juice®, Buitoni®, DREYER’S/EDY’S®, Nestlé® Crunch®, Nestlé® Butterfinger®, Wonka®, DIGIORNO®, TOMBSTONE® and CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN® frozen pizza. Nestlé USA, with 2010 sales of $10.4 billion, is part of Nestlé S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland — the world’s largest food company with a commitment to Nutrition, Health & Wellness — with 2010 sales of $105 billion.

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