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Nestlé Case Study

Company location: Vevey, Switzerland Website: www.nestle.com Company Description We are the leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company. We enhance lives with science-based nutrition and health solutions for all stages of life, helping consumers care for themselves and their families.

Company Challenge

Nestlé’s challenge is to enable exponential consumer engagement and behavior change to contribute towards the company’s strategy to prevent and minimize food waste along the value chain. Nestlé is part of a number of different global initiatives and collaborations aiming to tackle the global food waste issue along the supply chain. With this challenge Nestle wants to go a step further focusing on the consumption and post consumption phases. This year the UN Breakthrough Innovation Challenge, offers an opportunity to use a unique innovation approach that could be integrated in future company processes. By looking at innovation through an SDG lenses and focusing on exponential change rather than incremental change, many business opportunities can be unlocked, bringing along positive impact on the planet.

Sustainable Development Goals Addressed

PRME Student Case Question

About the Sustainable Development Goals: http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html

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Context: Food is vital to maintain life and health, therefore we must strive to protect it and make the best use of it. The world population is estimated to reach 9.6 billion people by 2050, demanding a significantly better food system management, especially related to food waste prevention and minimisation. 1.3 billion tonnes of food is wasted every year while almost 1 billion people go undernourished and another 1 billion hungry (UN). In addition, food waste is responsible for important global greenhouse gas emissions putting a significant burden on our environment year after year. An innovation that allows the prevention of food waste is important to the future of the industry as it could unlock the potential for the optimisation of food distribution worldwide when implemented together with broader responsible consumption policies and initiatives. Question:

• What means or tools you consider could propel consumer behavior change towards food waste prevention and minimisation, considering differences in background, age, experiences, believes, etc. And what type of incentives do you think would be required to enable that change?

About the Team

Estefania Acuna Betancourt R&D Specialist R&D Job Title: R&D Specialist

Estefania is from Colombia, BSc Chemical Engineer and MSc Food technology. Has always been fascinated with the promising future of food technology and the vital role of food, especially the power to be able to have an impact on the lives of billions of people. In 2011, Estefania joined Nestlé R&D centre in York, UK, were she continues to work. She is a strong believer that is everyone’s responsibility to continue improving current practices in order to contribute to a sustainable industry, by delivering highly nutritious products with the lowest possible environmental impact.

Submission Directions

Please submit your team’s response as either a 1 page .pdf or a presentation deck of no more than 10-slides to BIChallenge@unglobalcompact.org with the subject line [BIC]YourTeamName Nestle Response.