Compliance with human rights and respectful treatment of nature are top priorities for Nestlé. In this context, we fully support the Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG), which also applies to Nestlé Germany.
The Nestlé corporate principles apply to our own business area and are part of our commitment to ourselves. The Nestlé Responsible Sourcing Standard provides binding guidelines for our direct and indirect suppliers.
Nestlé already published a Human Rights Framework and roadmap at the end of 2021. Based on a risk analysis, our parent company has identified the 10 most significant human rights challenges (known as salient issues) and is currently defining the corresponding action plans. Nestlé Germany will closely align with the prevention and remediation measures described in these action plans, especially for globally sourced raw materials.
The outlines of its global human rights strategy have recently been documented in the Nestlé Human Rights Policy by our Swiss parent company.
Nestlé has rolled out the SpeakUp complaint management system throughout the organization worldwide. It provides access for employees, suppliers, as well as other interested parties and rights holders.
Furthermore, as Nestlé Germany, we are implementing the requirements of the LkSG, which we have been subject to since January 1, 2023. You can find the requested financial key figures HERE. In this context, we have also published a statement of principles regarding our human rights strategy.
Thus, we complement the global measures of the Human Rights Framework with measures specifically related to the supply chains of Nestlé Germany. We continuously review and optimize these measures as part of a learning system.
Feel free to send further inquiries regarding the LkSG directly to the relevant department at human.rights@de.nestle.com.
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