Nestle : Nestlé leaders help drive WEF health and sustainability agendas
January 19, 2016 at 08:19 pm IST
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Nestlé's senior leaders will address key global issues including the future of healthcare and responsible water stewardship at this week's World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
On Thursday, January 21, Chief Executive Officer Paul Bulcke will participate in a panel on Shaping the Future of Health. This will start at 16:45 ; you can watch it live on the site.
Bulcke will discuss global food security issues during a separate session in Davos. Nestlé Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, will hold discussions as part of the 2030 Water Resources Group, the public-private-civil society consortium that helps countries achieve water security.
The Annual Meeting, which runs from January 20-23, brings together leaders from business, government and civil society to share insights and innovations on how to improve the world.
Find more information on our Events page and on the WEF 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%).