How does Nestle monitor its own practises?
As an infant foods manufacturer we have a clear responsibility to monitor our own practices. We take this responsibility very seriously, and have put various procedures in place to do our best to ensure our compliance with National regulations and the WHO Code, which include: • Detailed instructions on WHO Code implementation, • Education and training of our staff, • Regular audits on a worldwide basis of our marketing practices relating to infant formula, • If requested providing our assistance to health authorities towards promotion of breastfeeding, and raising Code awareness; • Seeking governments’ opinion of our Code compliance; • Implementing an internal WHO Code Ombudsman System (in 2002) allowing any Nestlé employee to raise concerns about Code compliance in a confidential way, outside of line management. We are continuously looking for further improvements to ensure Code compliance.
