Will Nestlés new Chief Executive Officer, Paul Bulcke, change Nestlés policies and practices?
Nestlé’s Chief Executive Officer, Peter Brabeck-Letmathé, is to stand down in April 2008, though he will continue as Chairman. In the past he has claimed to ‘personally investigate any hint of a violation’ of the marketing requirements for baby foods. Yet evidence suggests that investigations do not in reality take place (click here for an example) , or Nestlé dismisses complaints by misrepresenting the provisions of the Code and Resolutions. Audits Nestlé pays for are done against its own Instructions instead of the Code and Resolutions. For example, fliers for mothers promoting Lactogen formula found in Bangladesh and reported by The Guardian newspaper in 2007 are a clear violation of the Code, whether viewed as advertisements, educational material or information for health workers (violating Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Code). Similar fliers are reported in the Breaking the Rules 2007 in the United Arab Emirates promoting Nan infant formula. The practice will clearly continue while
