Order Description All of the instruction is in the attachment.COMMUNICATION IN BUSINESS 100 ASSESSM 1129 Words Local Network SubmissionA Student Co-ordinator of Communications Perth, Western Australia Student ID: 12345678 [email protected] Bulke Chief Executive Officer Nestle Corporation Avenue Nestl 55, 1800 Vevey, SwitzerlandDear Mr Bulke, I am writing to inform you of the ongoing commitment to achieving compliance with the United Nations Global Compact. As a founding partner in Australia of the UNGC our business is at the forefront of responsible practises in the corporate world. At Nestle, we have made 38 commitments in regards to the Global Compact to reach our goal of creating shared value through various efforts in the areas of rural development, nutrition, water usage, the environment and human (Nestle, 2015). To continue to stay at the forefront today this letter will present two planned strategies which could be utilised by Nestle to ascertain compliance with the United Nations Global Compact. The focus of this letter is about principles two and eight of the UNGC; PRINCIPLE 2: Business should make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses (UN, 2014) PRINCIPLE 8: Businesses should undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility (UN, 2014) Through reflection on company performance, this letter will analyse key areas in which the company could improve on or change its structures to achieve and maintain accordance with the Global Compact, and recommendations of how this could be done. Human Rights Creating Equality Due to the fact that all of our products are originally sourced from farms run by suppliers and or individuals, we must be conscious of how our products being produced at all stages of the supply chain. Ensuring that strict and fair rules are provided at all levels of the company is imperative in following the Global Compact principle, and it is up to us to continually improve the education and understanding of rights for all employees associated with Nestle. This is one area of our business which must be improved on to reach compliance, due to the use of child labour used for cocoa farming for our products in West Africa. This abuse of human rights goes against the UNGC, as for example children are being bought as slaves in Mali for as little as $30(Laborrights.org, 2015). This takes away these childrens freedom of choice and is truly unethical. This issue has led to Nestle implementing a child labour prevention system in 2012, and furthermore trying to prevent and stop child labour in the growing of cocoa for our products (ConfectioneryNews.com, 2015). We only begun monitoring and working with independent organisation International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to stamp out child labour in 2012, although this is was a good step forward to preventing human rights abuse. This effort is a great stepping stone for the company to cut child labour out of its supply chain. LOOKING FORWARD For this to be achievable we recommend these following measures to assist in achieving compliance with principle two; In all developing countries, ensuring that there are monitors of the labour used on farms Provide suppliers with specific guidelines and contracts to ensure that they know the consequences of implementing child labour and unfair working practises STAKEHOLDER IMPACT/BENEFITS Vulnerable and lower class members from local communities are protected from unfair and unjust labour, ensuring that there are age restrictions, hour limits and minimum wage limits set to prevent abuse With proper systems in place, suppliers and farmers are more accountable for their actions before they occur through stricter rules and guidelines More employees required through the need for labour monitors/inspectors RISKS AND CHALLENGES Time costs implied through the writing of guidelines and rules for suppliers to ensure proper human rights practises Cost of labour will increase as all workers must be paid(and not be slaves), therefore cost of raw materials will increase Monitoring all farms and plantations in developing countries to ensure ethical labour practisesEnvironmental Policies Working towards a Sustainable Future In the past, Nestle has come under scrutiny for its sourcing of raw materials, especially in 2010 when non-governmental agency Greenpeace created a YouTube video slamming Nestls sourcing of palm oil (Enders and Ionescu-Somers, 2015). Through this negative media on the company, Nestle were forced to make a change and put in place a Responsible Sourcing Guideline specific to its sourcing of palm oil(Nestle RSG, 2015). This guideline was set out to ensure that all palm oil was traceable to the mill and plantation in which they are sourced from, through engaging with suppliers to ensure continual progress (TFT, 2015). Our focus on turning to effective environmental policies to ensure sustainable sourcing of all products throughout the business has shown that our company must always strive for more environmentally friendly methods to ensure the longevity of our planet. We must especially be proactive in implying stricter environmental policies and goals to achieve sustainability across the entire business. Our objective is to understand the impacts of our products on the environment throughout all stages of their life cycle, and to act appropriately. This extends from waste created by our products, to the original sources of raw materials. To ensure that we follow our own policies on Environmental Sustainability, we must be committed to ingraining the Global Compact principle through using renewable resources in all possible areas, and by using natural resources as efficiently and minimally as possible to ensure that we protect the environment. LOOKING FORWARD For this to be achievable we recommend these following measures to assist in achieving compliance with principle eight; Work with environmental scientists and suppliers to target a goal of 80% sustainable farming methods for all raw products in accordance with environmental groups standards Achieving sustainable waste disposal of all products in developing countries STAKEHOLDER IMPACT/ BENEFITS Benefits developing countries by creating cleaner environment for local communities therefore reducing health problems caused by pollution of waterways through removing rubbish from the land and in to proper waste disposal Environmental interest groups will be working synergistically with Nestle to create sustainable crops which would reduce deforestation/land furthermore retaining biodiversity and the environment Providing suppliers and farmers with sustainable practises backed by environmental scientists RISKS AND CHALLENGES Research and employment costs Time commitment to studying sustainable farming techniques and tracing sources of raw materials Start-up costs to implicate proper waste disposal and educating/promoting government to assist in waste managementAs a corporate citizen, Nestle has a responsibility to society and through its actions must work to maintain an ethical and just structure to its business. Through focussing on protecting human rights, and further looking to improve its environmental practises Nestle can continue to aim for shared value, whilst being a responsible corporate citizen. Through the recommendations presented to Nestle management, sustainability and shareholder satisfaction is put at the forefront so that Nestle may remain the leading company in nutrition and wellness.