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Nestlé Nigeria wins best award for shared value creation
Nestlé, a leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company has emerged the best Company in Creating Shared Value in Nigeria. The Company received the award at this year’s edition of Social Enterprise Reports and Award (SERA) held at MUSON Centre recently. Nestlé was also voted as the third most socially responsible company in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, the managing director of TruContact, organiser of the event, Mr Ken Egbas, the annual award is to reward companies which have excelled in their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities.
Nestlé was particularly commended for its partnership project with IITA on Cassava Starch. The project is aimed at building capacity of smallholder farmers and increasing productivity per hectare in Cassava through multiplication and dissemination of high yielding varieties. The Company was also lauded for its Quality Grains Improvement Project aimed at ensuring high quality grains by reducing Mycotoxin contamination in grains through good agricultural and storage practices.
The SERAs – Nigeria CSR awards is the Gold standard in the assessment and documentation of corporate social responsibility and sustainability programmes of organizations in Nigeria.
In a statement from the company and signed by its Corporate Communications & Public Affairs Manager, Dr. Samuel Adenekan, the CSR Award is coming on the heels of just concluded maiden Creating Shard Value Forum in Central and West Africa held at Lagos Business School of Pan-African University. The Forum, the first by Nestlé in the sub-region, is part of the company’s Creating Shared Value (CSV) approach, under which initiatives are designed to address the company’s business needs while scaling up sustainable investments in Nutrition, Water and Rural Development across the world.
Nestlé, a leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company has emerged the best Company in Creating Shared Value in Nigeria. The Company received the award at this year’s edition of Social Enterprise Reports and Award (SERA) held at MUSON Centre recently. Nestlé was also voted as the third most socially responsible company in Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, the managing director of TruContact, organiser of the event, Mr Ken Egbas, the annual award is to reward companies which have excelled in their Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) activities.
Nestlé was particularly commended for its partnership project with IITA on Cassava Starch. The project is aimed at building capacity of smallholder farmers and increasing productivity per hectare in Cassava through multiplication and dissemination of high yielding varieties. The Company was also lauded for its Quality Grains Improvement Project aimed at ensuring high quality grains by reducing Mycotoxin contamination in grains through good agricultural and storage practices.
The SERAs – Nigeria CSR awards is the Gold standard in the assessment and documentation of corporate social responsibility and sustainability programmes of organizations in Nigeria.
