Download Nestle's Initiatives to Empower Youth and Farmers and more Exams Chemistry in PDF only on Docsity! Country: Switzerland Member/Company Nestle Initiative Multiple Initiatives Overview Nestlé needs Youth initiative Created in 2013, Nestlé needs YOUth initiative helps equip young people with the skills they need to thrive in tomorrow’s workplaces. Expanded in 2017, Nestlé needs YOUth continues to help young people take the next step in their life. Equipping youth to get a fulfilling job and career By providing apprenticeships, traineeships and job opportunities to young people around the world, we help equip young generations with the skills they need to thrive in the workplace of today and tomorrow. - Offered more than 30 000 apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities worldwide; - Provided 25 000 job opportunities annually for young people under 30 years old; - Provided training sessions to more than 1 million young people around the world; - Collaborated closely with more than 300 external partners worldwide through the Alliance for YOUth, to increase the impact and reach of our initiative. Amidst the pandemic, we have scaled up online training to ensure continuity of our internship and apprenticeship programs. We are also working with public and private institutions in many countries to create new programs to help young people develop the skills and resilience they need to be successful in today’s challenging job market Giving the right support to kickstart and grow their business Young entrepreneurs need all the support they can get. Their innovation and creativity can have the power to change the world for the better. To help them make this change, we identify and nurture business talent in young people and help them to kickstart and grow their business. As part of our global partnership with Ashoka, we provide business mentorship, with senior executives from Nestlé. We also offer access to our R&D and innovation experts across the world. - Supported social entrepreneurs with over CHF 2.5 million funding; - Provided basic training and advanced mentoring to over 100 entrepreneurs; - Engaged over 100 Nestle employees to provide support for young entrepreneurs; - Created collaboration projects between entrepreneurs and Nestle brands or markets. Providing the right skills to help young people feed the world Making a decent living out of agriculture is increasingly becoming a challenge. As more young people migrate to cities, the average age of farmers increases. Climate change makes farming even more challenging and impacts the entire food system. We are supporting farmers to meet these challenges. To ensure the long-term quality and sustainability of our supplies, we are helping young people to make agriculture a profitable and sustainable activity.