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Press Release 
Vevey, March 16, 2021  
FR | DE 
Nestlé publishes 2020 Annual Report, spotlights sustainability at 
the Annual General Meeting 
 
Nestlé today published its 2020 Annual Report. The report highlights the company’s 
financial and non-financial performance for the year and gives an update on strategy, 
innovation, digitalization and sustainability.  
 
Nestlé has also sent the Annual General Meeting (AGM) invitation and agenda to 
shareholders.  
 
2020 Annual Report 
Despite the challenges of COVID-19 in 2020, Nestlé delivered strong results, achieving 
improvements in organic sales growth, profitability and capital efficiency for the third 
year in a row. Nestlé also continued to make progress on its portfolio transformation 
through targeted acquisitions and divestments that focus on attractive, high-growth 
businesses.  
 
A key contributor to Nestlé’s growth is its consumer-driven innovation that also strives 
to reduce the company’s environmental footprint. Some examples highlighted in the 
report include the launch of Sensational Vuna, a plant-based tuna alternative, and the 
increased use of paper packaging for brands such as Maggi. The company further 
reduced the average time to market of such innovative products by another 10% and 
increased the number of multi-market launches by 23%.  
 
Nestlé’s continued digital transformation enabled it to accelerate growth and better 
engage with consumers in a year that saw a surge in online shopping. Nestlé’s e-
commerce sales grew by 48.4% and accounted for 12.8% of total Group sales in 2020. 
Additionally, more than 60% of all of the company’s digital media campaigns used a 
data-driven, audience-first approach to personalize messaging to consumers.  
 
In the Creating Shared Value (CSV) section of the report, Nestlé highlights that it has 
fully achieved 28 of the 36 commitments it had previously defined to support the 
United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Those commitments focus on 
promoting healthier lives, improving livelihoods and protecting and restoring the 
environment. The full CSV and Sustainability Report will be published on March 23.  
 
The full Annual Report contains Nestlé’s Annual Review as well as the Corporate 
Governance & Compensation Reports and the Financial Statements, which were 
published on February 18, 2021.

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Read about these topics and more in the Annual Report 
 
 
 
Annual General Meeting and Sustainability  
In addition to the traditional AGM agenda items, Nestlé will ask its shareholders to 
support its recently published climate roadmap in an advisory vote at this year’s 
meeting. In December 2020, the company published its detailed, time-bound plan for 
cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half by 2030 and for achieving net zero 
emissions by 2050. The reporting of non-financial performance is becoming 
increasingly important, and as previously announced, the company believes that 
shareholders should have a say on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) 
matters. Nestlé welcomes upcoming changes to Swiss legislation in this area. In the 
interim, the Board of Directors is seeking the support from shareholders on its climate 
roadmap.  
 
Each year at the AGM, shareholders have the opportunity to vote on the total 
compensation of Nestlé’s Board of Directors and Executive Board. This year, Nestlé is 
changing the structure of Executive Board members’ short-term bonus. Fifteen percent 
of that bonus will now be linked to the achievement of ESG-related objectives. The 
Nestlé Board of Directors sets those objectives at the beginning of each year, in line 
with the company’s strategy.  
 
As already communicated, Nestlé is also splitting the existing Nomination and 
Sustainability Committee into a separate Nomination Committee and a focused 
Sustainability Committee. This reflects the importance of sustainability in Nestlé’s 
corporate governance and allows Board members to dedicate more time, focus and 
action on each of these important topics. 
 
Ahead of the upcoming AGM on April 15, Nestlé will also publish its first Task Force on 
Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report. The TCFD report assesses the 
strength and resilience of the company’s strategy and business model under different 
climate scenarios. 
 
 
 
Read the: 
 
Annual Review 
Corporate Governance Report 
Financial Statements 
 
 
 
 
Contacts: 
Media 
Christoph Meier Tel.: +41 21 924 2200 
mediarelations@nestle.com 
Investors 
Luca Borlini 
Tel.: +41 21 924 3509 
ir@nestle.com