Nestle Launches Major Initiatives Focused on Nutrition, Water and Rural Development

Nestle Launches Major Initiatives Focused on Nutrition, Water and Rural
Development

INVITATION

Press Conference Creating Shared Value - April 27, 2009
Creating Shared Value Forum - April 28, 2009

WHAT:
Nestle is announcing three new company initiatives as it launches a two-day
forum in partnership with the UN Partnership Office and the Mission of
Switzerland to the United Nations.
The initiatives include an expanded nutrition education program for school age
children around the world, new projects in the field of rural development in
Africa and a new prize awarded every other year to foster innovative
approaches to solve problems of nutrition, water, and rural development.
These initiatives are an integral part of Nestle's way of doing business,
which is to create shared value both for shareholders and for society as a
whole.

Join us for the press conference on Monday, April 27 and watch the forum
online throughout the day on Tuesday, April 28.

WHO:
Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Nestle Chairman, and Paul Bulcke, Nestle CEO, will
discuss how these programs fit with the company's goals. They will also
introduce Nestle's new Creating Shared Value Advisory Board, an assembly of
the world's leading experts in corporate strategy, water, nutrition, and rural
development who will meet over the course of the two-day forum.

WHEN:
Press Conference: Monday, April 27th, 2009 8:15 a.m. (EDT)

Log-in & Attendance Details:
1. Please go to http://www.nestle.com to watch the webcast.
2. If you are a credited reporter, you can:
- call into a teleconference to ask questions
- attend the press conference in person in New York City
3. The presentations will be followed by a Q&A session.

If you are a credited reporter, please register for the teleconference or
request to attend in person by contacting:
Christopher Morris, Widmeyer Communications, christopher.morris@widmeyer.com,
646.213.7246

Forums: Tuesday, April 28th, 2009, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (EDT)
09:00 AM - 11:00 AM: Creating Shared Value: Can Shareholder & Society's
Interests be Aligned?
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM: Water: The Growing Water Security Crisis: Needed
Solutions in Policy & Action
01:45 PM - 03:15 PM: Rural Development & Food Production: Needed
Solutions in Policy & Action
03:45 PM - 05:30 PM: Translating Greater Food Production into Better
Nutrition & Quality Diets

For more information about the Forum, please visit www.nestle.com.

/PRNewswire -- April 20/

SOURCE Nestle