What are Nestlé investment policies in the Middle East?
In response to various enquiries on Nestlé Group corporate policy with regard to the conflict in the Middle East, Nestlé states that as a truly global company it operates in almost all countries in the world, employing some 280 000 people of more than 100 nationalities and of many creeds. We provide for consumers worldwide without regard to religious, political, racial or cultural differences.This is a core company value enshrined in the Nestlé Business Principles. Nestlé has consistently emphasized the importance of mutual respect and tolerance. Guided by these principles, the Group’s investment decisions have always been based only on commercial and industrial viability, excluding political considerations. This is how we have invested, among other countries elsewhere in the world, in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Morocco, Israel and further in Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia, demonstrating all the time respect for cultural, ethnic and religious diversity. In each and everyone
