Supporting Our People And Communities
As part of Nestlé’s Community Partnership programme, Nestlé Ireland supports worthy causes that make a real difference in communities nationwide. In June, Cancer Trials Ireland was announced as the new Staff Charity of the Year for Nestlé Ireland, with staff pledging to raise more than €100,000 over the three-year partnership. The funds raised will go towards assisting Cancer Trials Ireland in their work to provide every patient diagnosed with cancer access to high-quality and potentially life-altering cancer trials.
Nestlé Ireland have a long-standing partnership with Dublin Simon Community, which offers services and supports to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in the Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Meath, Louth, Cavan and Monaghan regions. Now in its second decade, the partnership has involved the donation of more than 4 million cups of coffee and 200,000 KitKat bars. The donations are supporting Dublin Simon across a range of service delivery to people in need of emergency and long-term accommodation, medical treatment, counselling services, as well as education and employability courses for those looking to upskill and reenter the workforce. Even with the many challenges faced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the staff at Nestlé Ireland continued to come together to support Pieta House. Over the course of a three-year partnership, Nestlé raised more than €86,000 through staff-led volunteering efforts, with monies raised going directly towards providing emergency interventions and care to those at risk of suicide in Ireland.
Since 2018, Nestlé Ireland is the only food supplier to provide all its surplus food to FoodCloud while also making a per-pallet financial contribution. In 2022 alone, by donating surplus stock, c.241tonnes of CO2 were saved from going to waste. Nestlé has also contributed meals to the value of €207,294 to FoodCloud which helped prevent more than 99 tonnes of surplus food ending up in landfill while also ensuring essential food supplies were provided to the most vulnerable members of our society. Nestlé Ireland have been a proud partner of the Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) for more than 15 years.
Nestlé’s petcare business Purina proudly donates food to feed rescued kittens, cats, puppies and dogs in the rescue and rehoming centres. Purina has also partnered with the DSPCA on their television series, The Shelter: Animal SOS, which showcased the passion and dedication of the DSPCA for the important work they do every day.