PRESS RELEASE
Call
for entries open for 2014 Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value:
Nominate innovative initiatives in nutrition, water or rural development
VEVEY, Switzerland, January 14, 2013/ -- The Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value (http://www.nestle.com/csv/csvprize)
is awarded every other year to an innovative, commercially viable and
high-impact initiative. The winning entry is given financial support to
achieve social scale and financial sustainability.
The call for entries for the 2014 Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value is open until 31st March 2013.
Nestlé
is looking for innovative programmes, inclusive business models or
social enterprises in the area of water, nutrition or rural development.
The
Prize is open to individuals, not-for-profit organisations,
governmental bodies, inter-governmental organisations, private and
social enterprises, and academic institutions.
Specific fields of activity include, but are not limited to:
- Improving access to nutrition and increasing nutrition knowledge.
- Improving access to water and protecting water resources.
- Developing local agricultural value chain and integrating smallholder farmers in the supply chain.
In
2012, the Nestlé Prize in Creating Shared Value was awarded to
Fundación Paraguaya de Cooperación y Desarrollo for their
‘self-sufficient agricultural school’ model. This model gives students a
platform to develop the entrepreneurial and practical skills they need
to lift themselves out of poverty. This is achieved by combining the
teaching of traditional high school subjects with high-quality technical
and business training.
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SOURCE
Nestlé S.A.
