Tag: Nestle

GGGI announces new commitments as Nestlé and Tesco join fight against ghost fishing gear

Stuart Mitchell

At the Our Ocean 2018 conference in Bali, Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company and Tesco, the UK’s biggest supermarket chain, have announced they have joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) to help address the more than 640,000 tonnes of fishing gear, also called ‘ghost gear’, ending up in our oceans every year. The Global Ghost Gear Initiative, founded in 2014, is the only global alliance of its kind, dedicated to tackling the problem of ghost fishing gear at a global scale. <br/> Ingrid Giskes, Chair of the GGGI…

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Nestlé opens new wind farm Dumfries and Galloway to power their UK & Ireland businesses

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé, the world’s largest food and drink company, has opened a new wind farm at Sanquhar in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The farm, developed in partnership with energy business Community Windpower, is made up of nine turbines which, combined, are now producing around 125GWh of power per annum. That’s enough to supply half the annual electricity demands of all Nestlé’s UK and Ireland operations. Each year, enough electricity to power 30,000 homes will be delivered back to the National Grid, meaning that Nestlé is now contributing directly to the de-carbonising…

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Nestlé aiming at 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Nestlé today announced its ambition to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. Its vision is that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill or as litter. Nestlé believes that there is an urgent need to minimize the impact of packaging on the environment. Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider said, “Plastic waste is one of the biggest sustainability issues the world is facing today. Tackling it requires a collective approach. We are committed to finding improved solutions to reduce, reuse and recycle. Our ambition is…

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Cocoa Industry Announces Cooperative Initiative to End Deforestation

Stuart Mitchell
Cocoa

Hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales, leading chocolate and cocoa companies have committed to develop cooperative, multi-stakeholder framework to address deforestation and forest degradation in the cocoa supply chain. Twelve of the world’s leading cocoa and chocolate companies agreed to a statement of collective intent committing them to work together, in partnership with others, to end deforestation and forest degradation in the global cocoa supply chain, with an initial focus on Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The agreement, concluded here during a meeting hosted by HRH The Prince of Wales,…

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Following Greenpeace Campaign Mars and Nestlé commit to clean up pet food supply chains

Stuart Mitchell
Greenpeace

Both Mars and Nestle have been criticised in the past for their ethical decisions so it is good to report on a positive ethical decision, they have made with the help of Greenpeace. Following global pressure on pet food companies, industry giants Mars and Nestlé have announced that they will take steps to ensure their pet food supply chains are free of human rights abuses and illegally caught seafood. Their commitments to act on transshipping at sea increase the need for global seafood giant Thai Union, a supplier for both…

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