Nestle launches a global reforestation plan, committing to planting and cultivating 200 million trees worldwide by 2030 in order to achieve its goal of net zero carbon emissions in 2050

December 20, 2022 (press release) –

In order to achieve the goal of net zero carbon emissions in 2050, Nestlé has launched a global reforestation plan, committed to planting and cultivating 200 million trees worldwide by 2030. This plan will help Nestlé expand regenerative agriculture and develop natural climate solutions Actions to absorb greenhouse gases. Currently, Nestlé has successively carried out tree planting activities in countries including China , Australia , the Philippines , Honduras , Nicaragua and Colombia .

Original Press Release:

Dec. 19 -- Nestle issued the following news release:

In order to achieve the goal of net zero carbon emissions in 2050, Nestlé has launched a global reforestation plan, committed to planting and cultivating 200 million trees worldwide by 2030. This plan will help Nestlé expand regenerative agriculture and develop natural climate solutions Actions to absorb greenhouse gases. Currently, Nestlé has successively carried out tree planting activities in countries including China , Australia , the Philippines , Honduras , Nicaragua and Colombia .

In 2019, Nestlé pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. In order to further limit carbon emissions and promote the transition to a regenerative food system, in June 2021 Nestlé launched the "Forest Positive Strategy", which aims to promote the creation of a zero-deforestation supply chain, focusing on the protection and restoration of forests and natural ecosystems, and for Local communities bring well-being. The global reforestation program is an important part of the "Forest Positive Strategy", which will help achieve the goal of net zero by planting and cultivating trees in the global supply chain and procurement locations.

As part of the global reforestation plan, Nestlé plans to plant and cultivate 1.3 million trees in Yunnan by 2026. As of the end of 2022, in the coffee fields of Pu'er, Yunnan, China , with the help of Nestlé, coffee farmers have planted a total of more than 60,000 trees in batches. The trees include not only local species such as camphor, but also fruit trees with economic benefits such as mango, jackfruit, and avocado. As early as the 1980s when Nestlé came to Yunnan , it brought a series of sustainable development concepts such as planting shade trees to the local community. In recent years, relevant knowledge and practices have become popular in local coffee plantations: plant shade trees to protect the soil and achieve soil carbon sequestration; increase tree planting and intercropping to protect biodiversity; help coffee production, economic tree species can also Increase income for coffee farmers.

Nestlé's work in Yunnan is a representative case of Nestlé's ESG practice in China . The results of the first Bloomberg Green Gold ESG Pioneer Awards just announced show that Nestlé won the "Environmental Pioneer of the Year". Judging from the Bloomberg ESG score, Nestlé leads its peers in all three areas of ESG. The evaluation experts also believe that Nestlé has a deep understanding of ESG, and has made corresponding practices based on this understanding, with a long-term vision. Hu Xinyan, one of the experts on the judging panel and chief representative of Rainforest Alliance China, said: "If coffee fields are only planted with coffee and the crops are single, it is difficult to resist pests and diseases. Intercropping or interplanting some other suitable tree species can not only play a shading effect. At the same time, it can also stabilize the yield of coffee beans. Planting shade trees in coffee plantations can effectively improve the microclimate of coffee gardens, which is a long-term strategy for coping with climate change.”

It is reported that the selection is made up of the " Bloomberg Green Gold " of " Business Weekly /Chinese Edition" ( Bloomberg Businessweek ) based on corporate ESG information disclosure, comprehensive Bloomberg ESG index, and the world-renowned accounting firm Deloitte and 7 industry experts at home and abroad. In cooperation with the jury, it is the first ESG Pioneer Award selection activity launched in China , with a view to encouraging the industry to devote itself to ESG and exert positive energy.

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Source: Nestle

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