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giugno 25, 2021 - Nestle

Nestlé moves beyond forest protection to a forest positive strategy and boosts its use of satellite services Share this page

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Nestlé announced today that it will move beyond protecting forests to restoring them and helping them thrive, as part of its efforts to reach net zero emissions by 2050. With its new forest positive approach, the company will also further promote sustainable livelihoods and the respect of human rights.

These actions build upon a decade of work to end deforestation in Nestlé's key forest-risk commodities. In fact, 90% of those key ingredients—palm oil, sugar, soy, meat as well as pulp and paper—have been assessed as deforestation-free as of December 2020. Nestlé has used tools, such as supply chain mapping, certification, on-site-verification and satellite monitoring services like Starling or Global Forest Watch, to achieve this result. In addition, the company also collaborated with farmers, farming communities and suppliers on the ground.

"To meet the world's #food needs in 2050, agricultural production will have to increase by around half versus 2013 levels," said #magdibatato, EVP, Head of Operations at Nestlé. "It is more important than ever to protect natural ecosystems as we meet this challenge and to restore forests for the future." He added that this forest positive strategy is key to regenerating Earth's water systems, soil health and carbon storage.

While pursuing a forest positive approach, Nestlé will also accelerate work to completely eliminate deforestation in its palm oil, sugar, soy, meat as well as pulp and paper supply chains by 2022. By 2025, it plans to achieve the same for its coffee and cocoa supply chains.

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