Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015

Nestlé in society:
Creating Shared Value
Nutrition, health
and wellness Rural development Water
Environmental
sustainability
Human rights
and compliance
Our
people
Energy G4-DMA, G4-EN3, G4-EN4, G4-EN5, G4-EN6, G4-EN7, G4-EN19, G4-EN20, G4-EN21, Overall G4-DMA
The savings delivered by projects implemented in 2015
amounted to 1.1 million GJ of energy, 1.7 million m 3 of water
and 81 146 tonnes of CO 2 eq.
Looking ahead, we have identified new projects that, for an
investment of about CHF 26.1 million, are expected to deliver
annual savings of about 844 000 GJ of energy; 58 000 tonnes
of CO 2 eq emissions; and 1.3 million m 3 of water.
Nespresso factory in
Switzerland LEEDs the way
Nespresso inaugurated a CHF 300 million factory in Romont,
Switzerland, to meet growing world demand for Nespresso
coffee and support its expansion plan in North America. The
factory, which has created 125 new jobs to date, will produce
(in addition to Classic capsules) Nespresso capsules for the
VertuoLine system, launched in the United States and Canada
in 2014.
Romont is the first production site in Switzerland to obtain
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold
certification. LEED is a set of ratings developed by the US
Green Building Council to help building owners and operators
be environmentally responsible and use resources efficiently.
The global standard identifies achievement in green building
design, construction and operations, encompassing water and
energy efficiency, and more sustainable purchasing and waste
management. This certification supports Nespresso’s The
Positive Cup goals for more sustainable coffee sourcing and
consumption.
Nestlé now has 19 factories and eight other sites that are
LEED certified.
Reducing water withdrawals
Nestlé has made five public commitments on water, designed
to guide management and the whole company in collective
efforts to reach specific objectives. These include an ambition,
by 2020, to reduce direct water withdrawals per tonne of
product in every product category to achieve an overall
reduction of 35% in our manufacturing operations since 2010.
Please see our Water chapter for more information.
Investing in our factories
When we build, construct and renovate our factories, we
always consider environmental sustainability. Recent
investments in our direct operations include:
• Nestlé Spain’s EUR 102 million (CHF 122 million) investment
in a new line for Nescafé soluble coffee at its Girona factory
will boost annual production by 30%, yet use 40% less
energy and 33% less water per kilogramme of product
manufactured than existing lines;
• A new CHF 72 million Nescafé Dolce Gusto factory in
Montes Claros, Brazil – the brand’s first outside Europe –
will source its ingredients locally, will not send any waste to
landfill, and will incorporate the latest water- and energysaving
technologies; and
• A CHF 80 million production plant for decaffeinating green
coffee beans in the Dong Nai province of South-East
Vietnam is designed to reduce water and energy
consumption, and significantly cut CO 2 emissions
compared to traditional production processes.
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