Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2015

Nestlé in society:
Creating Shared Value
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and wellness Rural development Water
Environmental
sustainability
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people
G4-EC2, Energy G4-DMA, Emissions G4-DMA, G4-EN15, G4-EN16, G4-EN17, G4-EN19, G4-EN20
Indirect GHG emissions
GHG emissions arise from the generation of electricity, hot
water and steam purchased by Nestlé or otherwise brought
within our organisational boundaries. They physically occur at
the facility where the electricity, hot water or steam is
generated. Typically, publicly available country-specific default
factors are used to calculate this, from the purchased energy
quantities. This indicator corresponds to Scope 2 of the WRI/
WBCSD GHG Protocol.
In 2015, our indirect GHG emissions, derived from
purchased energy, was 3.7 million tonnes of CO 2 eq. Despite a
4% increase in our use of renewable electricity, the indirect
GHG emission rate per tonne of product decreased by 3.3% to
68 kg of CO 2 eq. This is mainly due to our growth in China
where coal is commonly used to produce electricity.
Indirect GHG emissions (million tonnes of CO 2 eq)
2015 3.7
2014 3.8
2013 3.8
Indirect GHG emissions per tonne of product
(kg of CO 2 eq)
2015 68
2014 71
2013 73
Switching to renewable energy
We continue to develop ways of using a range of by-products,
such as wood chips and spent coffee grounds, as well as
wind, solar, hydroelectric and geothermal power as renewable
energy sources.
Wood represents 29.1% of our renewable energy mix,
compared with 21.4% for spent coffee grounds. We also
purchased a quarter (25.1%) of our electricity (6.9 petajoules)
from renewable sources, compared to 20.6 petajoules from
non-renewable sources.
We have committed to having a strategy to procure 100%
of our electricity from renewable sources within the shortest
practical timescale. Renewable energy currently accounts for
15.4% of the total on-site energy consumed by our factories.
We have actively participated in the UN Global Compact
and joined the RE100 initiative, launched in 2014 to engage,
support and showcase influential companies committed to
using 100% renewable power. Led by The Climate Group in
partnership with CDP, RE100 works to address barriers to the
widescale adoption of renewables and to develop transparent
reporting mechanisms. During 2015, Nestlé participated in
workshops in India and China.
Further information about our efforts to reduce GHG
emissions can be found in Providing climate change
leadership and Transport and distribution.
Total on-site energy consumption (petajoules)
2015 93.8
2014 96.8*
2013 98.6*
*
The 2013 and 2014 figures have been restated due to more complete data.
Total on-site energy consumption from renewable sources
(%)
2015 15.4
2014 14.7
2013 13.6*
*
The 2013 figure has been restated due to more complete data.
Renewable energy sources
Identifying alternate, renewable sources of energy has become
an important aspect of improving our environmental
performance, avoiding the use of fossil fuels and providing a
reliable source of power in locations where access to other
sources of energy are limited or insecure, such as Pakistan.
In our dairy hub collection centres, the uninterrupted
operation of milk chillers is vital for ensuring the consistent
quality of fresh milk. These are usually run on electricity from
the national grid, with diesel generators as a back-up, but with
the energy crisis in the country affecting supplies from the
grid, Nestlé Pakistan explored the option of solar panels for
operational reliability. In a country like Pakistan, where there is
an abundance of sunlight throughout the year, switching to
solar energy has a range of benefits; these include reducing
the cost of running back-up generators and needing fewer
mechanical spare parts. As a pilot for introducing a solar
energy system, two milk collection centres with 1000-litre
chillers were initially selected in 2013. Eight more solar energy
systems were installed at milk collection centres in 2014 and a
further 23 solar units were added in 2015.
Meanwhile, at Nestlé Waters, we have worked with a Swiss
company specialising in renewable energy systems, on a
project that uses geothermal heat from the local ‘source aux
croix’. The natural heat created by the source of the mineral
water brand Cristalp, which emerges from the ground at 25°C,
is used to heat our bottled water factory and some of the local
municipal buildings. This has enabled the factory to run on
100% renewable energy since October 2014, a first for Nestlé
Waters. The project currently produces 0.8 GWh of energy per
year and in the near future, the site is expected to produce
more energy than it will use.
Additionally:
• In Spain, we sourced 123.7 MWh of electricity from
renewable power sources, supported by Green Energy
Certificates. This enabled us to avoid more than 20 000
tonnes of CO 2 eq emissions compared with electricity
produced from fossil fuels;
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