At the end of 2017, 73% of our total factories in the U.S. – spanning confections, dairy, frozen and refrigerated meals, ice cream, baking ingredients, and beverages – are now landfill-free, contributing zero waste for disposal.

 

Nestlé’s progress towards curbing food waste includes:

 

1.In addition to launching the global Nestlé Commitment to reduce food loss and waste in 2015, Nestlé joined other members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) in resolving to halve food waste across our operations by 2025 against a 2016 baseline.

 

2.Nestlé S.A. CEO joined the Champions 12.3 coalition, which seeks to inspire action and accelerate progress toward meeting Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

3.To date, 40 of Nestlé’s U.S. factories have achieved zero waste to landfill status, and the company is on course to meet its goal of 100% factories achieving zero waste by 2020.

 

4.For more than 25 years, Nestlé has partnered with Feeding America, the nation’s leading hunger-relief organization, in the fight against hunger. As a Leadership Level partner, we have donated more than 110 million pounds of food and beverages in the last six years alone, the equivalent of 16 million meals annually.

 

5.In the U.S., Nestlé has reduced its packaging weight by nine percent since 2010, creating efficiencies while maintaining shelf life of products