14 DAY TRIAL // Only yesterday, Nestlé introduced the general public to its latest environmental commitments, which very much stand as proof that the company is determined to improve on its ecological footprint.
The report issued by the company states that, by the year 2015, Nestlé is to experience a reduction of 35% in the amounts of emissions it releases while carrying on with its working agenda.
Furthermore, the company plans to cut its energy consumption by as much as 25%, and do its best to make sure that all of the products it is currently manufacturing and marketing are made with 100% sustainable palm oil.
The first two of these environmental commitments are to be measured by comparison to a 2005 baseline, Business Green reports.
Interestingly enough, Nestlé hopes that its switching to 100% sustainable palm oil is something that can be achieved by the end of this year.
As reported on several past occasions, numerous green groups maintain that the palm oil industry must be held accountable for massive deforestations carried out in various parts of the world, which is why it comes as good news indeed that Nestlé plans on pushing for sustainability in this respect.
“We are announcing a set of forward-looking, measurable commitments to society and on environmental sustainability. We believe that by setting ourselves tangible, short-term goals for which we can be held accountable, rather than long-term aspirations, we can really make an impact,” company Chief Executive Paul Bulcke told the press.
“We have a good track record on meeting short-term targets around certain aspects of our environmental performance, and I am confident we can build on this,” he later added.
By the looks of it, it was between 2011 – 2012 when Nestlé succeeded in slashing its emissions per tonne of product from 84.2kg to 77.7kg, so odds are that its new green-oriented goals are well within reach.