全球最大的食品業巨頭雀巢(Nestlé)正在通過一系列舉措大肆宣揚其綠色環保證書。該公司預計在未來五年將投資32億瑞士法郎(約合35億美元),以加快實施各項舉措,其中12億瑞士法郎(約合13億美元)將用于推動發展再生農業。
周四在瑞士舉行的公司年度股東大會上,股東們批準了公司到2050年實現凈零排放的計劃。相比之下,這家瑞士巨頭的競爭對手聯合利華(Unilever)則希望憑借碳信用到2039年實現凈零排放,但其基點略有不同。
要想實現脫碳,雀巢就必須重整其整個供應鏈,該供應鏈目前占其95%的排放。該公司計劃使用可再生能源,并調整產品組合,納入環保產品,使其運營更具可持續性,從而消除剩余5%的排放。
雀巢CEO馬克?施耐德在周四召開的公司年度股東大會上表示,雀巢希望通過在公司產品原料的原產地發展“再生農業”和“擴大再造林”來減少排放。
乳制品和牲畜業務排放量占雀巢總排放的34%,雀巢計劃對乳制品和牲畜業務實施“農業企業化”,以此來改善牲畜業務管理,并提供可持續飼料(其添加劑和膳食補充劑有助于減少甲烷)。
雀巢還打算種植更多的樹木。然而,因未能兌現到2020年只使用無森林濫伐的原材料承諾,該公司最近惹上了麻煩。
該公司已在多個國家開展了植樹造林工作,計劃在非洲、亞洲和大洋洲進一步擴大造林,并恢復因以往的棕櫚油貿易造成的毀林面積。
此次是雀巢股東首次就公司的氣候變化計劃進行投票表決。
會前,資助雀巢的七家瑞士養老基金聯合提交了股東決議。他們擬就公司的氣候變化相關計劃發表意見。在這一消息宣布之際,Ethos董事文森特?考夫曼對允許股東就這一問題投票表決的決定表示贊成,但他補充道:“重要的是,要采取切實有效的措施進行跟進。”
去年,雀巢總銷售額下降了8.9%,達843億瑞士法郎(約合915億美元),但與此同時,有機食品銷售額增長了3.6%,這得益于寵物食品收入激增以及咖啡和乳制品需求增長強勁。
旗下包含Vital Proteins 和Garden of Life等品牌的雀巢健康科學(Nestlé Health Science)的銷售額以兩位數的速度增長,其素食和植物性食品的銷售額也是如此。施耐德稱,“家庭外消費”產品的收入“大幅”下降。
今年2月,雀巢CEO在《財富》撰文中指出,雀巢有意投資脫碳項目,而脫碳也對股東有益。他承認,面對日益增長的氣候稅和綠色投資,如果公司不想“消亡”,就須承擔“巨大的交易成本”。(財富中文網)
2021年4月15日說明:本文已經更新,用于澄清聯合利華的凈零目標是基于碳信用。
翻譯:郝秀
審校:汪皓
全球最大的食品業巨頭雀巢(Nestlé)正在通過一系列舉措大肆宣揚其綠色環保證書。該公司預計在未來五年將投資32億瑞士法郎(約合35億美元),以加快實施各項舉措,其中12億瑞士法郎(約合13億美元)將用于推動發展再生農業。
周四在瑞士舉行的公司年度股東大會上,股東們批準了公司到2050年實現凈零排放的計劃。相比之下,這家瑞士巨頭的競爭對手聯合利華(Unilever)則希望憑借碳信用到2039年實現凈零排放,但其基點略有不同。
要想實現脫碳,雀巢就必須重整其整個供應鏈,該供應鏈目前占其95%的排放。該公司計劃使用可再生能源,并調整產品組合,納入環保產品,使其運營更具可持續性,從而消除剩余5%的排放。
雀巢CEO馬克?施耐德在周四召開的公司年度股東大會上表示,雀巢希望通過在公司產品原料的原產地發展“再生農業”和“擴大再造林”來減少排放。
乳制品和牲畜業務排放量占雀巢總排放的34%,雀巢計劃對乳制品和牲畜業務實施“農業企業化”,以此來改善牲畜業務管理,并提供可持續飼料(其添加劑和膳食補充劑有助于減少甲烷)。
雀巢還打算種植更多的樹木。然而,因未能兌現到2020年只使用無森林濫伐的原材料承諾,該公司最近惹上了麻煩。
該公司已在多個國家開展了植樹造林工作,計劃在非洲、亞洲和大洋洲進一步擴大造林,并恢復因以往的棕櫚油貿易造成的毀林面積。
此次是雀巢股東首次就公司的氣候變化計劃進行投票表決。
會前,資助雀巢的七家瑞士養老基金聯合提交了股東決議。他們擬就公司的氣候變化相關計劃發表意見。在這一消息宣布之際,Ethos董事文森特?考夫曼對允許股東就這一問題投票表決的決定表示贊成,但他補充道:“重要的是,要采取切實有效的措施進行跟進。”
去年,雀巢總銷售額下降了8.9%,達843億瑞士法郎(約合915億美元),但與此同時,有機食品銷售額增長了3.6%,這得益于寵物食品收入激增以及咖啡和乳制品需求增長強勁。
旗下包含Vital Proteins 和Garden of Life等品牌的雀巢健康科學(Nestlé Health Science)的銷售額以兩位數的速度增長,其素食和植物性食品的銷售額也是如此。施耐德稱,“家庭外消費”產品的收入“大幅”下降。
今年2月,雀巢CEO在《財富》撰文中指出,雀巢有意投資脫碳項目,而脫碳也對股東有益。他承認,面對日益增長的氣候稅和綠色投資,如果公司不想“消亡”,就須承擔“巨大的交易成本”。(財富中文網)
2021年4月15日說明:本文已經更新,用于澄清聯合利華的凈零目標是基于碳信用。
翻譯:郝秀
審校:汪皓
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food conglomerate, is boosting its green credentials with a wide-ranging set of initiatives costing 3.2 billion francs ($3.5 billion) over the next five years, including a 1.2 billion franc ($1.3 billion) investment in regenerative agriculture.
At the company’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Switzerland on Thursday, shareholders approved the company’s plans to go net zero by 2050. Unlike the Swiss giant, competitor Unilever hopes to reach net zero by 2039 on a slightly different basis, using carbon credits.
In order to decarbonize, Nestlé will have to rework its entire supply chain which currently produces 95% of its emissions. It plans to address the remaining 5% by making its operations more sustainable by using renewable energy and modifying its product portfolio to include environmentally friendly offerings.
Speaking at the company’s AGM on Thursday, CEO Mark Schneider said Nestlé is hoping to cut down on emissions with “regenerative agriculture” and by “scaling up reforestation” in places where the company sources ingredients for its products.
Dairy and livestock, which produce 34% of Nestlé’s total emissions, will be reworked using “agripreneurship”—initiatives to improve livestock management and provide sustainable feed, whose additives and dietary supplements help reduce methane.
The group also intends to plant more trees. Nestlé has been in hot water recently as it failed to meet its promise to only use deforestation-free raw materials by 2020.
The company has deployed reforestation efforts in a number of countries, with plans to expand across Africa, Asia, and Oceania and redress the historical deforestation caused by Nestlé’s palm oil trade.
This is the first time Nestlé shareholders were given the opportunity to vote on the company’s climate change plan.
Prior to the meeting, a shareholder resolution was jointly submitted by seven of the Swiss pension funds backing Nestlé. They sought a voice in the company’s climate-change–related plans. At the time of the announcement, Ethos director Vincent Kaufmann welcomed the decision to allow a shareholder vote on the issue but added, “It is important that they are actually followed up by concrete and effective measures.”
In the past year, total reported sales at Nestlé fell by 8.9% to 84.3 billion francs ($91.5 billion), while organic sales grew by 3.6%, backed by a surge in pet food revenue as well as strong demand for its coffee and dairy products.
Sales in Nestlé Health Science, which is home to brands such as Vital Proteins and Garden of Life, grew at double-digit rates, as did sales of its vegetarian and plant-based food offerings. Revenue for products that are made for “consumption outside of the home” declined “significantly,” according to Schneider.
Writing in Fortune in February, the Nestlé CEO noted that the company intended to invest in decarbonization, which would in turn serve its shareholders. He acknowledged the “significant transaction costs” the company would have to assume if it didn’t want to “wither” in the face of rising climate taxes and green investing.
Clarification, April 15, 2021: This article has been updated to clarify that Unilever’s net-zero target is based on carbon credits.