Nestlé is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. To get there, we are transforming our operations and logistics, switching to 100% renewable electricity and working with farmers in our supply chain to grow food more sustainably, using regenerative agriculture. Farmers are at the centre of our approach, and we co-invest with them in farm projects, reward good practices, and provide technical support to ensure a just transition.
What are you doing to help to help tackle climate change?
We published our Net Zero Roadmap in 2020, setting out our ambition to halve our absolute GHG emissions by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050. We have made significant progress: Peak carbon is behind us, and we have reduced our emissions to a level below our 2018 baseline.
Do you have targets to reduce methane emissions in your agricultural supply chain?
As part of our Net Zero Roadmap, we have been reducing GHG emissions including methane. We disclose our progress transparently via our Non-Financial Statement. Since 2018, we have reduced methane emissions by 20.1%. We believe that a mix of different measures will help us to reduce emissions. For example, we work closely with farmers and run more than 100 climate projects worldwide to reduce and remove GHG emissions and support regenerative agriculture on dairy farms. Also, we are also exploring feed solutions to reduce methane produced during digestion.
Why has Nestlé ended its partnership with the Dairy Methane Action Alliance?
Nestlé regularly reviews its membership of external organizations. As part of this process, we decided to discontinue our membership of the Dairy Methane Action Alliance. We appreciate the Alliance's ongoing work on methane emissions reductions in the dairy industry. Nestlé remains steadfast in delivering against the objectives in our Dairy Plan and Net Zero Roadmap. These strategies continue to guide our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including methane, throughout our supply chain. We’ve made significant progress to date – reducing emissions by 24.52% in absolute terms by the end of 2025.
What are your priority areas to achieve net zero?
Agriculture
- We aim to source 50% of volumes of key ingredients1 from farmers adopting regenerative agriculture practices by 2030. One of the benefits of regenerative agriculture is to make soils healthier by increasing soil organic matter. This improves the soil’s ability to sequester carbon, and help to make food supply chains more sustainable. Supporting farmers is key to achieve this transition so we co-invest with them and pay premiums for ingredients grown through regenerative methods.
- By 2025, we aimed to achieve and maintain 100% assessed deforestation-free primary supply chains: meat, palm oil, pulp and paper, soy, sugar, cocoa, and coffee. At the end of 2025, we achieved 96.7%.
- Through our Global Reforestation Program, we're implementing large-scale reforestation projects in our supply chain and sourcing landscapes. Healthy forests can help us remove carbon from the atmosphere and create a positive impact on biodiversity and communities.
Operations
- By 2025, we aimed to purchase 100% renewable electricity across our sites globally. At the end of 2025, we achieved 98.6% renewable electricity sourced in our manufacturing sites, owned R&D centers and owned Distribution Centers.
Our portfolio
- Several of our brands such as Nescafé, Garden of Life, and Garden Gourmet are increasing the use of ingredients grown through regenerative agriculture practices. This helps to reduce the environmental footprint of ingredients.
- In addition, we continue to leverage our R&D capabilities to bring plant-based alternatives to consumers, and to add plant-based versions of existing Nestlé brands, providing consumers with choices that can reduce the carbon footprint of their diet.
What is the scope of your Climate Roadmap?
Our climate targets are measured against a 2018 baseline (92 million tonnes of CO2e). Our ambition is to reduce our net greenhouse gas emission in absolute terms by 50% by 2030 (approximately 46 million tonnes of CO2e).
Our targets cover all 3 scopes of our activities – this means we're also addressing emissions that are not under our direct control. We transparently indicate which emissions fall within scope and which do not.
Read more about our progress toward net zero emissions.
Do you use carbon offsetting to achieve your net zero ambition?
No, our Climate Roadmap does not rely on offsets. To achieve our net zero ambition, we are focused on emissions reductions and carbon removals. The latter consists in using natural climate solutions such as restoring wetlands, enhancing natural habitats or planting shade trees to increase the storage of carbon in land and soils in our own value chain.
1 The scope of this KPI includes the following ingredient categories: dairy (i.e. fresh milk and milk derivatives); coffee; cereals and grains; soy; vegetables; cocoa; palm oil; sugar; fish and seafood; meat, poultry and eggs.
