Nestle and Greenwashing When I signed up to We Don't Have Time I was concerned for how it would be easily open to 'Greenwashing' by companies. I plead with all those involved to check the environmental history (outside of this site), of the companies that are getting positive feedback through We Don't Have Time. Nestle is a case in point. As Ethical Consumer state :- "Nestlé appears in many of our guides, from the more obvious coffee and chocolate, through to soft drinks and ice cream, and all the way to pet food, and perfume & aftershave due to its perhaps less well known stake in L'Oreal. But the boycotts against it mean we always recommend you opt for alternative brands. Since 1988 Nestlé has been the target of a boycott call by Baby Milk Action. The organisation says Nestlé contributes to the unnecessary death and suffering of infants around the world by aggressively marketing baby foods in breach of international marketing standards. Nestlé’s own report found 107 instances of non-compliance with its baby milk marketing policy in 2019. Nestlé has also received widespread criticism for its approach to sourcing its bottled water. In Canada, Nestlé faces boycotts from non-profit The Council of Canadians and indigenous rights organisation Lakota People’s Law Project for extracting water from watersheds that have seen droughts in recent years. Nestlé also took millions of gallons from a California creek network for a US water brand, leading the US Forest Service to state “the current water extraction is drying up surface water resources”. Conflicts between US communities and Nestlé over water extraction have also occurred in Maine, Michigan and Florida. The company’s US water operations are littered with court cases and lobbying. Nestlé subsidiary L'Oreal was also the target of a boycott call by Naturewatch, when we last checked in November 2020, which accused the company of ongoing testing on rabbits, mice and guinea pigs. When it comes to Climate Change Nestlé lost a whole mark on our rating system because it didn’t report its carbon emissions. Nestlé was also marked down under Climate Change because it was still using HFC refrigerants. In 2020 it said it was in the process of phasing them out but did not provide any clear targets. In 2019 Nestlé was named one of the top 3 plastic polluters in the world, alongside PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. A global survey by the campaign group Break Free From Plastic stated that Nestlé would continue to be one of the worst polluters for years to come unless it radically changed its policies." Anyone interested in more of Nestle's history and boycotts will be able to find it on the internet. Unfortunately sites like We Don'y Have Time give a superficial analysis at times of what companies are, or claim they are doing regarding ecological and human rights issues. It is vitally important that this doesn't continue as it is leading to a dangerous complacency within the population and our governments. Although for instance companies like Shell are debated on this site in terms of their negative impact and attempts to improve their appalling track record, the picture and responses seem biased in favour of the 'greenwashing' they are notoriously successful at.