@hendrik_kohl
Shared by Hendrik Kohl
98 w
•
On June 2nd, Owen Bethell, Environmental Impact Lead, Global Public Affairs and ESG Engagement at Nestlé, joined the Stockholm+50 Climate Hub to talk about Nestlés work promoting regenerative agriculture in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve conditions for farmers and their communities. As one of the largest global food companies, Nestlé recognizes the need to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a huge challenge - in 2018 Nestlé’s emissions were twice that of Switzerland, the company’s home country, said Owen Bethell in his keynote. A lot needs to be done, and most of it is out of Nestlé’s direct control. Around 95% of Nestlé’s carbon footprint consists of Scope 3 emissions - emissions from supply chains but not directly emitted by the company. These include emissions from suppliers of food ingredients and other materials like packaging and logistics. Two-thirds of Nestlé’s Scope 3 emissions come from ingredients and the agricultural practices used to produce them. In order to meaningfully reduce this carbon footprint, Nestlé is supporting farmers in adopting less carbon-intensive practices. The company is banking on regenerative agriculture to do so, which delivers other positive effects like improving resilience and securing incomes for the farmers and communities. But it’s not always easy to make the switch. “When you implement regenerative agriculture through a project, there may be a series of interventions required to help farmers. They may see a decline in their yield initially, and so they require support in the form of financial guarantees, risk management and expertise from agronomists.” says Owen Bethell, explaining that Nestlé is implementing a global program to help farmers in the transition to regenerative agriculture. Nestlé’s global program on regenerative agriculture involves hundreds of projects that support farmers across the world in adopting regenerative agriculture, through financial support, advice from agronomists, and customized guidance for reaching the best results in their environment. Through this program, Nestlé aims to have around 20% of its key ingredients come from regenerative agriculture by 2025, and around 50% by 2030. If it reaches this goal, it would mean around 14 million tonnes of ingredients being shifted to regenerative agriculture - a significant change in production. This is not an ambition to be taken lightly, it will require hard work, dedication and some trial and error to reach it. Nestlé’s actions on their own will not change the food system. That’s why the company engages in significant advocacy efforts to help build a movement across the industry and with farmers to embrace regenerative agriculture more widely. This shift also relies on support from policy makers - ensuring financial incentives for farmers reward regenerative rather than degenerative practices. If you want to learn more about our work, listen to Owen’s keynote and panel discussion from the Stockholm+50 Climate Hub: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbXYEBzplqo&t=7121s
189 w
Hi plz share this really cool littering map helping to finally educate even the ones which still throw out garbage right out of the window of their cars. BIG THANKS for SHARING 👍🏼💪🏼🍀🌞🍀💪🏼👍🏼 https://openlittermap.com/en/about
209 w
https://www.economist.com/schools-brief/2020/05/09/humanitys-immense-impact-on-earths-climate-and-carbon-cycle Humanity’s immense impact on Earth’s climate and carbon cycle Much needs to be done for the damage to be reversed May 9th 2020 edition It is all, in the end, a matter of chemistry. Carbon dioxide is a form of what chemists call inorganic carbon—a simple molecule that is pretty inert. Fossil fuels are made of carbon in its organic form—often complex molecules that are far from inert. Combustion turns these organic complexities into inorganic simplicities: carbon dioxide, water vapour and heat.
210 w
Conventional agriculture has been exploiting entire ecosystems. Extensive use of pesticides and artificial fertilizers have eradicated biodiversity and soil health. A rethinking of agriculture and agroforestry is needed! Permaculture based on the symbiosis in between plants is able to restore soil degradation and bring back biodiversity and moisture in order to heal entire ecosystems and enhance evaporation to prevent impoverishment of rural areas. Online courses and master courses for regenerative agriculture and agroforestry based on permaculture principles.
49 more agrees trigger contact with the recipient
Pinned by We Don't Have Time
•
•
•
210 w
Thank you for participating today! Hope to see you around in the community for future events too 😄🌱 This is a great start! Feel free to develop it further and give some concrete steps for how this could be implemented, what inspiration/resources you have etc. Also feel free to stick around in the Discord community to keep working on this with the team! Good luck sharing it and getting agrees! 🙏
Write or agree to climate reviews to make businesses and world leaders act. It’s easy and it works.
Certified accounts actively looking for your opinion on their climate impact.
One tree is planted for every climate review written to an organization that is Open for Climate Dialogue™.
•
95 w
Nestlé has a long way to go before I fully believe anything they say, but supporting regenerative agriculture is always a good direction. -E.
•
96 w
Nestlé ? The same company that exploit poor people in the poor countries?