Climate change leadership

We have an opportunity to address climate change not only by making our company more sustainable, but by helping others in our supply chain do the same.

Nestlé India Company stresses upon measures for the conservation and optimal utilization of green- house gas emissions in all the areas of operations, including those for energy generation and effective usage of sources/ equipment used for generation. Within the Company’s manufacturing locations, there are continuous efforts to improve operational efficiencies, minimizing consumption of natural resources and reducing energy & CO2 emissions while maximizing production volumes.

Manufacturing excellence:

Nestlé India is taking strides in decarbonizing its operational value chain through sustainable manufacturing and water stewardship. In 2024, despite business growth, the Company achieved a 70% reduction in GHG emissions (Scope 1+2), 13% reduction in energy use and 31% reduction in water use, per ton of product manufactured compared to the 2018 baseline.

Nestlé India installed biomass boilers in Moga, Nanjangud and Sanand to reduce its operational footprint and increasingly use renewable fuel in its operation. Another initiative taken to reduce GHG emissions was conversion of Furnace Oil (FO) to Natural Gas (NG)- which is a cleaner fuel, in Air heaters. Additionally, NG boiler efficiency improvement and NG usage optimization in coffee process (roasters) was done to further support reduction of emissions.

Some of the key initiatives which deployed innovative technologies across its operations for improving resource efficiency and minimizing environmental impact:

Sustainable Logistics:

Nestlé India is also working towards sustainable logistics. The focus was on reduction in wastage, through alternative mode of transportation such as railways, usage of alternate fuel and optimizing vehicle capacity utilization. It has increased usage of CNG to deliver its customers and also increased electric vehicles to strengthen sustainable logistics. The Company has introduced LNG vehicles and continued using railways for long haul movements. The usage of bigger size vehicles from 5.9% in 2019 to 12.75% during the reporting period, increased usage of railways from 0% in 2019 to 5% during 2024-2025 and increased vehicle payload utilization from 90.3% in 2019 to 93.5% during 2024-2025 are key measures taken by Nestlé India to optimize its distribution value chain.

Waste Management:

As a responsible manufacturer of food products, Nestlé India is registered as a Brand Owner in the centralized portal operated by CPCB and has duly filed Annual Returns from time to time as prescribed. Your Company through waste management agency has initiated collection and management of both pre-consumer and post-consumer plastic packaging while ensuring that the processing is done through CPCB registered Plastic Waste Processor. Our collection network spans across 35 States and Union Territories of India, and with our waste management partners. Your Company has collected and processed 24,600 MT of plastic packaging i.e. EPR target assigned by CPCB.

Additionally, your Company manages and disposes all the waste and by products complying to Central/State Pollution Control Board requirements. During the period under review, approximately 71,600 MT of waste was generated across factories. There are continuous efforts to maximize recycling and reusing of waste. The waste generated is segregated at source and sent to common collection point from where it is sent for disposal. Following are the practices that your Company has adopted for disposal of waste:

• Bottom and fly ash from solid fuel boilers is used for brick manufacturing.
• Food waste, organic process waste (Noodles, Chocolate, Process Floor Sweep waste) is used as animal feed.
• Sludge generated from wastewater treatment is used to make manure or disposed as per Central and State Pollution Control Board guidelines.

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