Collective action is needed to fight food waste – Nestlé CEO
The CEO of Nestlé, Mr. Paul Bulcke has said that greater collective action is needed to tackle the problem of food waste as United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 aims to tackle the problem by halving per capita food waste and reducing food losses by 2030.
Speaking on a new report titled ‘Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016 Progress Report’, which was released on behalf of Champions 12.3, the Nestle Chief said: “I am convinced that by working together, we can accelerate efforts and develop effective solutions to help reduce food loss and waste globally,” he said.
Globally, food waste and loss costs $940 billion per annum and generates around eight percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions consuming about one-quarter of the water used in agriculture yearly.
Bulcke is a member of the Champions 12.3 coalition which is a unique coalition of leaders from government, business and civil societies around the world dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilising action and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which calls on all nations to halve food waste and reduce food loss by 2030.
The report from the coalition has assessed the world’s progress towards the target and has concluded that nations, cities and companies need to work harder and more closely together, to achieve it.
Nestlé’s actions to reduce food waste and loss include a commitment to sending zero waste for disposal at all its sites and halving food waste across its operations.
Nigeria is not left out of this commitment as Nestlé Nigeria has just upgraded their waste water treatment facility at one of their factories so that the effluence returned to the environment is within the limit permitted by the law.
According to the Corporate Communication and Affairs Manager, Nestlé Nig. Plc, Dr. Samuel Adenekan, there was the need to reduce the environment nuisance and optimise value in the various activities of companies.
He said that there was the need for organisations to be determined to reduce environmental pollution by controlling their activities.
“We want to support the government in ensuring a healthy environment as a corporate responsibility; we will strive to protect the environment and our community. We are committed to environmental sustainability in Nigeria by creating shared value.
“The company continuously reduces its environmental footprint by ensuring efficient use of energy for manufacturing operations,” he said.
Adenekan said that efforts to convey environmental information relating to Nestle products was an important part of the company’s integrated approach toward sustaining the environment.
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