Nestlé is among the top five largest dairy processing companies in the world5 and as such, milk and dairy ingredients are the biggest source of GHG emissions for the company.6 As a result, Nestlé’s plan to reduce emissions has a significant emphasis on dairy and livestock ingredients, accounting for about 37% of emis- sions (34.2 million tonnes of CO2e) targeted by its plan to reach net zero by 20. [...] Dubious accounting and targets emissions by -23% it will only be a reduction of In spite of its large footprint, not all of Nestlé’s emissions are included in its pledge to reduce emissions by 2030 and ultimately be a net-zero company. [...] As a result of this creative accounting,H Nestlé projects that its dairy and livestock emissions by 2030 would reduce to 29.3 million tonnes of CO2e, which it proudly reports as 23% of overall emissions targeted by the net-zero plan, but the reality is that it is only a reduction of 4.9 million tonnes compared to the 2018 baseline year.28 This means products despite the vast emissions caused by th. [...] Nestlé does not provide a detailed breakdown of the measures highlighted above will have on the company’s methane emissions.59 Nestlé’s net-zero plan mentions a additionality criteria of its emissions insets (offsets of emissions within its supply chain); in other words, the planned reduction of 3.2 million tonnes of methane emissions expressed in CO2e. [...] A net zero pledge should be made • Nestlé has a goal for net zero by 205079 publicly by the leadership of the and a 50% reduction by 2030 compared • In particular, given the nature of supply chains and emissions stemming from them, adopt a spe- non-state actor and represent a fair to 2018.80 It also has a 20% reduction by cific methane target, action plan and reporting that aligns with the 30% tar.
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