Sustainable Sourcing

As the largest food and beverage company, the raw ingredients we use are key to providing consumers with tasty and nutritious products.

We take our responsibility as a large purchaser very seriously and have developed a number of guidelines and programs to ensure our supply of raw materials is sustainable, benefiting both our business and society over the long term.

Through our Responsible Sourcing Guideline (RSG) and Nestlé Supplier Code, we monitor, assess and take action where needed. The aim of the RSG is to guide Nestlé’s suppliers to improve their practices where necessary.

Here are some specific examples of our commitment to sustainable sourcing in action:

The Nestlé Cocoa Plan

Globally, nearly two-thirds of Nestlé’s emissions come from agriculture. We work tirelessly with our food system partners - including our global network of more than 500,000 farmers and 150,000 suppliers - to advance regenerative farming practices.

While we source our cocoa from Côte d’Ivoire, many of our confectionery products are made right here in Canada and we put tremendous effort into ensuring they’re made using quality ingredients sourced in a responsible way.

This includes our four core confectionery products - KITKAT, AERO, COFFEE CRISP and SMARTIES, made at our Chocolate Factory in Toronto. Each bar is made using 100% sustainable cocoa certified by Rainforest Alliance as part our Nestlé Cocoa Plan – our commitment to sustainable practices in cocoa farming. 

Nescafé Plan

We’re committed to our Nescafé Plan 2023. We work with coffee farmers to help enhance their resilience to climate change, improve their incomes, and build stronger communities. By 2025 we aim to have 100% responsibly sourced coffee and to source 20% of our coffee through regenerative agriculture methods. Learn more here. 

Dairy

We’re committed to using Canadian dairy in our ice cream, confectionery and beverage products prepared in Canada. 

Palm Oil

We use palm oil as an ingredient in a number of Nestlé products. To address sustainability challenges in our palm oil supply chains, we start by understanding where the palm oil comes from and how it is produced. We buy from processing companies that source palm oil in Malaysia, Indonesia, Latin America and West Africa. And we work with expert organizations and the industry to continually improve the environmental and social practices. Learn more here.