{"id":47214,"date":"2021-04-15T13:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/?p=47214"},"modified":"2022-07-18T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T10:59:45","slug":"plastics-activists-target-nestle-ahead-of-annual-general-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/story\/47214\/plastics-activists-target-nestle-ahead-of-annual-general-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastics Activists target Nestl\u00e9 ahead of Annual General Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Activists warn Nestl\u00e9 shareholders against plastic investments at their AGM in Switzerland.
\u00a9 Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

What\u2019s happening<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

On the eve of Nestl\u00e9\u2019s Annual General Meeting, Greenpeace Switzerland activists projected a series of messages and logos at the company\u2019s headquarters, in Vevey. The images called out Nestl\u00e9 for \u201cfeeding the world with plastic\u201d and reminded the company it is a big part of the  plastic and climate crises. Greenpeace has been campaigning against big brands like Nestl\u00e9 globally to demand they reduce their single-use plastic packaging and invest in reusable systems.<\/p>\n\n

Why it matters<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

Every year, Nestl\u00e9 presents its annual financial results to its shareholders; celebrating gains which are often achieved at the expense of our environment and the climate. Despite a large number of media announcements in recent months, Nestl\u00e9\u2019s record on eliminating throwaway plastic remains disastrous. In total. 1,300,000 tonnes of single-use plastic packaging were sold by the brand in 2020. Last December, the Break Free From Plastic movement identified the company as one of the world\u2019s top three plastic polluters <\/a>for the third year in a row.<\/p>\n\n

And while Nestl\u00e9 regularly talks big about reusables in their PR materials, the reality is that less than 1% of their packaging is actually reusable. And for a company that used a shocking 352 billion pieces of packaging in 2020 that adds up to a vast amount of waste and a big impact on the planet. 
What is clear is that as plastic pollution continues to increase globally, Nestl\u00e9 prefers to delude itself and mislead us by relying on plastic \u201crecycling<\/a>\u201d, or by switching to  other throwaway materials for its packaging,  such as paper and cardboard. All of which have been found to harm our biodiversity and pollute our planet.  <\/p>\n\n

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What is Greenpeace doing about it<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

\u201cNestl\u00e9 must stop investing in false solutions<\/a> and finally move towards reusable systems,\u201d says Greenpeace Switzerland\u2019s Campaigner Matthias W\u00fcthrich.<\/p>\n\n

This is why,  yesterday, a few hours before the group\u2019s Annual General Meeting, which was held virtually again this year due to the global pandemic, Greenpeace Switzerland activists gathered at the headquarters in Vevey to urge Nestl\u00e9 to change its business model. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cStop Single-Use, go Reuse\u201d, \u201cNestl\u00e9, stop feeding the world with plastic\u201d are some of the messages that illuminated the wall of the Vevey building. <\/p>\n\n

A particularnew ingredient was also highlighted inadded to the visuals of some of the multinational\u2019s brands: hydrocarbons to communicate that plastic is not only a waste problem, it is also a petroleum product whose production, use and disposal contribute to global warming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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Despite acknowledging its need to address the plastic pollution crisis, Nestl\u00e9 has done very little to end its dependency on fossil fuel\u2013based plastic packaging.
\u00a9 Flurin Bertschinger \/ Greenpeace<\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

What needs to happen now<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n

We need to stop the use of plastic at source and radically change the way consumer products are delivered to customers. <\/p>\n\n

Real solutions to this problem exist and Nestl\u00e9 needs to invest in them. <\/p>\n\n

 It needs to  invest in refill and reuse.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWithout making a real commitment to reusable solutions, all Nestl\u00e9\u2019s planned measures simply displace the problem and amount to greenwashing<\/em>. Only a change of system from single-use to reusable packaging will save our planet from plastic pollution and protect our climate,\u201d concluded Matthias W\u00fcthrich.<\/p>\n\n

Matthias W\u00fcthrich <\/strong>is a Plastic Campaigner<\/em><\/em> with Greenpeace Switzerland<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n \t\t\t

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLet\u2019s end the age of plastic!\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Ask world leaders to support Global Plastic Treaty so that we can finally turn off the tap and end the age of plastic.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t \n Take action\n <\/a>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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