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Nestlé has developed numerous strategies along the years to address climate change, resource efficiency and other long-term challenges within a sustainability framework. These strategies have given the company the opportunity to innovate towards more environmentally sustainable and science-based products and services. Nestlé has successfully and continually improved resource use efficiency in water, energy and materials in a perspective of reducing exposure to risks of disruption. The Group championed the use of clean and renewable energy, as well as reducing waste at all stages of production and other parts of the value chain it can influence. The implementation of the sustainability framework has, among other things, resulted in significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brabeck-Letmathe, P. (2016). Climate Change, Resource Efficiency and Sustainability. In: Biswas, A., Tortajada, C. (eds) Water Security, Climate Change and Sustainable Development. Water Resources Development and Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-976-9_2
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