> Water stewardship has always been a guiding principle for Nestlé Waters, underpinning the business model for each of our factories and for the local communities of stakeholders who rely on these shared water resources
> We treat water with the care it deserves and are committed to protecting local water sources. We work closely with local stakeholders to ensure we are protecting watersheds and the availability of water resources. Last year, across Europe, we returned 98.7% of the water used in the production of our drinks
Scary and creepy to see corporate speech applied to natural water wells. These should never be in hands of companies like Coca-Cola, Nestle, Danone. It's pure evil.
The last I checked, the global boycott against Nestle was still in effect. They claimed to have fixed the baby formula thing, and then broke it again. Frak those guys.
Nestle is well known in the United States for claiming unlimited fresh water rights in small towns with historic springs, bottling and selling it, and leaving local sources dry.
This is also a problem in America. Various multinational companies have tried to purchase water rights in places that have clean water supplies like Oregon. Now there is more of a movement to stop these kinds of deals, but in many places, the damages has already been done. It would probably take legislative action at the state or federal level to undo those deals.
I dislike Nestle as much as the next guy but I don't get the issue here. The villagers don't consume things that are only produced in their village, like I don't get free coal because I live next to a coal mine.
Coal is stationary. Water isn’t. The private capture of water ends up taking away from others. Sometimes in ways you can’t see, if the water isn’t above ground. With coal it’s just stuck in one place so you aren’t really taking it away from other people or places.
> Water stewardship has always been a guiding principle for Nestlé Waters, underpinning the business model for each of our factories and for the local communities of stakeholders who rely on these shared water resources
> We treat water with the care it deserves and are committed to protecting local water sources. We work closely with local stakeholders to ensure we are protecting watersheds and the availability of water resources. Last year, across Europe, we returned 98.7% of the water used in the production of our drinks
Scary and creepy to see corporate speech applied to natural water wells. These should never be in hands of companies like Coca-Cola, Nestle, Danone. It's pure evil.
It does divide the people who have ownership and authority in Nestle vs those who live in the area.
The last I checked, the global boycott against Nestle was still in effect. They claimed to have fixed the baby formula thing, and then broke it again. Frak those guys.
Nestle is well known in the United States for claiming unlimited fresh water rights in small towns with historic springs, bottling and selling it, and leaving local sources dry.
No, that's known internationally. We all know the US as one of the worst places when it comes to user rights protection.
This is also a problem in America. Various multinational companies have tried to purchase water rights in places that have clean water supplies like Oregon. Now there is more of a movement to stop these kinds of deals, but in many places, the damages has already been done. It would probably take legislative action at the state or federal level to undo those deals.
I dislike Nestle as much as the next guy but I don't get the issue here. The villagers don't consume things that are only produced in their village, like I don't get free coal because I live next to a coal mine.
Coal is stationary. Water isn’t. The private capture of water ends up taking away from others. Sometimes in ways you can’t see, if the water isn’t above ground. With coal it’s just stuck in one place so you aren’t really taking it away from other people or places.