Water: Impacts, Risks and Solutions for an efficient use in agriculture

Carlo C.Galli The Water Network 23 January 2013

Our Impacts: Consumptive Water Use for Nestlé agricultural raw materials

DRAFT

Green Coffee 27%

Cocoa 17%

Sugar 6%

Oil and Fat 3%

Cereals and Grains 11%

Dairy 25%

Vegetables 0% Meat

8%

Poultry 0%

Soya (Excl Lecithin)

2%

Tea 0%

Vanilla 0%

Egg & Products

1%

Green Coffee 3%

Cocoa 0%

Sugar 24%

Oil and Fat 4%

Cereals and Grains 26%

Dairy 35%

Vegetables 1% Meat

5%

Poultry 0%

Soya (Excl Lecithin)

1%

Tea 0%

Vanilla 1%

Egg & Products

0%

Blue CWU (irrigation) (~ 2.9 billion m3)

  Blue CWU of 460 Nestlé factories = 0,1 billion m3

Total CWU (rainwater + irrigation) (~ 44.8 billion m3)

Our risks/locations: watershed risk assessment of our direct operations (and agricultural supply chain)

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WATER STRESS CLASS

WATER STRESS NESTLE FACTORIES (497) DATA FROM COMBINED INDEX (WRI/ETH/WRF)

65 high water risk factories (13% of total)

taking into account class 4 and 5 from Combined

Index

168 medium to high water risk factories (33%

of total) taking into account class 3, 4 and 5 from

Combined Index

Nestlé Commitments on W.A.T.E.R.

ork to achieve water efficiency across our operations Leading in water resource management and excelling in the reduction of the direct water use in all our facilities

dvocate for effective water policies and stewardship Promoting public policies that place value on water at every level

reat the water we discharge effectively Setting strict targets for returning clean water to the environment

ngage with suppliers, especially those in agriculture Helping to improve their water management with focus on impacts at watershed level

aise awareness of water access and conservation Engaging employees, communities and consumers in the water imperative

Traceability    Programme  For  high  risk  spend  categories  

Audit    Programme    vs.  NSC  

Direct    engagement  with  680,000  farmers    

2010/2011:  1735  3rd  party  audits  of  key  suppliers    

Nestlé    Responsible  Sourcing  

Responsible sourcing of agricultural raw materials

Area of influence

Stakeholder engagement

Inside factory Outside factory

Local level

National / Int’l level

Water  Resources  Review  

Factory    IniHaHves  

Water Stewardship

SAIN Case India Moga   Moga is a major fresh milk collection district

(85’000 farmers, >1 million lt milk/day)   Groundwater is the major source of irrigation

and is overexploited everywhere (1 million tubewells in Indian Punjab; >60’000 tubewells in the Moga District alone)

  Almost 90% land is cultivated; all cultivated land is irrigated (97.6% with groundwater)

  Milk, wheat and rice is the favoured production system of 80% of the Moga farmers

  Recommended intensification of dairy farming   But sustainability of fresh milk production is

about...rice   Better irrigation and cultivation practices for

rice   SRI trials in Punjab

SAIN Case Vietnam Dak Lak   Coffee farming booming in Central highlands   Very productive but... with unsustainable

practices   Need for improvement of water use efficiency

and fertilizers management   Water footprint project with SDC, IWMI and

EDE 2011/2013   Confirmed that potential water savings are

huge   Demo plots within “4C” Units   Dissemination of BPs and scale up within the

Vietnam Coffee Task Force

  Silvo-Pastoreo project launched in 2010 with TNC and ULA

  2015 objective: 1’000 hectares / 200’000 trees   New natural shading improves animal well fare

and milk productivity   Climate change mitigation and adaptation (cope

with growing temperatures)   Water Resources Protection   Prevent soil erosion   Ecological corridor

  Alternative water sources (RWH)   Water use efficiency in cleaning (KPIs)   Minimize pollutant load from farm effluents

  Vermi-composting (solid waste)

  Biogas digesters (liquid waste)

SAIN Case Venezuela El Pinal

  Watershed conservation with stakeholders   Natural Mineral Waters protection   Over 20 years, 10’000 hectares   Improved farming practices to avoid pollution   Technical/Financial support to farmers for

change of agricultural production/practices   Support to other activities (e.g.: golf course,

horse race track and railways)   Local / national support and recognition ( e.g.:

Municipalities, INRA, French Ministry for Ecology and French Environment and Energy Control Agency).

  More on biodiversity:   agro-forestry   river reshaping/conservation   Biodiversity labelelling

SAIN Case France Agrivair Vittel

Solutions for efficient water use (in agriculture): thoughts

  Water Stewardship

  Not all about Hi–Tech

  Quantity but also Quality

  Food waste and modern supply chains

  Water price

  Water allocations

Principle 10 - Water

Questions? carlo.galli@nestle.com