On June 14, a group of special tourists came to the East beach of Nanhui in Shanghai. Instead of enjoying the scenery, they focused on looking for all kinds of garbage on the beach. This is the "Clean Beach" volunteer beach cleaning activity jointly held by Nestle China and Shanghai Rendu Marine Welfare Development Center.

On the day of the activity, Mr. Rosted, Chairman and CEO of Nestle Greater China, and nearly 200 Nestle staff volunteers and media representatives together, carefully cleaned and collected all kinds of garbage by the beach, recorded, classified and weighed, and finally handed over to the garbage disposal department for centralized treatment. The garbage collected weighed more than 940 kilograms, filled more than a dozen large bags, and piled up into a hill. The huge amount of garbage also made Nestle employees and media representatives who participated in the volunteer activity feel the responsibility of cleaning up Marine pollution.

The ocean covers 71% of the earth's surface, but with the continuous development and utilization of the ocean by human beings, the Marine ecological environment is also under increasing threat, especially the plastic waste pollution. After plastic waste enters the ocean and is broken down and fragmented, it will have a great impact on the Marine ecology in the long run.

Chairman and CEO of Nestle Greater China Rosted said at the scene that as a world-renowned food company, tackling the challenge of plastic waste and striving to achieve zero environmental impact in its operations is an important part of Nestle's commitment to creating shared value for shareholders and society. This public welfare activity hopes to further promote and practice the concept of sustainable development through practical actions; On the other hand, it also hopes to attract the attention of more consumers and enterprises to reduce plastic waste and protect the Marine environment.

It is understood that in dealing with plastic waste pollution, Nestle also hopes to set an example from within. Around World Oceans Day on 8 June 2019, Nestle employees at all levels around the world will use their volunteer time to remove waste and participate in clean-up activities. The Executive Board of Nestle and employees at the company's global headquarters in Switzerland volunteered to clean the shores of Lake Geneva in May 2019.

In recent years, Nestle has been working hard to address the challenge of plastic waste, and in April 2018 the company publicly committed to making 100% of its packaging materials recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic waste. In January 2019, Nestle set out its broader vision for a waste-free future and announced a series of concrete measures. Just as Nestle CEO Mark • "Nestle's Broader Vision and Action Plan Outlines the company's commitment and concrete ways to tackle plastic packaging waste," Schneider said.

To achieve this, Nestle is taking steps including the introduction of reusable or packaging, new delivery systems and innovative business models. At the same time, Nestle is accelerating its search for alternatives to plastic, including replacing traditional plastic products with renewable and compostable paper-based materials and biodegradable polymers.

In December 2018, Nestle announced the establishment of the Institute of Packaging Science to evaluate and develop a variety of sustainable packaging materials and to work with industry partners to develop new packaging materials and solutions. From 2020 to 2025, Nestle will phase out non-recyclable or difficult-to-recycle plastic packaging materials in all of its products globally.

In China, Nestle is also taking various effective measures in terms of packaging materials to reduce its impact on the environment. Since October 2018, it has started to replace some composite materials with recyclable monomer materials, and completed the replacement of injection plastic caps and flexible packaging composite films. In addition, in order to reduce the use of plastic, Nestle China is actively developing paper straws to replace the plastic straws on existing beverage packaging.

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