Retail Dude

This article talks about initiatives taken by Nestle Water North America for greening its Supply Chain. Nestle which is leader in bottled water industry, manufactures for either home and office delivery or retail sales. Following are the initiatives taken by Nestle for greening the supply chain as well as in waste management:

·         One of the critical initiatives was Package Material Reduction. It reduced the weight of .5 liter spring water bottle to 12.5 gm in 2007 from 21 gm in 2007 with help of NWNA. It designed is bottle such that material use can be reduced. Like, lighter cap, reduction in plastic used in shoulder, use of smaller label etc. As result energy required in production of bottle also reduced by 25%.

·          Factory recycling to eliminate landfills.

·         It started using light weight carrier equipment. It also combined LTL Loads and optimized trips and reduced truck empty miles to ensure that gallons of fuel are saved. It also increased the payload of its carriers by adding more axel. This ensured lesser carbon emissions.

·         It replaced its older vehicle and targeted highest emissions impact vehicles

- Rajeev Damani

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