Nestle

Nestle’s Reforestation Program aims to establish 10 million trees in Australia, working in partnership with Greening Australia, One Tree Planted and Canopy.

Planting is designed to support biodiversity outcomes, rebuild habitat for native animals and improve productivity gains for local landholders, while also drawing carbon down from the atmosphere.

Trees will be planted in locations linked to regional areas where Nestlé sources its raw materials and will be registered by Greening Australia’s environmental markets business, Canopy, for carbon credits with Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator. Establishing 10 million trees will sequester an estimated 1.9 million tonnes of CO₂ over a 25-year carbon crediting period.

Planting underway in the Strzelecki Ranges in 2022 as part of the Nestlé Reforestation Project in Australia. Credit Annette Ruzicka.

“Our long-term commitment is about more than just planting trees. The reforestation program works to conserve local biodiversity, and advance regenerative food and farming systems – delivering environmental and economic benefits to communities.  

“Climate change is possibly everyone’s greatest challenge – and a significant risk to the future of our business. We have set ourselves the target of net zero emissions by 2050 and laid out an ambitious roadmap to achieve this. However, we cannot do this alone – collaboration is key.” 

~ Sandra Martinez, Nestlé Oceania CEO

Planting commenced in 2022, with over 200,000 native trees and plants established across almost 100 hectares in Gippsland, Victoria. Using approximately 65 different plant species, this planting is restoring grazed land back to its representative ecological vegetation, increasing habitat and connectivity for native fauna such as Greater Gliders, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos and Lyrebirds.

A patch of existing remnant vegetation on a site in the Strzelecki Ranges. Nestlé plantings on this property will help expand the habitat pictured and improve connectivity across the landscape as the seedlings grow. Credit Annette Ruzicka.

This project is being delivered as part of Nestlé’s Global Reforestation Program, which aims to establish 200 million trees globally by 2030.