| Nestle has announced a major pledge to improve the welfare of the farm animals in its supply chain, following the signature of a partnership agreement with NGO World Animal Protection. |
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| The agreement means that the hundreds of thousands of farms that supply Nestle with its dairy, meat, poultry and eggs will have to comply with tighter animal welfare standards. Nestle, with its global purchasing footprint, also becomes the first major food company to form an international partnership with an animal welfare NGO.
The new program will eliminate standard practices from Nestle's supply chain that are controversial, including:
Confinement of sows in gestation crates
Confinement of calves in veal crates
Confinement of layers in cages
Forced rapid growth of chickens used for meat products
Cutting of horns, tails and genitals of farm animals without painkillers
Nestle has some 7,300 suppliers from whom it buys animal-derived products directly - everything from milk for its range of yoghurts and ice-creams, to meat for its chilled foods and eggs for its fresh pastry and pasta.
Each of these suppliers, in turn, buys from others, meaning that Nestle's Responsible Sourcing Guidelines apply to literally hundreds of thousands of farms around the world. |
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