Thursday 28 Mar 2024
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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 24): Nestlé S.A. announced today its plan to implement a satellite-based service known as Starling to monitor 100% of its global palm oil supply chains.

According to the Switzerland-based food and beverage manufacturer's statement today, Airbus and The Forest Trust (TFT) developed Starling as a global verification system evidencing that no deforestation is taking place throughout the supply chain.

Nestlé executive vice president and head of operations Magdi Batato said in the statement: "Nestlé has always been committed to source the raw materials we need to make our products in a responsible manner. In 2010, we made a No Deforestation commitment stating that all our products globally will not be associated with deforestation by 2020."

"In order to accelerate this journey, we have worked with Airbus and TFT since mid-2016 to embark on a pilot project over the Perak landscape in Malaysia. Starling satellite monitoring is a game changer to achieve transparency in our supply chain and we are pleased to extend this collaboration to cover 100% of Nestlé's global palm oil supply chains by the end of the year. We will also extend this program to cover our pulp and paper supply chains next year as well as soya at a later stage," Batato said.

According to the statement, 63% of Nestlé's global supply chain was deforestation-free as of last year.

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