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Project EcodEX:

Nestlé Product Ecodesign Tool

Urs Schenker

Oct 8th, 2014

Nestlé at a glance

• CHF 92.2 billion in sales in 2013

• 330’000 employees, 447 factories

• Operations in over 150 countries

• 2’000 different brands

• 1 billion products sold every day

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Unmatched

product

and brand

portfolio

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How can Nestlé impact each step in the value chain ?

How can LCA be used to set priorities ?

Environmental Impact across the entire Value Chain

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Ecodesign delivers results much faster

than conventional LCA

Cost for change

Design freedom

Conventional LCA

Ecodesign makes LCA cheaper, faster, and more efficient

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Ecodesign Ecodesign Ecodesign Ecodesign

Nestlé Product Development Process

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Nestlé has developed a product ecodesign tool

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Requirements for a product ecodesign tool:

Harmonized LCA

Methodology

For non-expert use,

quick results generation

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Integration into

company IT systems

Ingredients, Processing steps,

packaging setup (SAP-RM)

-RM

EcodEX roll-out to all Nestlé R&D will be complete by

the end of 2014

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Chocolate Center of Excellence, Broc:

Recettes de l’atelier: Artisan flair Chocolate

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Non-renewable energy

Pack: 17% / Ingredient 15%Greenhouse Gas

Emissions

Pack: 17% /

Ingredient: 13.5%

Land Use

Pack: 30% / Ingredient: 13%

Impact on Ecosphere

Pack: 21% / Ingredient: 2.6%

Fresh Water

Pack: 47% / Ingredient: 9.3%

Understand environmental performance of

new chocolate tablet which has a generous

load of ingredients on top

Benefit & Business Impact

Brief Project Description

Satisfied consumer preference with better

environmental performance

Perfect execution of the iterative ecodesign

process in innovation

Validated and reviewed environmental

impact through EcodEX

Packaging: all 5 attributes are better from

17% - 47%

Ingredient Supply: 3 out 5 attributes are

better from 13% - 15%

Achievements

Moléson

Nestle Grand Chocolat

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Plant protein: Tivall products vs. meat

What else can EcodEX answer ?

Examples of how EcodEX could or has been used

• Recipe optimization

• Packaging ecodesign

• Supply chain optimization

• Consumer use optimization

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Challenges

• Need to train the organization & employees

– to get started on sustainability, LCA

– to maintain and evolve over the long term

• Making the approach work in a large organization, given:

– different cultures

– bugs, limitations, failures

• LCI data availability in the food sector

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Credible LCI data in the tool is a key requirement

• World Food LCA Database to develop a comprehensive

international database on food ingredients & processes

– Multi-stakeholder initiative (companies, research inst.)

– Food ingredients from different countries, & cultivation

methods (conventional, organic, …)

– Aligned with established LCA methodology

• More efforts will be required in the future

– Nestlé will continue co-funding publicly available LCI databases

– Similar initiatives from other organizations are encouraging

• Key challenges for the future

– Harmonization of LCI database methods from different sources

– Business models to keep databases updated in the long term

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Conclusions: What EcodEX will bring us

• Fact based decision leading

to product improvement

• Engagement with suppliers and customers

• Understanding & engagement

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