Nestlé has received a “Good Egg Award” from Compassion in World Farming (CIWF).
The award is for Nestlé’s decision to source eggs only from cage-free hens for its food products in Europe by 2020.
Nestlé has set a global goal to source cage-free eggs for all of its food products globally by 2025, with the transition to happen by 2020 in Europe and the US. In some parts of the world, such as in Europe, over 40 percent of eggs used by Nestlé are already from cage-free sources.
Reflecting Nestlé’s ongoing commitment to ensure decent farm animal welfare standards, the company has also just signed a global collaboration agreement with CIWF. This is expected to help define priorities to improve farm animal welfare further in the Nestlé supply chain, including sharing best practices and offering training for Nestlé staff.
Improving animal welfare forms part of Nestlé’s efforts to use traceable and responsibly sourced ingredients in its products.
Nestlé Middle East’s heritage goes back over 80 years to 1934 when the first import operation was set up in Lebanon. Today, Nestlé Middle East owns and operates 18 factories and provides direct employment to more than 13,000 employees. It also provides indirect employment to several thousand more.
