Care. Share. Restore. – Nestlé India's Path to Inclusive Progress

Updated: Jul 2

CSR Governance & Spending (FY 2024–25)

The CSR Committee, chaired by Ms Suneeta Reddy, included Mr Suresh Narayanan, Ms Svetlana Boldina, and Ms Anjali Bansal as of March 31, 2025
The company spent over 2% of its average net profits from the preceding three financial years on CSR . While specific figures for FY2024–25 are not public yet, the same policy carrying forward excess from FY23–24 into successive years remains effective .
CSR policy details and the annual action plan are disclosed in Nestlé India’s Corporate Governance report and annexures

Project Jagriti (nutrition & maternal-child health): Reached approximately 12.7 million beneficiaries
Nestlé Healthy Kids Programme: Engaged 600,000+ adolescents and 56,000+ parents across 26 states/UTs
Project Jigyasa: Set up science labs and libraries in 20 schools
Project Serve Safe Food: Trained around 68,500 street-food vendors in hygiene and safety across 26 states + 4 UTs
Project Vriddhi (rural development in Haryana): Benefited around 18,000 people across 14 villages
Hilldaari (Plastic Waste Management): Diverted ~15,700 MT of waste, achieving ~84% segregation across 69,700 collection points
Water & Sanitation: Built 300+ drinking water facilities and installed sanitation facilities in over 1,000 schools benefiting ≈320,000 girl students

Plastic Management: Responsibly managed ~25,600 MT of plastic waste—surpassing EPR target of ~23,000 MT .
- Eliminated ~1,800 MT of virgin plastic via packaging redesign initiatives.
Greenhouse Gas & Resource Efficiency:
- Energy efficiency: Factories reduced energy use by ~29% per ton (over 15 years).
- Water savings: ~46% reduction in water usage per ton of output .
- GHG emissions: Reduced specific emissions by ~61% per ton over 15 years; ~56% over six years.
- Biomass boilers installed in Nanjangud, Moga, and Sanand factories.
- Eight factories are now completely coal-free; water recycling tech (Zer’Eau) deployed at Moga and Samalkha.
Sustainable Agriculture – Dairy & Coffee:
- Engaged 80,000 dairy farmers (Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, J&K), installing ~3,434 biodigesters to convert manure into biogas.
- Planted over 550,000 trees on dairy farms in 15 months ending March 2024.
- Under Nescafé Plan, coffee farmers reduced water use by 23% and increased yields by 18%.

Project Hilldaari Expansion: In FY2024–25, expanded to Palampur (Oct 2023) and Dalhousie, covering ~12,900 homes and 2,000 businesses, achieving ~82% segregation and 85% collection across an annual tourist footfall of 800,000
Healthy Kids + Magic Bus: Collaborated with Magic Bus Foundation for Environment Day (June 2024), educating 12,300 participants across 33 towns

Area	Key Impact & Stats
Governance	CSR Committee well-structured; met >2% spend norm
Social Programs	Projects covered 12–18 M beneficiaries, significant improvements in rural & urban areas
Environmental Goals	Outstanding reductions in energy, water, emissions; large-scale plastic waste management
Farmer Engagement	80k+ dairy farmers trained; coffee farmers improved yields/water efficiency
Sustainability Milestones	Coal-free factories, biomass boilers, biodigesters, water recycling systems

CSR Budget Sustainment: FY 2025–26 is expected to continue utilizing any surplus CSR funds rolled over from FY 2023–24.
Hilldaari Expansion: Continued focus on enhancing and scaling waste management in Himachal hill stations.
Packaging and Climate Goals: Continued push toward 100% recyclable packaging and net-zero emission ambitions aligned with global targets.