Dedicated to continuous improvement, Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) evaluates all aspects of its supply chain for environmental fitness.

Becoming ISO 14001 certified

NWNA is committed to the ISO (International Standards Organization) 14001 standard that reflects how well a business plans, executes and continuously improves its environmental program.

Following a successful 2007 pilot in the Hollis, Maine, plant, the company’s goal is to have all its manufacturing sites third-party certified to the ISO 14001 standard.

“Saying we are the best is easy, but with thirdpartycertification to ISO 14001, we can prove it.”
– Hollis, Maine Plant Manager Bill Maples

Environmentally responsible manufacturing

NWNA is reducing use of all raw materials and energy within its plants.

Producing bottles within its plants
• NWNA produces 98% of bottles within its own plants.
• Vertical integration eliminates 160,000 trailer loads of empty bottles transported annually to its plants and saves 617,000 gallons of fuel.

Smart logistics

Operating full trucks
• Nestlé Waters North America is committed to efficient customer deliveries to ensure trucks are loaded to legal capacity.
• NWNA has maintained loads of 45,000 pounds and above since 2002. Smart logistics reduces trucks on the road, miles traveled, fuel consumption and emissions.
• In several states, including Maine, Pennsylvania and Michigan, replacing standard 6,500-gallon water-hauling tankers with greater-capacity tanks reduces truck traffic, mileage and gasoline.

Energy-efficient transportation

Home & Office delivery route redesign
• Home & Office reduced its truck fleet by 9% by increasing the efficiency of its deliveries.

More fuel-efficient vehicles
• In NWNA’s Home & Office delivery business, older vehicles are being replaced with new, more energy- efficient models.

Hybrid vehicles
• NWNA is introducing hybrid utility vehicles into its fleet.

Reducing truck empty miles
• NWNA collaborates with key customers’ carriers to reduce truck empty miles by coordinating backhaul deliveries with key customers.

Less idling time
• Reducing idling time, including automatic shutdown, on all delivery vehicles is saving gasoline and eliminating emissions.

Greening our buildings
Our first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified plant also was the first in the food and beverage industry.

Today, we have 6 manufacturing plants, and more than 2.5 million square feet, designed and built to meet LEED certification.

Like our existing LEED plants, every new Nestlé Waters North America greenfield site will be designed to achieve LEED certification – that is several sites over the next 5 years.

• Stanwood, Michigan (full LEED Certification)
     – One of the first U.S. industrial plants to earn award
• Cabazon, California (Silver rating) – First U.S. food manufacturing facility to earn Silver
• Hawkins, Texas (Silver rating)
• Red Boiling Springs, Tennessee (Silver rating)
• Madison County, Florida (Silver rating)
• Allentown, Pennsylvania (East Bottling Plant registered with the U.S. Green Building Commission pending LEED Silver Certification)

- Promoting health and hydration

- Responding to disasters

- Managing water resources for long-term sustainability

- Supporting sustainable packaging

- Being a good neighbor

Printable version of NWNA Corporate Citizenship Vision and Commitment.