From January 2015, every new horizontal chest freezer Nestlé buys to store ice cream will use natural refrigerants rather than synthetic refrigerants, the company announced.
These new freezers represent 70 per cent of Nestlé’s total spend on freezers. The world’s largest food-maker plans to make all the freezers it uses more environmentally efficient by only buying those cooled by safe, natural refrigerants over the coming years.
“Already, in 2013, Nestlé committed itself to buying only new horizontal ice cream chest freezers with natural refrigerants in Europe,” said Pascal Gréverath, Head of Environmental Sustainability at Nestlé. “Now, we are making this pledge global. This is the second stage in a wider process of making our entire fleet of freezers more environmentally efficient, cooled using natural refrigerants.“
The company has invested CHF 250 million to implement natural alternatives in 93per cent of its industrial refrigeration systems.
Nestlé is also implementing the Consumer Goods Forum Resolution on Refrigeration – which encourages businesses to take action towards phasing out some HFC refrigerants from 2015 – ahead of time, the Vevey, Switzerland-based company said in a statement.
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