Nestlé to spend €1bn as coffee farmers face disaster from climate change

Investment is to encourage farmers supplying its Nescafe brand to employ more sustainable farming methods

Nestlé will offer training about the best planting techniques as well as cash incentives to motivate farmers to take actions, such as planting cover crops to protect the soil.

Nestlé, the world’s largest coffee company, will invest more than €1bn by 2030 to encourage farmers supplying its Nescafe brand to employ more sustainable farming methods as climate change and extreme weather threaten crops.

Nestlé will offer training about the best planting techniques as well as cash incentives to motivate farmers to take actions, such as planting cover crops to protect the soil. With a sprawling network of more than 500,000 farmers sourcing beans for Nescafe, the company intends to double the number of suppliers it works with on such issues to at least 200,000.