Discussion Post 9

How did the organizations I explored address sustainability

concerns inherent to their industry, if at all?

Industry: Chocolate;Impact:Environment.Nestléisstrivingfortheir

2030goalofzeroenvironmentalimpactintheiroperations,with

attentiononreducingwaterwithdrawals,increasingrenewable

energyuse,zerowastetolandfillandinnovatingsustainable

packagingsolutions.InDecember2020,NestlélaunchedtheirNet

ZeroRoadmap,withtheirintentiontohalveabsoluteemissionsby

2030andbringthemtonetzeroby2050.ThiswillrequireNestléto

Industry: Coffee;Impact: CustomerService.Therewasan

unfortunateincidentwheretwoAfricanAmericanbusinessmen,

DonteRobinsonandRashonNelson,orderedfromthecoffeeshop

whilewaitingforabusinessmeeting,anemployeeneedlessly

reportedthetwomentothepoliceformakingapurchaseand

refusingtoleave,inwhichthepolicearrestedthemen.Starbucks

immediatelyreleasedastatementofapologyandbegantocorrect

thisissueimmediately.CEOKevinJohnsonimplementedAnti-bias

trainingfor175,000partners.Inaddition,Starbucksengagedformer

U.S.AttorneyGeneralEricH.Holder,Jr.andCovington&Burling,

TheImportanceofLeadership"(Starbucks,2019).

What other sustainable practices did the organizations you explored

identify as priorities, and what kinds of business risks may they be

taking on to prioritize those sustainable practices?

Throughnon-GMObreeding,Nestléplantscientistsrecently

discovereduniquelowcarbonanddroughtresistantcoffeevarieties.

Othernewlowcarbon,diseaseanddroughtresistantcoffeeplant

varietiesarestillintheworks.PerNestlé’sTaskForceonClimate-

relatedFinancialDisclosures(TCFD)Report,herearetherisks:

Starbucksalsoistransparentandreceivesthird-partyauditsfor

sustainability.

Name some specific impacts of not remaining competitive in the

market based on what you learned from your reading in the

Resources section.

Benefitsincludecommitmentfromnotonlyconsumers,butalso

employees,shareholders,andcommunity.Byreducingthecostsof

resources,operatingprofitsareimproved,andthemainbenefitsare

thelownegativeimpactsupontheenvironmentandalllife.

Do you think that the business risks the organizations are taking to

prioritize their identified sustainable operations are worthwhile

from a business perspective? Why or why not?

willdefinitelybeaprofit.

References

Nestle. (2020). Nestlé's Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report

2020. Nestlé Global.

https://www.nestle.com/nestl%C3%A9s-task-force-climate-related-financial-disclosures-tcfd-

report-2020

Nestle. (2020). Nestle Net Zero Roadmap. Retrieved 1/20/2022 from nestle-net-zero-roadmap-

en.pdf

Starbucks. (2019). Global Environmental and Social Impact Report. Retrieved 01/20/2022 from

https://stories.starbucks.com/stories/2021/starbucks-global-environmental-and-social-impact-