The world's most popular chocolate brand, KitKat, on April 21, 2021, pledged to be carbon neutral by 2025. As part of its carbon neutrality initiative, KitKat is committed to reducing carbon emissions by more than 50% in raw material sourcing, product manufacturing and its distribution.

Most of KitKat's carbon emissions come from the production of its product ingredients, such as cocoa and milk. KitKat will minimize carbon emissions through measures such as restoring forests and supporting the transition to regenerative agriculture.

For carbon emissions that cannot be eliminated, KitKat will neutralize it by investing in high-quality carbon offset projects based on natural climate solutions.

KitKat is working with The Carbon Trust, a global climate change and sustainability consultancy, to assess KitKat's current carbon footprint. The assessment is expected to be completed later in 2021.

Protect and Restore Forests

Deforestation is one of the leading causes of carbon emissions in global agricultural supply chains. Over the past decade, Nestlé has used a variety of tools, including certification, supply chain grooming and satellite imagery, to achieve its "zero deforestation" commitment.

In addition, Nestlé is also focusing on forest protection and restoration. Nestlé, for example, released one in 2019 to help protect and restore forests in its cocoa supply chain. Earlier this month, Nestlé and other agencies launched the Rimba Collective program. The program aims to support the conservation and restoration of over 500,000 hectares of tropical forest in Southeast Asia. This region is one of Nestlé's raw material procurement locations.

Expanding Regenerative Agriculture Practices

KitKat will further expand its partnership with dairy farmers as well as cocoa, palm oil, sugar and grain farmers to implement regenerative practices. Tillage practices such as reduced integrated inputs, better soil management and afforestation can all help remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, enhance biodiversity and increase farm productivity. To that end, KitKat will help farmers in its cocoa sourcing land plant 5 million shade trees.

Accelerating the Renewable Electricity Transition

KitKat is working to reduce the environmental footprint of its factories. Since 2000, KitKat has successfully reduced the energy required per ton of product production by more than 40%.

The Nestlé KitKat production site is already partially powered by renewable electricity. For example, production sites in the Middle East and Brazil use solar power. Nestlé will continue to find new ways to end its reliance on fossil fuels so that all KitKat factories run on 100% renewable electricity by the end of 2025.

Ten years of forging ahead, forging ahead

KitKat's history of improving supply chain sustainability goes back more than a decade. Nestle launched the "Nestle Cocoa Program" in 2009, and by 2016, 100% of the cocoa used in KitKat was purchased through the program. Through the program, Nestle has planted more than 15 million cocoa trees and invested 300 million Swiss francs in sustainable development of the cocoa industry.

KitKat's new carbon-neutral commitment takes Nestle's ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental footprint to new heights. Nestle has pledged to achieve net zero carbon emissions across the value chain by 2050.

全球广受欢迎的巧克力品牌奇巧（KitKat）于2021年4月21日承诺到2025年实现碳中和。作为碳中和计划的一部分，KitKat致力于在原材料采购、产品制造及其分销方面减少50％以上的碳排放。