Sustainable Sourcing Programme for Spices
Programme Vision
and Goals
“To progressively deliver positive impacts for farmer communities and the environment at the origins of our spices.”
Efficiency
Leverage existing knowledge and expertise as much as possible.
Holistic Approach
All stakeholders collaborate towards improvement in inter-linked aspects for sustainability.
Effectiveness
Specific projects will be driven based on a global framework and tailored to the local context.
Programme Pillars
Traceability
The purpose of this pillar is to increase the transparency of Nestlé spices’ supply chain from Nestlé factories down to the spices’ origins (farms/villages).
The scope of the traceability pillar is global, covering the top Nestlé spices suppliers.
Activities conducted within this pillar are focused on collecting data from Nestlé suppliers and spices origins, and determining if the provided data about spices’ origins provided by each supplier is accurate, reliable and verified by a recognized third party.
Responsible Sourcing
The purpose of this pillar is to implement tailored and focused approaches against Nestlé’s Responsible Sourcing Standard.
The activities related to Responsible Sourcing currently cover four crops: cumin, chili, coriander and turmeric; and activities are currently focused in India, the world’s largest producer, consumer and exporter of spices
Where we work
Agriculture is the most important sector of Indian economy, representing 18% of India's GDP and providing employment to 50% of the country’s workforce.
The Responsible Sourcing pillar is focused on five states and 16 districts were spices production is key for local economy.
Karnataka: Turmeric, chilli
Rajasthan: Cumin, coriander
Telangana: Chilli
Andhra Pradesh: Chilli
Madhya Pradesh: Coriander
SAN-Nestlé Partnership
Nestlé and SAN have partnered on the development of this Programme, both in charge of activities coordination within the Programme. While Nestlé is responsible for the funding, SAN oversees the technical and administrative management of the Programme and related projects' implementation.
SAN’s role within the Programme includes:
Supporting the traceability assessment for Nestle’s spices upstream supply chain.
Co-designing of the Programme’s framework and monitoring system, outcome, and performance indicators.
Undertaking the data collection activities.
Supporting suppliers to achieve the Programme’s outcomes.