Nestlé solar PV panels and Dorna initiative

Nestlé MENA has installed PV panels at its manufacturing sites across the region, including around 20,000 solar PV panels at its Al Maha factory. This has helped reduce CO₂ emissions by over 4.5 million kgs annually. In Egypt, the company is also focusing on recycling plastic packaging material. It launched the “Dorna” initiative in October 2020, whereby informal waste recyclers are employed to collect 50% of Cairo’s municipal waste, of which 80% is recovered and recycled. As of March 2021, over 1,200 informal waste recyclers had collected more than 12,000 tons of plastic.