Modelling better business: Nestlé trials natural capital premium with UK dairy farmers | Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

In 2017, leading global food company Nestlé launched a UK trial with 99 farmers in Cumbria and Ayrshire in response to growing pressures on the natural capital which underpins its business.

Each farmer chooses from a range of practical interventions, which Nestlé identified with the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust and benchmarked against a ‘top ten’ list of sustainable dairy practices from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL) Natural Capital Impact Group (NCIG).

This case study outlines the business case for investing in natural capital, provides an overview on Nestlé’s innovative trial, and identifies further steps that can be taken to scale up investments in natural capital across the dairy industry.