# Nespresso's 2022 Vision: Carbon Neutral Coffee

Center for Sustainable Business

September 17, 2020 ![Nespresso](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/Screen%20Shot%202020-10-27%20at%2011.13.01%20AM.png?itok=xAmfSWZi) Nespresso is no stranger to carbon emissions reductions and offsetting. In 2017, the company reached carbon neutrality across its Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (power-related) emissions.

Its [new plan](http://www.edie.net/news/6/Nespresso-targets-carbon-neutrality-by-2022/?utm_source=dailynewsletter,%20edie%20daily%20newsletter&utm_medium=email,%20email&utm_content=news&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter,%2033b90086d1-dailynewsletter_COPY_888) is even more ambitious: under CEO and [NYU Stern CSB Advisory Board](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/about-csb/advisory-groups/csb-advisory-board) Member, Guillaume Le Cunff's leadership, Nespresso targets carbon neutrality by 2022, with plans of reducing emissions across their supply chain, purchasing carbon offsets, and tripling the number of trees planted at its partner coffee farms.

Excerpt: “Climate change is a reality and our future depends on going further and faster on our sustainability commitments,” Nespresso’s chief executive Guillaume Le Cunff said. “I truly believe that both our business and the coffee industry can be a force for good in the world by tackling this pressing issue."

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