*[Enwl-eng] Nestlé

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            Wow. Nestlé is packing up shop and is quitting the bottled water 
industry in Canada -- and there's a strong chance they could be about to do 
the same in the U.S. and China!

            Last month, Nestlé said that it is considering selling its water 
brands in North America in 2021 because it’s not worth doing business there. 
Three weeks later, Nestlé sold all its operations in Canada. And then just 
last week, Nestlé said it might drop its brands in China as well.

            And why is Nestlé quitting the water business worldwide? Because 
SumOfUs members like you never gave up the fight against Nestlé all over the 
world -- chipping in to its profits by increasing its lawyer fees, 
preventing its permits from being approved and creating an ever-growing 
public relations nightmare.

            Our fight against Nestlé, and other water companies profiting 
off bottled water, will continue until they are banned world wide. But 
before we go back to fighting Nestlé to make sure it stops sucking the 
world's water dry, we wanted to take a step back to celebrate some of the 
incredible work you’ve done against Nestlé in the past 5 years -- leading to 
them exit the Canadian market.

            Here is a snapshot of some of the biggest moments against Nestlé 
in Canada where it sold its operations, in the USA where you supported local 
groups in Michigan, Oregon, Florida, and California, and in France where you 
helped win a huge victory for the town of Vittel.

            Canada

            We were able to get Nestlé to sell its operations in Canada 
because we hit the water giant time and time again at its biggest operations 
in British Columbia and Ontario.

            In one of our biggest Canadian petitions ever -- we had a win 
against Nestlé and other industrial water users hours before delivering your 
message with a giant mobile billboard. Because of your support, we got the 
government of British Columbia to agree to revisit the amount of money that 
Nestlé and other water users pay in the province. In this campaign, we 
exposed that Nestlé paid only two dollars and twenty five cents for 100 
million litres of water, which created a lasting PR nightmare for the 
company.



            Celebrating with a giant billboard post petition delivery in 
Langley BC

            Meanwhile, in Ontario, you stopped Nestlé from getting a new 
permit that would allow it to pump 1.6 million litres a day from a community 
that would be relying on that water for drinking, washing and cooking and 
made Nestlé’s greed for our public water a political issue.

            It's no wonder why Nestlé sold its operations in Canada -- you 
fought against them every step of the way.

            USA


            Nestlé is also likely going to leave the US market because you 
fought back against them in Oregon, Michigan, Florida, and California.

            Perhaps our biggest win against Nestlé in the US was in 
Oregon -- when SumOfUs members like you stopped Nestlé’s plans to pump fresh 
water out of Cascade Locks, Oregon to bottle and sell for massive profits. 
You supported local activists who fought Nestlé's plan for nine years 
leading to this massive win in Oregon.

            SumOfUs members also made a difference in the battle between 
Nestlé and Michigan. When Nestlé tried to sue a tiny township government in 
Michigan, you showed up chipping in over $50,000 US, preventing Osceola 
Township from declaring bankruptcy, all for issuing a permit rejecting the 
bottled water giant from taking more water from its watershed. The best 
part -- Osceola won their lawsuit!

            We also participated in a floating protest to stop Nestlé from 
bottling nearly two billion litres a year from the fragile Ginnie Springs in 
Florida shortly after we delivered a petition of 350,000 names to regional 
water officials -- and that put the brakes on Nestlé’s water grab.



            Floating protest in Santa Fe, Florida hours after we delivered 
our petition to local government officials.

            In California, SumOfUs members have been a thorn in Nestlé's 
side. We've called on the US Forest Service and then the California Water 
Board to stop the water bottled giant from sucking the state dry, and will 
continue our pressure until bottled water companies leave the Golden State.

            France


            When we found out that Nestlé was sucking 800 million liters of 
water each year from the small town of Vittel, France -- we fought back. 
Thanks to SumOfUs members like you who signed petitions, flooded 
consultations and showed up to protest in Vittel, the locals won their first 
battle against Nestlé. Last year the local government cancelled plans for a 
water pipeline project that would have forced the townspeople to pay as much 
as €30 million to let Nestlé drain all their water away.



            SumOfUs in front of Nestlé bottling plant for World Water Day in 
2019 in Vittel, France.

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            Though Nestlé is leaving Canada and it seems it will leave the 
US and China, the fight against corporations draining water to sell for huge 
profits continues.

            In Canada, we need to continue to fight against the new owners 
of Nestlé’s operations until we can ban bottled water companies in the 
country for good.

            In the US, we need to work hard to make sure that Nestlé does 
follow Canada’s lead, and continue to support our partners in Michigan, 
California, Maine, and Florida to enact anti-water theft bills like in the 
State of Washington to ensure that Nestlé, or any other bottled water 
corporations, stop draining local aquifers to sell for massive profits.

            And in France, China, Australia, and all over the world -- we 
need to continue our fight against Nestlé and other water companies 
continues to suck water to sell for massive profits.

            We are a small team pitted against a multi billion dollar 
bottled water industry. And we have been able to fight back against Nestle 
time and time again all because of members like you chipped in with monthly 
donations. Thank you for your continued support.


            Thanks for all that you do,
            Angus, Amelia, Fatah, Nick, and the team at SumOfUs



            More information:

            Environmentalists cheer as Nestle sells Canadian water business. 
Toronto Star, July 2nd, 2020.
            Nestlé Explores Sale of Majority of North American Water Brands. 
Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2020
            Nestlé could shed some of its local brands in China. CNN, July 
21, 2020









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      From: Angus Wong, SumOfUs
      Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2020 5:06 PM
      Subject: Nestlé







 
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