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THE CLEAN COMMIT
LOGO GIVES OUR
CUSTOMERS EVEN MORE
CONFIDENCE THAT
THEY’RE CHOOSING A
FOOD THAT IS NUTRITIOUS
AND RESPONSIBLY
PACKAGED. Petite Palates
Clean Commit also features
stories from partner brands, like
Petite Palates, who share: “Clean
Commit aligns perfectly with our
mission to deliver baby food that’s
as close to homemade as possible
nutrient-rich, safe, and free from
preservatives. Through aseptic
processing, we preserve the natural
goodness in our products while
offering shelf-stable convenience
parents can trust. The Clean
Commit logo gives our customers
even more confidence that they’re
choosing a food that is nutritious
and responsibly packaged.”
Aseptic packaging unlocks
opportunities for brands to offer
savoury products made from foods
like vegetables, grains, and proteins
while preserving their vital nutrients.

The UHT process and aseptic
packaging allow to protect the natural
value of these products for longer
without the need for preservatives.

“Consumers today are looking
for healthier food and beverage
options,” said Massimo Annaratone,
Global Business Line Director SP at
SIG. “Clean Commit is more than a
message it’s a value-adding program
for our partners and a simple way for
consumers to connect with products
they can feel good about.”
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Nestlé Plans 16,000 Job Cuts as CEO Philipp Navratil
Sets Out Strategy
In his first major announcement since becoming Nestlé’s CEO, Philipp Navratil has
stamped his mark with a plan to cut 16,000 jobs.

The reductions will be implemented
over the next two years – 12,000 white-
collar workers across the group, and
4,000 in manufacturing and within the
supply chain, the world’s largest food
manufacturer said in its nine-month
results presentation in October.

Commenting on the cuts, Navratil said,
“The world is changing and Nestlé needs
to change faster. This will include making
hard but necessary decisions to reduce
headcount over the next two years.”
While driving improvements in real
internal growth (RIG) a key Nestlé metric
that strips out the effect from pricing on
the organic numbers is front and centre
of the plan, the headcount reductions
are aimed at cost savings. Those
reductions will boost annual savings to
SFr1bn ($1.3bn) by the end of 2027, up
from a previous target of SFr500m as
part of the so-called fuel-for-growth
strategy already in place at Nestlé.

However, the job cuts will also incur
costs for the business, put at ‘two times
annual savings’ on a one-off basis.

Navratil outlined the plans: “Driving
RIG-led growth is our number one
priority. We have been stepping up
investment to achieve this and the
results are starting to come through.

Now we must do more and move faster
to accelerate our growth momentum.

“As Nestlé moves forward, we will be
rigorous in our approach to resource
allocation, prioritising the opportunities
and businesses with the highest
potential returns.”
UK Sets Out Amendments to pEPR Regulations
The UK has set out plans to amend the country’s packaging extended producer
responsibility (pEPR) regulations, proposing changes intended to how the scheme
works from January.

The move follows the first year of pEPR,
during which issues were identified in
areas such as material classifications
and producer obligations.

The pEPR regulations took effect
in January to shift the full net cost of
managing household packaging waste
from taxpayers to obligated producers.

PackUK, the government’s scheme
administrator, sets household
packaging fees, invoices producers and
distributes funding to local authorities.

A key proposal seeks to clarify the
definition of ‘fibre-based composite
material’ in line with PackUK’s recyclability
assessment methodology (RAM).

Under the change, packaging made
from paperboard or paper fibres with one
or more inseparable plastic layers would
be classified as composite. However, if the
plastic accounts for less than 5% of the
total weight, the item would be reported
in the paper/board category rather than
as a composite material.

The amendments also expand
PackUK’s authority to set criteria
for modulated fees so that costs
better reflect whether packaging is
‘reasonably necessary’ for its purpose.

Under the proposals, for the first
time, producers operating closed loop
collection and recycling for food-grade
plastic household packaging would be
able to offset the tonnage they collect
and recycle against their EPR fees.

To qualify, businesses would need
to collect the material directly, keep it
separate from other producers’ waste,
and hold evidence that it has been
reprocessed back into food-grade plastic.

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