Corporate Social Review Magazine 1st Quarter 2013 | Page 12

Nestlé CEO warns
water scarcity is
major threat to
food industry
Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke gave the annual City Food Lecture in London in the UK.
Nestlé Chief Executive Officer Paul Bulcke has used his keynote
speech at the annual City Food Lecture in the United Kingdom to
warn the food industry that water scarcity is one of the greatest
threats it faces.
In his speech, ‘Water – the linchpin of food security’, Mr Bulcke
argued that overuse of fresh water poses not only a serious
environmental hazard, but also a major risk to political and
social stability.
He said water scarcity will be the cause of massive food
shortages within the next 15-20 years and that now was the
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