{"id":83851,"date":"2025-08-22T17:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=83851"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T12:54:49","slug":"swiss-deputy-head-of-mission-praises-nestle-pakistans-role-in-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/swiss-deputy-head-of-mission-praises-nestle-pakistans-role-in-economic-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Deputy Head of Mission praises Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan\u2019s role in economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Newly appointed Deputy Head of Mission Laurent Cousinou of the Swiss Embassy in Islamabad visited the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/publicis-media-onboarded-by-nestle-pakistan-as-media-agency-partner\/\">Nestl\u00e9<\/a> Pakistan factory in Sheikhupura and acknowledged the company\u2019s commitment to Pakistan\u2019s vision for economic growth, renewable energy, and sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>Talking on the occasion, Mr. Laurent Cousinou said, \u201cStaying true to its Swiss heritage, it&#8217;s commendable that Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan has led multiple initiatives over the past few years, its USD 50 million export plan by 2030 and investment of PKR 2 billion in renewable energy and sustainability initiatives in the country reflect its commitment to the country\u2019s economic<br \/>\nprosperity and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming the new envoy, Faisal Nadeem, Head of Technical, Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan, said, \u201cWe are delighted at Mr. Laurent\u2019s visit and his keen interest in our operations. For over 35 years, Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan has been committed to being a force for good throughout its value chain for the future of the country by boosting exports and investing in renewable energy and sustainability initiatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company has also further strengthened its localization journey, moving to over 90% of raw and packaging requirements locally, in turn strengthening the domestic industry.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan initiated an investment of PKR 2 billion in its renewable energy journey, operationalizing two 2.5 and 2.6 MW solar power plants in Sheikhupura and Kabirwala, along with two biomass boilers and numerous other solar power plants in different sites.<\/p>\n<p>Nestl\u00e9 announced its commitment to reduce its emissions and reach Net Zero by 2050 in line with UN SDGs 13 and 15.<br \/>\nNestl\u00e9 Pakistan, with its four manufacturing sites across the country and a wide range of foods and beverages, is helping bring tasty and balanced diets for millions of Pakistanis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Newly appointed Deputy Head of Mission Laurent Cousinou of the Swiss Embassy in Islamabad visited the Nestl\u00e9 Pakistan factory in Sheikhupura and acknowledged the company\u2019s commitment to Pakistan\u2019s vision for economic growth, renewable energy, and sustainability initiatives. Talking on the occasion, Mr. Laurent Cousinou said, \u201cStaying true to its Swiss heritage, it&#8217;s commendable that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":83852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[23112,30858],"class_list":["post-83851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-nestle-pakistan","tag-swiss-deputy-head-of-mission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83856,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83851\/revisions\/83856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}