Hanoi (VNA) - Nestlé Vietnam and NestléWaters’ bottled water brand La Vie have announced their stronger cooperation insustainable water resources management and production.

Their cooperation will expand theengagement of other partners like businesses, farmers, and experts to help regeneratelocal water cycles, as part of efforts to realise Nestlé’s recently announced commitment.

According to the commitment, Nestlé willinvest 120 million CHF (130 million USD) to assist the implementation of themore than 100 projects that will advance the regeneration of local water cyclesacross Nestlé Waters' 48 sites by 2025.

Nestlé's works will be tailored to individual locations, needs and issues such as offering support for the regeneration of forest and wetlands. The company will join local water users, communities, partners and global experts to identify, develop and progress projects specific to the water challenges.

La Vie is supporting other businesses with technical solutions and equipment, helping them reduce 80 percent of the water amount used for machine cooling systems and limit the use of water from nature. La Vie will also study to expand cooperation so that other businesses can reuse wastewater for some industrial production stages that are using groundwater.

Meanwhile, via Nestlé Vietnam’s sustainable coffee development programme,farmers can save more than 40 percent of water volume but still achieve the sameproductivity as expected.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations,on average, agriculture accounts for nearly 70 percent of the water drawn fromsurface or groundwater globally, mainly for irrigation. The percentage for industrialproduction is 19 percent. Therefore, solutions to save water in the twoactivities can help reduce the exploitation of water from nature./.