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Action Needed

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I believe that Nestle should change its course of action and start looking at other spaces to source their water. There may be several courses of action to take. Understanding what they need all this water for and how to source the water needed in an environmentally friendly way. The Markkula Center Framework is behind my reasoning. There are 5 approaches and I am looking at 2 in particular within this specific framework. I think the Common Good Approach and the Utilitarianism Approach are the most important when thinking about this issue. The Nestle Company should think about the needs of the greatest number of people and should promote the wellness of public life. Water affects all people, and needs to be considered for all the people it affects. Another approach that might work is the Blanchard-Peale Framework. This framework should have a positive impact on the way that the company pursues its future endeavors if they are honest. What they’re doing might pass as legal, but it isn’t
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What are Others Saying

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Local environmentalists say the pipeline is removing precious water that would otherwise flow in Strawberry Creek and nourish the ecosystem. After nearly seven years of fighting against the extraction of water, the activists hope California regulators will eventually order BlueTriton Brands to drastically reduce their operation in the national forest. Amanda Frye, one of the leading activists, believes that if all the springs were just allowed to naturally flow, there would be a lot of water in the area. I agree with Amanda's position. A company should bear minimum responsibility for the land that they are using to profit. In this situation, Nestle pays a $600 annual license fee to make billions off harming the land. Government officials should have the power to step in and balance the power of such corporations. California's State Water Resources Control Board has issued a draft Cease and Desist order against Nestlé. The order is the culmination of a years-long battle
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Nestles Response

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A 20-month investigation was conducted by the state of California and it was concluded that Nestle did not have the right to take the amount of water that they were from the forest in California. Nestle pulls dozens of millions of gallons of water from the west branch of strawberry creek in California. I’ve attached a link below to a video that explains the effect of the water being taken.  Water Pipeline System Nestle directly disputed this claim in a 160-page written response to the state and mentioned that they have the “rights to take at least 88 million gallons each year…”. This dispute was based on a contract made in 1909. What shocked me about this dispute is that the court decided that Nestle can continue taking water from the forest because of a license renewal request Nestle made in 1987. I think that Nestle has handled this issue very poorly, and has taken a very corporate money-influenced approach to handle this situation. Basing their choices off of contracts made a
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Where Nestle Began

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Nestlé began in Switzerland in the mid-1860s when founder Henri Nestlé created one of the first baby formulas, Farine Lactée. It was a carefully formulated mixture of cow's milk, flour, and sugar, and was first used on a premature baby who could not tolerate his mother's milk or other alternative products. It saved his life and within a few years, the first Nestlé product was marketed in Europe.   The Nestlé Company was purchased by Jules Monnerat in 1874 and developed its own condensed milk to compete with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. The two companies merged in 1905 and Nestlé had factories in the United States, Britain, Spain and Germany. The start of World War I made it difficult for Nestlé to buy raw ingredients and distribute products. Nestlé purchased several factories in the U.S. to keep up with the increasing demand for condensed milk and dairy products, but when fresh milk became available again after the war, Nestlé suffered and slipped into debt
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NESTLE WATER SCANDAL

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Bottled water began in Europe in the 1970s as a symbol of status and health. After the industrial revolution, tap water gained its reputation for being unsafe for consumption. Since it gained rapid success in the late 90s, it has become a household good and is the fastest-selling non-alcoholic beverage to this day worldwide. The average American goes through over 10 bottles of water every month. That makes an average of over 50 billion bottles purchased annually in just the U.S. alone. Not many, however, give much consideration to where this water is being sourced from.  Marketers and advertisers began promoting bottled water as a symbol of status and health. Multinational companies began extracting water from aquifers and springs and selling it at a competitive price. Aside from the damage plastic pollution has caused to the environment which is very widely talked about, another major destructive impact that bottled water has caused is the damage to the communities in which
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