2020
CONTINUING THE JOURNEY TOWARDS CIRCULARITY
  • We launch the first coffee capsules on the market made from 80% recycled aluminium for our Master Origin Colombia coffees.
  • In the second year of our Reviving Origins program we launch Amaha awe Uganda «Hope of Uganda», an exquisite coffee from the Rwenzoris mountains of Uganda.
  • We announce a CHF 160 million investment in the expansion of our Romont production center in Switzerland to meet growing consumer demand worldwide.
2019
COFFEE AS A FORCE FOR GOOD
  • We launch our Reviving Origins program with the aim to restore coffee agriculture and local coffee economies in regions affected by adversities such as conflict, economic hardship and environmental disasters. With the program, we launched our first three Reviving Origins coffees: Tamuka Mu Zimbabwe, Esperanza de Colombia and Cafecito de Puerto Rico.
  • We signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to promote the local coffee industry as part of our Reviving Origins program.
  • 95% of our coffee is sustainably sourced through the Nespresso AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program in 14 countries of origin.
  • We invited other portioned coffee manufacturers to join our recycling program paving the way for a global recycling scheme for aluminium coffee capsules. ​
  • We partnered with Swedish start-up Vélosophy to make an iconic bicycle from recycled Nespresso capsules, that brings to life the potential of recycling our aluminium coffee capsules.  ​
  • Our recycling program is now available in 53 countries​.
2018
OUR RECYCLING PROGRAM GOES FURTHER
  • Our recycling program is now available in 44 countries.
  • More than 90% of our coffee is sourced through the AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program.
  • Our three factories are fully powered by energy from renewable sources.
  • We further expand the Vertuo system, making it available in Asian and more European countries.
  • We inaugurate a state-of-the-art innovation center composed of a Product Development Center and a Coffee Campus to drive global innovation and coffee expertise in our Romont factory in Switzerland and satisfy growing demand for the versatile coffee system Vertuo.
2017
Coffee on ice
  • We launch our first coffees to be prepared over ice, Intenso on Ice and Leggero on Ice.
  • The first of our Explorations limited edition coffees are launched, featuring rare coffees from incredible terroirs considered as ‘hidden gems’.
  • The Vertuo system is launched in Australia, the UK and Ireland.
2016
NEW COFFEES FROM REGIONS WHERE IT IS UNDER THREAT
  • We are the first company in 50 years to export coffee from Cuba to the USA through the launch of our limited edition coffee Cafecito de Cuba.
  • The limited edition Aurora de la Paz coffee from Colombia launches thanks to our work with Colombian coffee farmers from the Caquetá region to restore coffee farming following decades of civil conflict.
  • We announce a new partnership with TechnoServe, along with a $3.18 million investment to rebuild the coffee industry of South Sudan.
  • Our Nespresso Sustainability Innovation Fund launches as a new funding vehicle to facilitate our investments in innovating sustainability initiatives, with a commitment of $10 million (2016-2018).
2015
RAMPING UP PRODUCTION
  • We inaugurate our third production centre, this one based in Romont, Switzerland. It’s the first Swiss factory to achieve LEED® Gold certification.
  • We introduce our Suluja-ti South Sudan limited edition revival coffee, the first coffee exported from South Sudan in 40 years.
  • We open our first Café in Vienna, a premium coffee shop experience with an automated boutique.
2014
A NEW SUSTAINABILITY VISION AND THE LAUNCH OF VERTUO​
  • We launch the Positive Cup strategy, our 2020 sustainability vision, with ambitious targets for coffee sourcing and social welfare, climate change and aluminium sourcing and recycling, and supported by a CHF 500 million investment.
  • Bukeela ka Ethiopia, the first Pure Origin Lungo coffee, is introduced, bringing our range of permanent coffees to 22.
  • The innovative Vertuo system is launched in the North American market. Vertuo is a versatile system that makes freshly brewed coffee in 5 different cup sizes using the innovative Centrifusion™ technology that recognizes the code on the capsule and adjusts the amount of water, speed of extraction and temperature to deliver a perfect cup of coffee.
  • Our retail network exceeds 400 boutiques worldwide with openings in Bogotá, Toulouse and Istanbul.
2013
SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
  • Celebrating ten years since the creation of the AAA Sustainable Quality™ Program, we form the Nespresso Sustainability Advisory Board, bringing together leading experts and thought leaders in the area of sustainability to advance Nespresso's long term sustainability strategy.
  • We reach our objective to source 80% of our coffee from the AAA Program.
  • We become one of the first brands to partner with YouTube.
  • We introduce Kazaar and Dharkan, two coffees with unsurpassed intensity, bringing the permanent range to 21 coffees.
  • The Nespresso Cube, an innovative automated retail concept, is launched in Spain and Portugal is launched in Spain and Portugal, introducing a new way of shopping and pushing the limits of personalised services.
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