Editing Nestlé (section)

=== Water ===
At the second [[World Water Forum]] in 2000, Nestlé and other corporations persuaded the [[World Water Council]] to change its statement so as to reduce access to drinking water from a "right" to a "need". Nestlé continues to take control of [[aquifer]]s and bottle their water for profit.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muir |first=Paul |date=28 November 2013 |title=The human rights and wrongs of Nestlé and water for all |url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/the-human-rights-and-wrongs-of-nestl%C3%A9-and-water-for-all-1.303517 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629043128/http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/the-human-rights-and-wrongs-of-nestl-and-water-for-all |archive-date=29 June 2017 |access-date=21 April 2015 |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |location=Abu Dhabi}}</ref>

A coalition of environmental groups filed a complaint against Nestlé to the [[Advertising Standards Canada|Advertising Standards of Canada]] after Nestlé took out full-page advertisements in October 2008 with messages stating, "Most water bottles avoid landfill sites and are recycled", "[[Nestlé Pure Life]] is a healthy, eco-friendly choice", and, "Bottled water is the most environmentally responsible consumer product in the world."<ref name="cbc">{{cite news |date=1 December 2008 |title=Nestlé bottled-water ads misleading, environmentalists say |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/nestl%C3%A9-bottled-water-ads-misleading-environmentalists-say-1.748791 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103032603/http://www.cbc.ca/news/nestl%C3%A9-bottled-water-ads-misleading-environmentalists-say-1.748791 |archive-date=3 January 2016 |access-date=4 January 2016 |work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref><ref name="polaris">{{cite web |title=Groups Challenge Nestlé's Bottled Water Greenwashing |url=http://www.polarisinstitute.org/groups_challenge_nestl%C3%A9%E2%80%99s_bottled_water_greenwashing |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022031038/http://www.polarisinstitute.org/groups_challenge_nestl%C3%A9%E2%80%99s_bottled_water_greenwashing |archive-date=22 October 2014 |access-date=30 November 2010 |work=[[Polaris Institute]]}}</ref><ref name="reuter">{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Scott |date=1 December 2008 |title=Nestlé water ads misleading: Canada green groups |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4B06UJ20081201 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521060733/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4B06UJ20081201 |archive-date=21 May 2010 |access-date=30 November 2010 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>{{needs update|date=March 2025}}