Nestlé achieves 100% supply chain transparency with AGRIVI Food Traceability platform

Nestlé, one of the world's largest food producers with over 2,000 products sold in 186 countries, operates 376 factories across 81 countries and depends on a vast network of agricultural suppliers. For its baby food supply chain, the company needed every contracted farmer to comply with its Responsible Sourcing Standard — a non-negotiable framework governing soil health, water usage, agrochemical application, fertilizer use, and pest management. Critically, the standard prohibits prophylactic use of agrochemicals, requiring usage to be tied to active monitoring or forecasting data. Without a digital system in place, Nestlé had no real-time visibility into how produce was grown and lacked the analytics needed to identify which agronomic practices correlated with the highest quality yields.

Nestlé deployed AGRIVI's Food Traceability platform across its agricultural supply chain for baby food, giving contracted farmers a single digital tool to log agronomic activities, monitor field conditions in real time, and demonstrate compliance with Nestlé's Responsible Sourcing Standards. The platform integrates weather and microclimate monitoring alongside satellite imagery, enabling precision field management and targeted interventions rather than blanket chemical applications. Pest risk detection and risk alarms directly support Nestlé's monitoring-based application requirements. Built-in databases of legally registered crop inputs and fertilizers help farmers select compliant products. Unified data entry simplified reporting for certifications and reporting to Nestlé.

Following deployment, Nestlé achieved 100% transparency across its agricultural supply chain for baby food — complete, real-time visibility into how produce used in its factories was grown. Key outcomes include:

• Full production traceability of raw materials from field to factory, covering land use, soil health, and sustainability KPIs
• Farmer compliance with Nestlé's Responsible Sourcing Standards supported through a single platform
• Faster progress toward Nestlé's corporate sustainability goals, as noted by Sebastian Bloch, Sustainable Agriculture Development at Nestlé: "AGRIVI platform enables us to speed up the pace and achieve our sustainability goals faster"
• Produce quality and consistency: AGRIVI says the solution helps ensure a steady supply of top-quality produce

• Compliance standards alone are insufficient at scale — food manufacturers must equip suppliers with the tools to meet those standards, not just mandate them.
• Combining weather and microclimate monitoring, satellite imagery, and pest risk detection supports usage-based agrochemical application, which Nestlé's Responsible Sourcing Standard requires.
• A single unified platform for field records reduces supplier reporting burden and increases data quality, making traceability practically enforceable rather than aspirational.
• Raw-material-level transparency is becoming a baseline requirement for food safety, brand trust, and regulatory compliance in large-scale food manufacturing.