“Give me a tax break for that”

Nestlé Jamaica is pressing the Government to consider legislation for green taxes, and incentives for corporations to encourage them to take better care of the environment as part of plans to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and eventually get to carbon neutrality by 2050.

Antoinette Johnson Peart, Safety, Health and Environment, general services and distribution centre manager for Nestlé Jamaica made the call as she outlines steps Nestlé has been taking to reduce its own carbon footprint.

“Apart from our NRCA Act and things like our Forestry Act…there is no legislation that exists right now to encourage companies…to be more sustainable in their operations,” Johnson Peart lamented in an interview for this Eco-Buzz feature.