Alliance for Water Stewardship Assessment Report Prepared for Nestlé Waters Viladrau (AWS-000182) Prepared by: SGS SGS Ref.: 02-958-272660 Version: 1 Date: 28th January 2020 This is a controlled document, which is subject to SGS document control procedures. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the express permission of SGS Spain. REPORT DETAILS REFERENCE 02-958-272660 CLIENT REFERENCE Xavier García Gay REPORT TITLE ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP ASSESSMENT REPORT DATE SUBMITTED: 28th January 2020 CLIENT: NESTLÉ ESPAÑA S.A. NESTLE WATERS VILADRAU s/n Camino Vell De, 17406 Viladrau Girona Spain https://www.viladrau.com/es/ PREPARED BY: Jerónimo Casas de Gonzalo C/ de los Abetos, nº1, 2ª planta 47008, Valladolid, Spain. Tel: +34 983 345 703 E-mail: [email protected] SIGNED: Jerónimo Casas de Gonzalo Signed: TECHNICAL Francesca Cerchia Signed: SIGNATORY STATUS FINAL NOTICE This document is issued by SGS under its General Conditions of Service accessible at http://www.sgs.com/terms_and_conditions.htm. Attention is drawn to the limitation of liability, indemnification and jurisdiction issues defined therein. Any holder of this document is advised that information contained hereon reflects SGS’s findings at the time of its intervention only and within the limits of Client’s instructions, if any. SGS’s sole responsibility is to its Client and this document does not exonerate parties to a transaction from exercising all their rights and obligations under the transaction documents. Any unauthorised alteration, forgery or falsification of the content or appearance of this document is unlawful and offenders may be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Page 2 of 73 Page 3 of 73 [ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP ASSESSMENT January 28, 2020 REPORT] Table of content REPORT DETAILS .................................................................................................................................................. 2 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................. 6 2 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................................. 7 3 STAKEHOLDER ANNOUNCEMENT AND CONSULTATION ........................................................................ 8 4 DESCRIPTION OF CATCHMENT ................................................................................................................. 10 5 SUMMARY OF SHARED WATER CHALLENGES ....................................................................................... 21 6 AUDIT FINDINGS .......................................................................................................................................... 54 6.1 MAJOR NON CONFORMANCES ..................................................................................................................... 54 6.2 MINOR NON CONFORMANCES ..................................................................................................................... 55 6.3 OBSERVATIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 56 7 SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................................... 57 8 OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT ...................................................................................................... 58 9 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMANDATIONS ............................................................................................. 59 10 REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................... 60 Figures index Figure 1Information Disclosure posted on site´s webpage ..................................................... 8 Figure 2:Location of the Viladrau Factory .............................................................................10 Figure 3:Territorial scope of the Catalan River Basin District (DCFC) ...................................11 Figure 4:Groundwater masses of the A.C.A. (L'Agència Catalana de l'Aigua) ......................12 Figure 5:Natural balance in the Montseny Guilleries groundwater body ...............................12 Figure 6:Viladrau Factory location into map of the general state of the groundwater masses .............................................................................................................................................13 Figure 7:Extension of the Natural Park of Montseny .............................................................13 Figure 8:Main Viladrau Nestlè Waters stakeholders relationships ........................................14 Figure 9:Situation of the Protection Perimeters of VILADRAU and AQUAREL-Avets fully incorporated or within the Parc Natural del Montseny. ..........................................................14 Figure 10:Structural scheme of the Pre-coastal mountain range, between the Catalan Central Depression and the Pre-coastal Depression (regions of Osona and La Selva) .....................15 Figure 11:Geological scheme of the massif of the Montseny, mostly granite, between the paleogenic materials of the Central Depression and the neogenic materials of pre-littoral depression ............................................................................................................................15 Figure 12:General view of the Protection Perimeters, with the limit of the National Park. .....16 Figure 13:Protection perimeter and recharge area and piezometers and deep wells distribution ............................................................................................................................17 Figure 14:The surface basins that completely cover the direct areas of influence of the catchments ...........................................................................................................................18 Figure 15:Conceptual scheme of the granite massif that is exploited ....................................18 Page 4 of 73 [ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP ASSESSMENT January 28, 2020 REPORT] Figure 16:The relationship between the AWS scope, affected sub-basins and the hydrologic basin of the site. ...................................................................................................................19 Figure 17:The hydrologic basin is defined in more detail in the next figure into the AWS scope. ..................................................................................................................................19 Figure 18:Water balance in the Montseny Mountains ...........................................................20 Table index Table 2-1:SGS Audit Team.................................................................................................... 7 Table 3-1: Stakeholder meetings ........................................................................................... 9 Table 5-1: Detailed Shared Water Challenges for NESTLÈ WATERS VILADRAU ...............21 Page 5 of 73 [ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP ASSESSMENT January 28, 2020 REPORT] 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The scope of services covers the conformity assessment of water use in compliance with the AWS International Water Stewardship Standard (Version 2.0) for Nestlè Waters Viladrau Factory (hereinafter referred to as “the site”) located at Camino Vell De s/n, – 17406 Viladrau (Girona), in Spain. The assessment has been completed in compliance with the AWS Certification requirements, Version 2.0 dated March 2019. The site started operating in 1968 as a mineral water bottling plant. On November. 19-12, 2019, SGS, Tecnos, S.A.U., (hereinafter referred to as “SGS”) conducted the conformity assessment for site´s facilities and activities with regard to certification to the AWS Standard. A total of five findings were raised during the course of the audit process, and they were categorized as 1 minor non conformance, 3 observations and 1 improvement opportunity. Given the review of evidence produced and site visit inspections performed at the NESTLÉ WATERS VILADRAU, SGS recommends that NESTLÉ WATERS VILADRAU, is awarded AWS Core Certified status with a surveillance audit interval of annual frequency. Page 6 of 73 [ALLIANCE FOR WATER STEWARDSHIP ASSESSMENT January 28, 2020 REPORT] 2 SCOPE OF ASSESSMENT The scope of services covers the conformity assessment of water use in compliance with the AWS International Water Stewardship Standard (Version 2.0) for Nestlè Waters Viladrau Factory (hereinafter referred to as “the site”) located at Camino Vell De s/n– 17406 Viladrau (Girona), in Spain. The assessment has been completed in compliance with the AWS Certification requirements, Version 2.0 dated March 2019. On November. 19-20, 2019, SGS conducted the conformity assessment of site’s facilities and activities with regard to certification to the AWS Standard. Table 2.1 presents SGS audit team. The audit plan is attached as a separate document. Audit Team Qualifications/Experience Jerónimo Casas Team Leader AWS certified auditor, with more than 19 years experience in pollution control, environmental impact assessment, ISO14001 audit and training. Paula Gómez Team Member AWS certified auditor, with more than 15 years experience in environmental impact assessment, audit and training. Iñigo Fernández Hydrogeologist Expert Technician Francesca Cerchia