Land Life team on a restoration site in Australia
Land Life team on a restoration site in Australia

Nestlé partners with Land Life

Nestlé partners with Land Life to restore more than 6,500 hectares of degraded Australian land.

Nestlé partners with Land Life to restore more than 6,500 hectares of degraded Australian land

PRESS RELEASE: 2 November 2026

  • Land Life is planting 4 million native trees across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia, contributing to Nestlé’s ambition to plant 10 million trees in Australia under its Global Restoration Program.
  • The multi-year project will be registered under Verra’sOpens in a new tab. internationally recognised Verified Carbon StandardOpens in a new tab.. The project design document has been validated and audited by TÜV Nord,Opens in a new tab. strengthening the quality and integrity of anticipated carbon credits.
  • Land Life aims to protect every site in perpetuity through a legal conservation covenant registered on the land title, which goes beyond the requirements of the Verified Carbon Standard.

Global nature restoration company Land Life today announced its partnership with Nestlé to plant 4 million native trees across more than 6,500 hectares of degraded land in Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia. The project contributes to Nestlé’s ambition to plant 10 million trees in Australia under its Global Restoration Program.

Land Life has customised a land portfolio within Nestlé’s sourcing landscape. It focuses on cleared, marginal landthat is degraded and no longer productive for agriculture. Returning native vegetation to this land will strengthen the health and resilience of the wider landscape – the soils, water and biodiversity that farming in these regions, and Nestlé, ultimately depend on.

Amanda Robertson, Head of Sustainability at Nestlé Oceania, said: “Restoring these landscapes is part of building long-term resilience in these regions. Working with Land Life allows us to restore degraded land at scale, with the rigour and transparency we expect from our partners.”

“Investing in the soils, water and biodiversity, and removing carbon at the same time – that’s what makes this so powerful. Nestlé examined every part of the project before committing, and companies now expect that standard,” said Rebekah Braswell, CEO of Land Life.

Land Life team enjoying Nestle treats on site
Land Life team enjoying Nestle treats on site

Land Life, one of the largest developers of internationally certified afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR) carbon removal projects, models site-specific carbon outcomes using its peer-reviewed FastTrack projection technology. The project description has been registered under Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard, with reporting publicly available through the Verra registry as the project matures – including verification reports and credit issuance records. Every site will also aim to be perpetually protected through a legal conservation covenant on the land title – protection that remains in place regardless of future land ownership, and goes beyond the requirements of the Standard.

The project is designed to deliver benefits beyond carbon removal. An average of 24 locally native species have been planted across 15 restoration sites – restoring habitat for threatened wildlife and reconnecting fragmented landscapes. First Nations engagement will form part of the project’s delivery – through cultural heritage assessments, and opportunities for Indigenous employment and procurement from Indigenous-owned nurseries.

In Victoria specifically, Nestlé is championing the Victorian Government's BushBank Program to restore nature. The A$77 million BushBank program is restoring more than 20,000 hectares of land across Victoria to create healthy wildlife habitat and capture carbon. Nestle's co-investment with BushBank has supported almost 2,100 hectares of native habitat restoration so far, with Land Life working alongside Cassinia Environmental, the program's key delivery partner, to implement the projects across the state.

“This partnership marks a significant milestone in our growth across the Asia Pacific region, demonstrating how Land Life can deliver large, fit-for-purpose programs for global companies,” said Braswell.