[3] The first critical report on Nestlé Pure Life's negative impact on environment and the enjoyment of the human right to water in Pakistan was authored by human rights advocate Nils Rosemann and published by Actionaid Pakistan and Swiss Coalition of Development Organisations in 2005.

[5] Notwithstanding numerous press statements by Nestlé[6] an audit report ordered by the Supreme Court of Pakistan found that Nestlé Water extracts water without any costs,[7] and the Supreme Court "termed the margins of distributors and retailers ‘very high’ and ‘unjustified’ as compared to the private company’s profit".

[10] On 3 July 2020, Nestlé Canada announced that it had agreed to sell its water bottling business to Ice River Springs, of Shelburne, Ontario.

[12] Ice River was expected to take over the Pure Life brand and the ReadyRefresh delivery service.

[19] Nearly a year earlier (July 2019), the Wellington group had demanded that the provincial government obtain an environmental assessment before renewing the company's licence to remove any groundwater.

)[20] At the time, Nestlé's permit to extract up to 3.6 million litres of water per day was close to coming up for renewal.

[18][21] The most recent study (reported in March 2020) by the City of Guelph about the Aberfoyle source included this comment: Nestlé's water-taking "has not caused a decline or drop in water levels year after year" and that "water-taking at the current rate is sustainable at this point in time".