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The company has improved efficiency of power use in its bottling operations and transportation
Coca-Cola Hellenic has become the first European food and drinks company to achieve the top GRI grade for its reporting
The Athens-based Coca-Cola Hellenic makes its debut Leaders appearance thanks to its rigorous reporting and CSR activities across the 28 countries in which it operates. It is the first European food and beverage company to reach an ‘A+’ rating according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) for its CSR report. The recently published Towards Sustainability has been reviewed by an exter- nal stakeholder review panel that offered a critical assessment of the report’s strengths and weaknesses. And there was even outside verification from the auditor denkstatt in accordance with both GRI and the interna- tional standard A1000.
So, what is included in this latest CSR report offering. Well, there’s a big focus on climate change; beyond the construction of three combined heat and power plants during
the year (which will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 66% at each facility), the firm has also launched a programme to install solar panels on rooftops. It has improved the efficiency of power use in its bottling operations, trans-
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portation and cold drink equipment which is progressively being replaced with models which are free of HFCs and are up to 63% more energy-efficient than previous coolers. There has also been a big focus on water.
A FOCUS ON WATER Coca-Cola Hellenic has improved its water use efficiency by 19% since 2004.
Last year, the company’s bottling operations used 27.3B litres of water. It now uses 2.3 litres of water to produce one litre of beverage and has reduced water use in absolute terms for the third consecutive year.
Of course, the water content of its drinks cannot be reduced, so the focus is on reducing and recycling water in the manufacturing process. Around 1.2B litres was recycled and reused in 2010. To help plants identify opportunities, the company has carried out audits, developed toolkits and shared best practice – which has led to a number of new technologies being installed, includ- ing dry lube, air rinsers and recycle and reclaim loops.
More than 97% of wastewater was treated at bottling plants in 2010, and systems put in place enabled the reuse and recycling of 1.2B litres of water in the various produc- tion processes. Through the European Water Sustainability Sounding Board for Sugar the Company is examining the broader impact of water use in agriculture, especially when it comes to the production of sugar beet. On packaging, the company managed to recover or recycle an average of 64% of packaging waste across 19 countries, and 85% of production waste across its operations. Through lightweighting, 5,000 tonnes of PET were saved.
On health and safety, the introduction of a concerted programme introduced in 2009 ensured serious accidents fell 39% and the number of manufacturing plants certified to the
international OHSAS 18001 standard reached 84%.
And these stats are just scratching the sur- face. As the CSR report shows, the company is also working with suppliers to improve energy efficiency; contributing to the well- being of communities by investing €9.5M in a variety of projects; and providing consumers with an increasing choice of beverages suited to individual lifestyles, among other things.
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