Coca-Cola Enterprises Announces Most Ambitious Targets to Date in 10th Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Report
June 09 2015 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
CCE will reduce calories by 10 percent
across its entire portfolio and halve the carbon footprint of its
business by 2020
Regulatory News:
Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE) (Euronext Paris: CCE) has
today launched its tenth annual Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability report, which includes its most ambitious
commitments to date. The new targets provide a strong response to
stakeholder feedback and address issues around well-being, the
environment and employability which affect the communities in which
CCE operates.
The commitments include:
- Reducing calories per liter across
CCE’s entire portfolio by 10 percent by 2020;
- Halving the carbon footprint of its
business by 2020;
- Ensuring that 40 percent of the PET it
uses is recycled PET and/or PET from renewable materials by
2020;
- Supporting the skills development and
learning needs of 250,000 young people every year.
The bold calorie reduction target represents a significant
leadership position for the soft drinks industry amid growing
concerns about calorie intake and obesity. CCE has also committed
to encouraging people to be physically active, targeting three
million people across its territories by 2020.
John F. Brock, Chairman and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises, said:
“Ten years into our sustainability journey, we are proud of our
achievements but we know that there is still much more to do. Our
new commitments embrace both environmental and social issues – with
a stronger focus than ever before on promoting the well-being of
our consumers. If we want to build a long-term sustainable
business, there’s no room for complacency and these ambitious
targets reflect our desire to take a lead in our industry when it
comes to sustainability.”
As well as ambitious new targets, the report highlights key
sustainability milestones. These include a 29 percent carbon
footprint reduction in absolute terms since 2007 and a new high
level of recycled PET usage, with rPET contributing a third of all
PET volume. The new 40 percent target for recycled PET and/or PET
from renewable sources takes this a step further and is indicative
of CCE’s efforts to develop a circular economy model within its
value chain.
Joe Franses, Director, Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability, Coca-Cola Enterprises, comments: “Our new
commitments have been heavily shaped by the expectations of our
stakeholders – we listened, and their feedback has helped us set
new and more challenging goals, particularly around well-being and
carbon. This isn’t just another report – it’s a milestone and an
opportunity to make a real difference.”
The report is available on CCE’s website www.cokecce.com.
About CCE
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (CCE) is the leading Western
European marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic
ready-to-drink beverages and one of the world’s largest independent
Coca-Cola bottlers. CCE is the sole licensed bottler for products
of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great
Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
We operate with a local focus and have 17 manufacturing sites
across Europe, where we manufacture nearly 90 percent of our
products in the markets in which they are consumed. Sustainability
is core to our business, and we have been recognised by leading
organizations in North America and Europe for our progress in water
use reduction, carbon footprint reduction, and recycling
initiatives. For more information about our company, please visit
our website at www.cokecce.com and follow us on twitter at
@cokecce.
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