After being named the leading company among the world's producers of beverage by implementing the principles of sustainable business, Coca-Cola HBC, the largest beverage bottler The Coca-Cola Company, announces a new reduction of carbon and water footprint.
Coca-Cola HBC announces that by 2020, it will reduce water consumption by 30% compared to 2010, and direct CO2 emissions in the same period will be reduced by 50%.
The company was in September for the second time in a row declared the world's leading manufacturer of beverage by implementing the principles of sustainable business to Dow Jones global and European sustainability index, which is another recognition for the efforts invested in this area. Coca-Cola HBC is in the eighth place out of 100 companies listed on the Financial Times Stock Exchange Index (FTSE 100) on the basis of reporting on carbon print, according to the opinion of the organization Carbon Clear. It is the highest-ranking producer of beverages.