contribute to the achievement of global sustainability goals—in water, energy, women empowerment, and packaging. Coca-Cola remains especially passionate about ecological protection and preserving communities through the responsible management of its environmental footprint, even as it continues to reach and refresh more consumers throughout the world.
“We are very conscious of our environmental footprint as an organization, especially with our scale, which is why we have comprehensive strategies in place to manage our impact on the environment,” says Gareth McGeown, President and CEO of Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. “Across the Philippines, we have 19 plants and over 70 distribution offices, and sustainability is an integral component to the way we operate.
CCBPI’s Energy Use Ratio , or the amount of energy used in manufacturing its beverages, has significantly improved over the years. To date, the company has been able to improve its EUR by 30% since 2014. Initiatives to achieve this goal include optimizing operating systems for leak and steam management, instituting standard operating procedures for machines and heavy equipment, and employing world-class technologies that are energy efficient.
These achievements are only the beginning of a wide-reaching transition to using clean energy more prevalently in its operations. McGeown says, “We are going beyond what we’ve already accomplished because sustainability is a continuous journey.”