Coca-Cola Aims to Reduce Water Consumption
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Business
Coca-Cola aims to reduce water consumption Subtile: The firm, which is the sole licenced distributer of Coke products in the UK, released its tenth Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability report this week mentioning focus on water consumption reduction
One of the world's largest soft-drink bottlers, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE), has set ambitious new targets for waste and emissions today, claiming that climate change is one of the most significant risks to its business.
The new commitments include a goal to halve the carbon footprint of the business by 2020, and ensure that 40% of the PET it uses for plastic bottles is made from recycled or renewable materials by 2020.
"Water scarcity and the deterioration of the quality of water sources in our own territories - and across our supply chain - are a significant issue for Coca-Cola Enterprises," says the report.
"Even if temporary, they may result in increased production costs or capacity constraints and affect the growth of agricultural ingredients we use in our products".
As a result, the company has been steadily improving its water efficiency since 2007, and is aims to use 1.2l of water per 1l of product by 2020.
The company suggests that it is already close to optimizing the water efficiency of its processes, and that any future gains will come from behaviour change and employee engagement
Source: Edie
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