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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Publishes 2007 Corporate Responsibility And Sustainability Report
(CSRwire) ATLANTA,GA. - July 24, 2008 - Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE: CCE), the
world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products,
has published its third company-wide Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability (CRS) Report, Shape Tomorrow...Today. To access
CCE's 2007 Report in its entirety, please visit http://www.cokecce.com/assets/uploaded_files/2007_CRSReport.pdf.
Comments and
feedback related to the 2007 Report are welcome at crs@cokecce.com.
The Report follows the G3 guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative
(GRI) and announces the company's first-ever goals and commitments in its
five strategic CRS focus areas: water stewardship, sustainable
packaging/recycling, energy conservation/climate change, product
portfolio/well-being, and diverse and inclusive culture. The Report is a
comprehensive look at Coca-Cola Enterprises' business in the
communities in which it operates.
"For the first time, we are announcing a clear roadmap with targets and
goals to help us deliver on our commitment to Corporate Responsibility and
Sustainability," said John F. Brock, chairman and chief executive officer.
"As we continue to embed CRS throughout our business, it is playing an
increasingly important role in helping us to capture operational
efficiencies, drive effectiveness, and eliminate waste."
CCE has established a goal and targets for each of its five strategic CRS
focus areas, including: - Water Stewardship: Establish a water
sustainable operation in which we use one liter of water for every liter of
product we produce – what we call water neutrality.
- Sustainable Packaging/Recycling: Maximize our use of renewable,
reusable, and recyclable resources, ultimately recycling the equivalent of
100 percent of our packaging.
- Energy Conservation/Climate Change: Reduce carbon emissions in
our manufacturing, fleet, sales and marketing equipment, and
facilities.
- Product Portfolio/Well-Being: Offer every consumer the right
product and package in the right place, at the right moment, in the right
way.
- Diverse and Inclusive Culture: Establish a diverse, winning,
and inclusive culture.
Highlights from the Report
include:- Achieving the company's target of a three percent
improvement in water use ratio over previous year, using 1.77 liters of
water to produce one liter of product
- Launching Coca-Cola Recycling with a mission of recovering or
recycling the equivalent of 100 percent of the packaging materials used by
the Coca-Cola system in North America
- Installing more than 20,000 energy-saving devices in sales and
marketing equipment, reducing CO2 by 28,000 metric tons
- Adding glacéau, FUZE, and Campbell’s products to the company's
product portfolio
- Increasing the number of light sparkling and still beverages in the
company's portfolio to 47 percent of our sales volume
- Spending more than US$150 million with minority- or women-owned
business enterprises
- Contributing US$31.5 million to community investment programs
Coca-Cola Enterprises will continue to improve its reporting
capabilities and datagathering systems. The company is committed to
developing greater transparency in reporting and improving the quality and
quantity of the data reported.
Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world's largest marketer, producer, and
distributor of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic refreshment. CCE sells
approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume
in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The
Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France,
Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands.
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