ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY STATEMENT
May 2015
Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) is a pillar of Coca-Cola Enterprises’
overall business framework. Good environmental stewardship is fundamental to our CRS
commitments, key to the long-term success of our business and to meeting the needs and
expectations of our stakeholders. We are therefore committed to integrating responsible and
proactive environmental practices into our day-to-day operations.
We will work with our stakeholders to identify, manage, and minimize the environmental
impact of our activities, both within our own facilities and within our supply chain.
Coca-Cola Enterprises is committed to:
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Continuously reviewing and improving our environmental performance.
Ensuring our compliance with local and national environmental legislation and
regulations, focusing on effectively utilizing resources, energy and fuel, minimizing
waste and air emissions, and preventing pollution everywhere we operate.
Complying with environmental standards implemented by The Coca-Cola Company
and other requirements to which we subscribe where possible and commercially
viable.
Coca-Cola Enterprises recognizes that the environmental footprint of our operations and
products is wider than just our property and commercial boundaries. To aggressively reduce
our global environmental footprint across our value chain, we are committed to generating
efficiencies, using new technologies in our operations and partnering with our suppliers. We
have designated four environmental focus areas for our business and in each we have set
goals and quantified targets to reduce our impacts by the year 2020 – as set out in our
Sustainability Plan. These are:
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Energy Conservation/Climate Change – reducing the carbon footprint of our core
business operations and our value chain
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Water Stewardship – establishing a water sustainable operation by minimizing our
use of water use and replenishing water used in our beverages where it comes from
areas of water stress
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Sustainable Packaging/Recycling – using recycled and renewable packaging
materials and recycling more packaging than we use
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Sustainable Sourcing – ensuring that our key agricultural ingredients are
sustainable sourced.
We will monitor, audit, and publicly report progress regarding the implementation of this
policy and our commitments in an annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS)
Report. This policy will be reviewed annually for its continued relevance by our CRS
Advisory Council and published on our website.
John F. Brock
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.