As we look to reduce our carbon emissions further, we are exploring all available green energy technologies. Our Net Zero commitment is the ultimate destination of a journey that we have already started many years ago. Since 2010, we have consistently reduced our carbon emissions and water consumption per litre of soft drink produced. Via an existing, approved science-based target, by 2030 we will reduce our value chain emissions in scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 25%, with a further 50% reduction in the following decade. But our primary goal continues to be the systematic reduction of emissions. Wherever we can’t eliminate emissions entirely, we will mitigate or remove those by investing in other climate protection measures. To do so, we will reduce our direct emissions to an absolute minimum, and work in partnership with our suppliers to eliminate the 90% of our carbon footprint that results from third parties. In October 2021 we made a commitment to achieve net zero emissions across our entire value chain by 2040. This means we support sustainable plants and warehouses and focus on developing innovative processes and solutions for our products and processes. We are committed to developing our business sustainably and to respecting the environment. As an example, in 2019 our internal health and safety campaigns provided helpful information addressing stress at work, machine safeguarding, ergonomics and warehouse traffic safety.

We conduct annual health and safety weeks in all our countries to build knowledge and capabilities and strengthen the awareness about health and safety among our employees. It is managed as a principal risk, emphasising the critical importance of ensuring the wellbeing of everyone in our workplaces. The health and safety of our people and partners always comes first. This is why we commit to it publicly in our Quality & Food Safety policy.

Quality and food safety remain our top priorities, to make sure we meet customer and consumer expectations while delivering against our cost leadership commitments. As the result of best-in-class industry benchmarking, each of our markets has developed tailored plans to support and further develop our quality and food safety culture. However, when they do arise, we have robust processes and systems in place so we can deal with them quickly and efficiently, ensuring that our customers and consumers retain confidence in our products. We have re-stated our zero tolerance for failure to meet standards and deployed a maturity continuum measurement, with stringent processes in place to minimise the occurrence of quality issues.

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