COCA-COLA ANNOUNCES ITS THIRD CARBON NEUTRAL MANUFACTURING PLANT IN BELGIUM

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced that its mineral water bottling plant in Chaudfontaine, Belgium, has been certified as carbon neutral. This is the third CCEP site in Europe to be certified as part of a program that aims to make at least eight sites carbon neutral according to the international PAS 2060 standard by the end of 2023.

The Chaudfontaine site has been taking measures to reduce its emissions for several years. The site has reduced its fuel energy consumption by more than 65% since 2006, thanks in part to the use of 100 percent renewable electricity since 2018 and is heated with geothermal energy that uses the natural heat from the Chaudfontaine mineral water spring to heat the bottling plant buildings.

In addition, to offset the remaining emissions at Chaufontaine, CCEP has purchased Gold Standard certified carbon credits from a reforestation project in Orinoco, Colombia. This carbon reduction initiative will support an area of savannah that has been damaged by agricultural activity through reforestation and ecosystem restoration in the Amazonian part of Brazil.

Finally, this program is a key part of CCEP’s ambition to reach Net Zero by 2040 and reduce its GHG emissions across its value chain by 30% by 2030. This reduction target focuses first on reducing emissions from its own value chain before investing in verified carbon offset projects, prioritizing those that remove carbon from the atmosphere to eliminate remaining emissions.