Coca-Cola HBC releases 2025 Sustainability Commitments as 2018 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices are published

This coincides with announcement of Coca-Cola HBC’s sustainability commitments for 2025, which will take the ambition of its 2020 Sustainability Commitments  further.

The commitments address six key areas: reducing emissions; water use and stewardship; World Without Waste; ingredient sourcing; nutrition; our people and communities.

Among a total of 17 new commitments, Coca-Cola HBC will particularly focus on:

• Increasing energy-efficient refrigerators to 50% of its coolers in the market
• Sourcing 100% of total electricity used in EU countries & Switzerland from renewable and clean energy
• Helping secure water availability for all of its communities in water risk areas
• Helping collect the equivalent of 75% of primary packaging
• Ensuring 50% of manager positions are held by women
• Training 1 million young people through the #YouthEmpowered programme

(Baseline: 2017)

Visit our Sustainability page to access an infographic with our full list of 2025 commitments

 Commenting on the ranking, CEO Zoran Bogdanovic said: “We will learn from the results of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index in order to continue improving our policies and practices. Our 2025 Sustainability Commitments, released today, confirm that sustainability is embedded in our business strategy, driven by the expertise of our employees and partners and their commitment to sustainable practices and performance. "

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Introduced in 1999, the DJSI is the most widely recognised benchmark for corporate sustainability. Companies are judged against strict economic, environmental and social criteria, with a strong focus on long-term shareholder value. The rigorous, rules-based methodology reveals the sustainability leaders in world business, with 2,100 companies assessed across 59 industries in 47 countries.

Sustainability Commitments 2025 Infographic PDF (PDF, 488kb)

Sustainability Commitments 2020 PDF