Regional Conference on Advancing Non Conventional Water Resources Management in the Mediterranean, 14-15 September 2011, Athens, Greece

1. Water Stewardship at Coca-Cola Hellenic

2. Less than 3% of the world’s
water is fresh. And most of
that is locked in the ice caps.

4. Our approach
•Ensuring the sustainability of
water extraction
•Reducing water use within
operations
•Treating 100% of wastewater
•Working with suppliers and
others to reduce indirect water
use
•Partnering with others to
protect local watersheds

5. Understanding water risks
•Each Coca-Cola Hellenic bottling plant
has conducted a water risk assessment.
•By the end of 2012, all bottling pants will
have developed a Source Water
Protection Plan

6. Improving Our Efficiency
•19% risen in water efficiency since 2004
•3rd consecutive year we have reduced
our absolute water use
• In 2010 we recycled and reused 1.2
billion liters of water
•We use new technologies in the
production process

7. Treating Wastewater
•Coca-Cola Hellenic operates 43
on-site wastewater treatment plants
•More than 97% of wastewater
treated in 2010

8. Reducing Indirect Water Use
Coca-Cola Hellenic is a founding
member of the European Water
Footprint Sustainability Assessment
Sounding Board for Sugar

9. Community Partnerships
Coca-Cola Hellenic implements water
community programs in 26 out of 28
countries where its operates
•Watersheds protection
•Water and sanitation
•Education and awareness raising

11. Coca-Cola HBC Greece
42 years of Successful
operation
Salonica
8 plants
2.000
Employees
Volos
Best workplace
Atalanti
for 2009 & 2010
(Best Workplace Institution, Greece)
Patra Schimatari
Aigio
250 brand codes
4.500 suppliers
10 million consumers
Herakleion - Mallia 160.000
Points of Sales

12. Coca-Cola HBC Greece
Coca-Cola HBC Greece aims to safely
return to the community and nature an
amount of water equivalent to what it uses
in its products and production process
•Reduce
•Recycle
•Replenish

13. Mission Water Environmental Program
Sustainable
Water
Management
Watersheds
protection
Public
Awareness &
Understanding

14. Sustainable Water Management
•In collaboration with local authorities and GWP-Med
•Reach 13 islands of Cyclades
•Install and repair 30 Rainwater Harvesting systems
(total water capacity of 3.160.000lt ) & 1 grey water
reuse system
•Save 4.500.000 lt of water annually
•Improve the quality of life of 14.000 local inhabitants
•Educational seminars to local technicians, students
and teachers (2.765 people in total)
•Drinkable water to the residents of Syros island (Vari
Village)
•Green park in Syros Island (Messara village)

15. Watersheds protection
•Clean up activity at Kerkini Lake, which a very important lake in Northern
Greece
•“Protection of the Wetlands in Crete” in collaboration with WWF Hellas
•“Join In and Clean up” in collaboration with MedAsset
2515 volunteers participated
12km of coastline were cleaned
3 tones of recyclable materials and 1 tone of garbage

16. Public Awareness & Understanding
•Our message “Care for Water” has reached
more than 5.4 million people
•Conducted a comic strip competition
•Support important water conferences and
events

17. Water Sustain us.
Conservation unites us