Towards sustainability
Sustainable development is about meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Today, we are all still far from achieving this. Issues like climate change and water scarcity are growing increasingly urgent. Everyone must play our part to help solve these issues. The private sector has a particularly important role, offering innovation, investment and business expertise. By working together with government bodies, NGOs and communities, businesses can help tackle the challenges facing us all.
At Coca-Cola HBC Italia, we aim to contribute to sustainable development. Since 2002, we have worked to reduce our environmental impacts and invest in our communities. We work in partnerships, helping to protect local watersheds, increase recycling and promote healthy active lifestyles, for example through the Media Running Challenge, the run organized by Coca-Cola HBC Italia Foundation to raise funds to be donated to local NGOs. We are also working to minimise the environmental impacts of our own operations.
This is not altruism; it benefits our business, too. By reducing the environmental impacts of our own operations -- the amount of water, energy and packaging used to produce each beverage, for example – we are making our business more efficient. This reduces our costs in the short term, as well as risks to our long-term business growth.
Through our sustainability initiatives, we are unleashing our own capacity for innovation. Our programmes are earning us a reputation for leadership and our employees tell us that they are proud to work at Coca-Cola HBC Italia.
We support the 2°C Challenge Communiqué
The 2°C Challenge Communiqué is the fifth in a series of climate Communiqués originally developed by The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change (CLG). Its purpose is to call on all world leaders for a successful transition to green growth and a climate resilient economy. We endorse the message and we aim to achieve a low-carbon business.
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Coca-Cola Hellenic has supported the entire series of climate Communiqués since 2007.
In 2011, we signed the 2°C Challenge Communiqué and we support the message for an "ambitious, robust and equitable global deal on climate change". |
Corporate Social Responsibility Reports
Read the Corporate Social Responsibility Report of Hellenic Group
Social responsibility report 2009
 | The Social Responsibility Report of Coca-Cola HBC Italia is online on our website. The report collects all results achieved and project carried out from January 1st until December 31st 2009. More |
To meet growing interest in consumer health, we are continuously increasing our range while producing the same high-quality beverages that our customers and consumers expect of us. We work closely with our suppliers and aim to add value to our customers.
We aim to minimise the impacts of our business on the natural environment. As part of doing so, we implement the internationally recognised environmental management system ISO 14001 and are working towards full certification across our business.
We employ 3.000 people in Italy and we aim to offer these employees challenging and rewarding careers, as well as a safe, fair and inclusive workplace.