Water stewardship

Demand on the amount of freshwater around us is increasing and climate change is impacting traditional rainfall patterns. As the world’s population grows, the demands being placed on freshwater are rising, rapidly. The water scarcity issue Cyprus is getting worse year by year.

Our ability to grow is directly related to the availability and quality of local water resources. As a result, we place a major focus on our water stewardship efforts, and an integrated approach to this critical resource:

  • Improving our water efficiency: we work hard to reduce the amount of water needed to produce our beverages
  • Working in partnerships: to protect local watersheds and promote sustainable water management, we work in a growing number of partnerships

Improving our water efficiency

In our bottling plants, we closely monitor our water sources, minimising the amount of water we withdraw. By incorporating water savings technologies on our production lines, we have managed to improve the efficiency with which we use water.

Each bottling plant regularly conducts risk assessments. We study the quantity and quality of local water supplies, as well as environmental, regulatory and other concerns. Based on these assessments, we develop action plans to mitigate risks.

Although we have significantly improved our efficiency, we cannot reduce the amount of water in our beverages. As we produce greater volume of beverages, we will use more water. It is therefore increasingly important to further improve water efficiency. We therefore invest in emerging technologies.

Our bottling plant in Nicosia has on-site wastewater treatment. Treated water is released into the Nicosia Drainage system for further process.

Working in partnership

At an international level, Coca-Cola Hellenic is a founding signatory of the CEO Water Mandate  of the UN Global Compact. This initiative aims to address water sustainability issues in operations, supply chains and communities; and to work with government and NGOs to shape public policy. To better understand water use in our supply chain, Coca-Cola Hellenic is also working with the Water Footprint Network.

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