Human Rights
Treating people with dignity and respect
Commitments and progress refer to Europe unless otherwise stated.
Every day our business faces new challenges and risks. Human rights are fundamental to how we run our day-to-day business and the communities in which we operate. Our goal is to protect people’s inherent rights and freedoms. Our Human Rights Policy is aligned with the international human rights principles encompassed in the United Nations’ Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the United Nations’ Global Compact.
In October 2018 we conducted our first internal human rights workshop with participation from senior managers across our business, including support and engagement from our leadership team. Following this, we conducted interviews with some of our senior leaders and we also sought input and advice from key external stakeholders, including UN OHCHR, Institute of Employers, Know The Chain and many industry peers.
We identified nine key areas as posing the greatest risk to people in our own operations and across our value chain.
You can read an update on our progress against these areas here
Human Rights Action Plan
Damian Gammell, Chief Executive Officer
“We’ve made a very clear commitment to the highest standards in ethics and human rights at Coca-Cola European Partners – this includes our employees and all of our suppliers who help us to deliver our products every day.”
Véronique Vuillod, Chief People & Culture Officer
“We are dedicated to sustaining a respectful environment, built on the fair and equal treatment of all of our employees. We embrace the diversity of our organization and we foster a culture where everyone is welcome. I like to say that workplace rights is everyone’s business, very well supported by our ways of working and values about caring and listening. We treat everyone with dignity and respect. Our company social commitment is reinforced through our inclusion on the DJSI for the last five years. Leaders, employees and all of our partners we work with take strong action, for creating a better world together”.
Kris Geernaert, Head of CCEP Labour Relations, Employment Practice and Human Rights
"Human Rights are universal for everyone and are fundamental to how we run our day-to-day business and the communities in which we operate. CCEP is committed to ensuring that everyone working in CCEP is treated with dignity and respect. We expect the same from our suppliers. I can assure you that I am very serious about this role with regard to CCEP’s corporate responsibility."
Our human rights journey
April 2017 June 2017 June 2018 October 2018 January 2019 March 2019 May 2019 November 2019 April 2020 May 2020 July 2020 October 2020 November 2020 January 2021 May 2021 November 2021 December 2021 End of 2021 May to September 2022 June 2022 October 2022 November 2022 December 2022
April 2017
Published our Human Rights policy.
June 2017
Published our first Modern Slavery statement
June 2018
Published our Human Rights Restructuring Guidelines & our second Modern Slavery statement
October 2018
Ranked by Know The Chain Benchmark for the first time and held internal Human Rights workshops to developed an action plan
January 2019
Conducted Human Rights risk assessments and interviews
March 2019
Held our second internal Human Rights workshop to discuss the results of the risk assessment interviews and agree key issues for our business
May 2019
Published our third Modern Slavery statement
November 2019
Signed the European Works Council Agreement
April 2020
Held training sessions for procurement teams and key supply chain stakeholders on human rights and modern slavery and their role in our commitments.
May 2020
Published our fourth Modern Slavery Statement and published our updated Human Rights Policy.
July 2020
Launched our inclusion and diversity philosophy, to create a culture where everyone’s welcome to be themselves, be valued and belong.
October 2020
Ranked by Know The Chain Benchmark for the second time and held our first information and consultation process with the European Works Council.
November 2020
Listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for a fifth year (one of just four beverage companies to be listed on the DJSI World Index and one of three to be listed on the DJSI Europe Index).
January 2021
Implemented the procedure for responding to a violation of human rights
May 2021
Published a separate report on Europe-wide efforts including the results of a European risk analysis by CCEP
November 2021
Listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
December 2021
Unified our human rights directive for the European and Pacific
End of 2021
Working with FRDM, which specializes in mapping, monitoring and risk assessment of suppliers and their supply chains from a modern slavery perspective
May to September 2022
Conducted risk analyses on human rights in Spain, Norway and Indonesia
June 2022
Published a joint Modern Slavery Statements based on legislation in Great Britain and Australia
October 2022
Harmonised the Code of Conduct and launched the "Speak Up" campaign in European business units
November 2022
List in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the 7th Year in a row
December 2022
Implemented a Europe-wide training on human rights for all employees
