Action on water
Treating water with the care it deserves
Water is the main ingredient in our products and essential to our manufacturing process. To ensure a sustainable supply of water, we’re working to reduce the amount of water we use in our operations and protect local water sources for future generations.
CCEP depends on a sustainable supply of water. And yet deteriorating water quality in our supply chain and water scarcity, caused by over exploitation, poor water management and the impacts of climate change, have become major issues for our business in Western Europe. To address these challenges and take care of our water resources, we take a value chain approach to water management.
Our actions on water helps us to support UN Sustainable Development Goal 6.
Our efforts in the Camargue are paying off. Fish, bird and plant species are flourishing and several billion litres of fresh water have returned to this unique natural heritage site. Projects such as these play a vital role in halting the decline in biodiversity.
Isabelle Autissier
President WWF – France
Our 2025 commitments
- Water reduction
- Water protection
- Water replenishment
We’ll reduce the water we use in manufacturing by 20% - and address water impacts in our supply chain.
We aim to make our manufacturing sites as water efficient as possible and we measure performance through our water use ratio.
We monitor our company-wide water use, setting annual targets and identifying opportunities to reduce our consumption.
We’re continuing to invest in water saving systems to make our manufacturing and cleaning processes more water efficient.
We’ll protect the sustainability of the water sources we use for future generations.
To help protect our water sources, all of our 47 manufacturing sites carry out source water vulnerability assessments (SVAs) every five years.
We ensure that 100% of our wastewater is safely returned to nature. Before water is discharged from any of our manufacturing sites, we apply the highest standards of treatment.
We’ll replenish 100% of the water we use in areas of water stress.
Together with The Coca-Cola Company, we continue to replenish the water we use in areas of water stress in partnership with local NGOs and community groups.
In 2020, we plan to further strengthen our approach to water stewardship by aligning with The Coca-Cola Company’s new 2030 water strategy. The strategy adopts a context based approach to water security, allowing us to focus on local areas which are most at risk from water stress.
Our progress in 2019
Our stories
In 2019, we celebrated the fifth year of our water replenishment programme in the Camargue, supported by WWF France and the Coca-Cola Foundation. The aim of the programme is to restore the hydrology and biodiversity of the Étangs et Marais des Salins de Camargue, a protected coastal area of lagoons and salt marshes covering over 6,500 hectares.
In GB, together with The Coca-Cola Foundation we are working with WWF on a new three-year programme to improve water quality and replenish water sources in East Anglia, an area where much of the sugar we use is grown. The programme will help local farmers with water efficiency and stewardship programmes in the area. In 2019, 1.2bn litres of water were replenished.
We’re continuing to invest in water saving systems to make our manufacturing and cleaning processes more water efficient. In 2019, we optimized water treatment plants in Belgium, GB, Germany and Spain, saving up to 500,000m³ water per year.