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Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Summary 2011/2012Report on the activities of the Coca-Cola system in Great Britain

introduction Putting sustainability at the heart of our business

MESSAGE FROM THE LEADERS OF OuR BuSinESS

Welcome to the 2011/2012 Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability Summary for the Coca-Cola system in Great Britain. Together, Coca-Cola Great Britain and Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) manufacture, market, sell and distribute some of the best-known drinks in the world. We believe a successful and sustainable business is one that lessens the impact of its operations while continuing to grow in a responsible and sustainable manner. That is why we are working hard to embed corporate responsibility and sustainability at the heart of our business. We are committed to playing a leading role in building a more sustainable future and know we are making progress, reducing the amount of water and packaging we use to make our drinks and cutting our carbon emissions significantly. But the journey is far from over.

CCE’s sustainability planWe know our stakeholders’ expectations are rising and reducing the environmental impacts of our own operations isn’t enough. We have taken time to engage with a wide range of stakeholders who have challenged us to inspire change at every stage of our products’ lifecycle. As a result, in 2011 CCE launched a new sustainability plan that demands we examine our value chain more deeply and that we will work in collaboration with our customers, suppliers and other stakeholders to explore this further. We will also look to bring innovative solutions wherever possible.

This report features a summary of our main achievements from 1 January to 31 December 2011, as well as some information on our key projects and initiatives in early 2012. For more information and the background to our data please go to www.cokecorporateresponsibility.co.uk

THE LEGACy OF LOnDOn 2012

As a Worldwide Partner of the Olympic Movement, we want to use the inspiration and excitement of London 2012 to make a positive difference in the UK which will last long after the Games are over.

We are working hard to ensure that our sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is delivered sustainably. We have worked closely with WWF-UK in developing our London 2012 Sustainable Games plan, which focuses on three key areas: delivering a zero-waste Games, carbon reduction and compensation, and promoting health and wellness.

Jon Woods (left) General Manager Coca-Cola Great Britain & Ireland

Simon Baldry (right) Managing Director Coca-Cola Enterprises Limited

Our businessWhere we operate

OuR SiTES AROunD GREAT BRiTAin

Our products

We sell over 100 products spread across 25 brands in Great Britain, including no-and low-calorie drinks and juices.

South East – enlarged

Uxbridge

Hammersmith

Sidcup

Enfield Edmonton

Poyle

Peterborough

Aberdeen

Morpeth

Cardiff

East Kilbride

Wakefield

Peterlee

Warrington

Bridgend

Bristol

Nottingham

Milton Keynes

Northampton

Key Head office Regional office Manufacturing site Distribution centre Full service vending Cold drinks centre Customer logistics Business support centre

95% of our suppliers

are based in Great Britain.

*Nielsen Scantrack, 52 w/e 31.12.11

How we operatethe manufacturing and distribution process

impacts(See key to icons on back page)

ingredients Packaging

CCE supply chain

6manufacturing sites

in Great Britain. 1.8bnlitres of ready-to-

drink soft drinks sold in 2011*.

Our products 10number of different

pack sizes for Coca-Cola.

**Nielsen Scantrack and CGA data

Manufacturing Distribution Refrigeration Recycling

Customers and consumersCCE operations

Our drinks are sold across Great Britain through more than 160,000 outlets. In order to deliver them efficiently our 22 production, distribution and office sites are located throughout the country. They are split into five regions: Scotland, North, Central, Wales & South West, and London & South East.

Top 5in 2011 our top five brands

by volume were: Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Schweppes,

Fanta and Sprite.

160,000outlets that sell our brands in

Great Britain.**

Q/ “As CCE has ambitious growth plans, how will it decouple its business growth from its growth in emissions?”

A/ “in 2011 we grew our business in Great Britain while reducing our emissions from manufacturing, distribution and the cooling of our products by 14%. Our new commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of the drink in your hand by a third by 2020 compels us to focus on identifying reduction strategies in our value chain.”

Energy and Climate Change

• In October 2011, our Wakefield site became the first plant in the global food and beverage industry to achieve the new ISO 50001 certification standard for energy management.

• By the end of 2011, we had doors fitted on 6,200 large open-fronted coolers, LED lights in 30,900 units and 37,500 EMS energy management devices installed, making our cold drinks equipment more energy-efficient.

CARBOn TRuST STAnDARD

In November 2011 CCE achieved the highest score in the food and drink industry for carbon footprint management and was awarded the Carbon Trust Standard.

See more at — www.cokecorporateresponsibility.co.uk

414,695tonnes

of carbon emissions, a reduction of 19%

since 2007.

£50minvested in green

technology at Wakefield, East Kilbride and

Sidcup.£1.75minvested in fleet of 14 dedicated

biomethane delivery trucks.

22% recycled PET (rPET) plastic used in our

bottles in 2011.

Q/ “i believe the main issue in Great Britain is getting people to recycle. How is Coca-Cola working on this?”

A/ “We’ve set an ambitious new goal to recycle more packaging than we use and are working to increase awareness of the need to recycle and to make it fun. Our festival recycling programme is a great example of this.”

Sustainable Packaging and Recycling

• Continuum Recycling, the new recycling joint venture between CCE and ECO Plastics, will open in May 2012, becoming the biggest plastic bottle reprocessing facility in Western Europe.

• We removed corrugated cardboard trays from cases of 500ml PET bottles, saving over 2,500 tonnes of material a year.

• We have pledged to recycle all colourless PET plastic bottles disposed of at the London 2012 Olympic Games and recycle them into 80 million new bottles within six weeks of the Closing Ceremony.

99.9% waste recycled

or recovered at our manufacturing

sites.


PLAnTBOTTLETM

Launched in Great Britain in September 2011, our PlantBottleTM 500ml range contains up to 22.5% plant-based material and 25% recycled plastic and helps us to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels to make our plastic.

Over

149,000used PET bottles were collected at five music

festivals in 2011.

Q/ “Water is a key issue for your company. What is the innovation you are bringing to this space?”

A/ “We continue to drive new levels of efficiency in our plants by piloting and rolling out new technologies for cleaning, rinsing and monitoring water use.”

Water Stewardship

• In March 2012, Coca-Cola Great Britain, CCE and WWF-UK announced a three-year replenishment partnership in South East England to measurably improve the quality and quantity of water in two river catchment areas impacted by our business in Norfolk and South London.

• At our Wakefield manufacturing site we have an onsite wastewater treatment plant which neutralises acidity and removes solids or oils before returning it to the municipal water treatment plant.

• At our manufacturing sites, whenever machinery is replaced or new lines are installed, ionised air is used instead of water to rinse pre-blown bottles and cans.

1.31litres of water used per litre of product

produced on average in 2011.

3.4bnlitres of water used in 2011.

29%water reduction

per litre of product since 2010 at our

Morpeth site.

RAinWATER HARvESTinG

In 2011 we introduced rainwater harvesting at our Northampton site and Voltaic warehouse, saving approx. 30,000 litres of water per month, which is used for vehicle washing, floor cleaning and flushing toilets.


Main image courtesy of Charles Rangeley-Wilson

75%of the drinks we expect

to sell at the London 2012 Games will be no- or low-calorie products,

water, juice or smoothies.

• Powerade Energy was launched in April 2011 and provides ‘dual energy’ for rapid energising and sustained performance, with a blend of carbohydrates and caffeine.

• In May 2011, CCE introduced Capri-Sun H20+, a still, spring water drink made with natural flavours and no artificial ingredients.

• Ocean Spray 100% juices were launched in January 2012 in three variants: Cranberry Blend, Raspberry & Blackberry with Cranberry and Blueberry & Pomegranate with Cranberry.

• The new, improved Powerade ION4 formula was launched in February, our still, isotonic sports drink which contains fluid, carbohydrates and four of the minerals lost in perspiration, for effective hydration to replenish the fuel of the body.

Q/ “Health and nutrition are key issues for your company. How are you developing your product portfolio?”

A/ “We offer consumers a wide variety of drinks and pack sizes. More than one third of the drinks we sell in Great Britain are no- or low-calorie.”

Product Portfolio

PuBLiC HEALTH RESPOnSiBiLiTy DEAL

As part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal we have committed to reformulating some of our soft drinks by 2014, cutting their calories by 30%.


36%of the products we sell are no- or low-calorie.

79%fruit juice in new

Grapetiser.

Q/ “What is Coca-Cola doing to promote healthy and active living?”

A/ “We’re using the appeal of our brands and company to partner with organisations such as StreetGames, Special Olympics Great Britain and Goals Soccer Centres to encourage more people to be more active, more often.”

Active Healthy Living

• Powerade supports the Powerade Fives, a five-a-side football tournament at Goals Soccer Centres nationwide.

• CCE in East Kilbride organised Scotland’s first ever non-competitive Family Triathlon in August 2011. Each team completed a cycle, row and sprint.

• February 2012 saw Coca-Cola Great Britain support the expansion of Special Olympics Great Britain’s Unified Sport programme – where learning-disabled and able-bodied athletes play on the same teams together – into team sports like basketball, tennis and sailing.

STREETGAMES

This three-year partnership with Coca-Cola Great Britain provides doorstep sport to young people in disadvantaged communities. In 2011 we ‘heroed’ six outstanding participants in a local billboard campaign in their home cities.


110,000young people are

expected to be involved in StreetGames throughout

our partnership.

175,000free swims in 475 pools

across the country thanks to Schweppes Abbey Well free ‘Schwim’ campaign

in 2011.

135local clubs run by

Special Olympics Great Britain, supported by

Coca-Cola Great Britain for 34 years.

EDuCATiOn CEnTRES

In 2011 CCE invested £750,000 at Sidcup to launch a new education centre, joining our three existing centres in East Kilbride, Wakefield and Edmonton, visited by over 15,000 students a year.


• The Real Business Challenge is our national enterprise education competition in which secondary school students develop new concepts for soft drinks products and the best go through to regional and national finals.

• Coca-Cola Great Britain’s Future Flames initiative offers young people making a real difference in their communities, a chance to run with the Olympic Flame in the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay.

• Employees from Coca-Cola Great Britain’s Hammersmith office and CCE’s Sidcup site have volunteered with Thames21 and North West Kent Countryside Partnership to clear up litter from the rivers Thames and Cray, which flow outside their offices.

Q/ “How is Coca-Cola aiming to build partnerships on community issues?”

A/ “Coca-Cola is made in Great Britain by local people. Across the country we have built strong relationships with surrounding communities and we aim to make a positive difference everywhere we operate.”

Community

45,000+students participated in CCE’s Real Business

Challenge in 2011.

£100,000invested by Sidcup

site in Sporting Best, an initiative to support

gifted, young athletes.

£2m+ invested by the

Coca-Cola system in community

projects in 2011.

0.59our lost-time accident

rate – as per 100 full-time employees (FTE).

• In 2011 our Sidcup and Wakefield sites both received a President’s Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) for organisations which have achieved 10-14 consecutive Gold Awards.

• 103 employees across the system took part in the Gold Challenge, in partnership with the British Olympic Association and in support of Team GB. They committed to taking part in a wide range of sports and activities as well as raising funds for charity.

• In August 2011 we launched the CCE Academy, an online learning curriculum, to provide skills in four main areas – commercial, leadership, supply chain and global functions.

Q/ “What are you doing to make Coca-Cola a great place to work?”

A/ “We want people to enjoy coming into work every day and we offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit different people. Ensuring our employees are happy, healthy and treated fairly and with respect is at the core of our business philosophy and success.”

Workplace


inSPiRinG PERSOnAL BEST PERFORMAnCE

We’ve been using the power of the London 2012 Olympic Games to inspire the passion and talent of our people to deliver personal best performance with the chance to access once in a lifetime experiences.

4,699employees, on average, employed by Coca-Cola

Great Britain and Coca-Cola Enterprises in 2011.*

60%of our workforce

in Coca-Cola Great Britain are

women.

* Average number of employees at CCE and CCGB over a 12-month period.

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Coca-Cola Enterprises Sustainability Plan

Energy Efficiency and Climate Protection: We aim to grow our business but not our carbon emissions.

Energy and Climate Change: We will reduce the carbon footprint of the drink in your hand by a third by delivering carbon reductions throughout our entire value chain.

Water Stewardship: To safely return to nature an amount of water equivalent to that which we use in all our beverages and their production.

Water Stewardship: We will set the standard for water efficiency, establish a water sustainable operation and minimise water impacts throughout our entire value chain.

Sustainable Packaging: At The Coca-Cola Company, we envisage a world in which our packaging is no longer seen as waste, but as a valuable resource for the future.

Sustainable Packaging and Recycling: We will set the standard for sustainable packaging, achieve zero waste in our operations and recycle more packaging than we use.

Beverage Benefits: Quenching every thirst and need. Providing and tailoring beverages for every lifestyle, life stage and life occasion – all based on individual needs. Quality you can trust all the time.

Product Portfolio: We will provide a wide variety of quality, refreshing beverages with nutritional and ingredient information so consumers can make informed beverage choices.

Community: We are a global company with local roots in every community where we do business. We are committed to the needs of our communities with a wide range of programmes.

Community: We will make a positive difference in our communities, work with local partners and support the active involvement of our employees.

Active Healthy Living: Helping to increase physical activity levels to enhance health. Our goal is to raise the standards of physical fitness globally, through encouragement, partnership and grass-roots programmes.

Active Healthy Living: We will encourage active healthy living by supporting physical activity and nutrition education programmes.

Workplace: To foster open environments, as diverse as the markets we serve. Where workplace rights are respected and people are inspired to create superior results and make a positive difference.

Workplace: We will attract, develop and retain a highly talented and diverse workforce within a safe and healthy workplace to foster a winning and inclusive culture.

For more information and the background to our data please visit www.cokecorporateresponsibility.co.uk

Our 2020 targets

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