Emissions reduction

WHETHER IN PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR OUR COOLING EQUIPMENT, WE ACTIVELY WORK ON REDUCING CO2 FOOTPRINT 

We are committed to contributing fighting climate change, reducing impact of our operations, primarily through sustainable energy use. Our approach entails improvement of energy efficiency, transferring to cleaner energy sources and development of new low-carbon technologies, thus, 100% of energy used in our plants comes from renewable sources. 

We seek emission reduction in the entire value chain, especially considering the fact the largest impact is realized through the value chain. 

In 2021 we committed to achieving an ambitious environmental goal – to reduce, by 2040, all direct greenhouse effect gases emissions to an absolute minimum, while partnering with our suppliers to eliminate 90% of our carbon footprint generated by third parties. Where it is not possible to fully eliminate greenhouse effect gas emissions, their effect shall be reduced or fully removed through investments in other climate change protection measures.

WE REDUCE EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT 

The most significant identified impact on the environment, occurring due to internal and external transport of our products, are fuel consumption and gas emission. 

Both parameters, as well as mileage, are monitored for all vehicles of the Coca-Cola HBC Serbia carpool, comprise of light passenger vehicles. Liquified petroleum gas devices are installed in vehicles owned by the company since 2008, and these devices are installed in all new vehicles purchased by the company. 

Aiming to make the carpool “greener”, in 2022, 9 diesel trucks were replaced by compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquified natural gas (LNG) trucks, and a pilot project was initiated for leasing electric vans for distribution in the center of Belgrade.

ENERGY EFFICIENT COOLING EQUIPMENT 

We use cooling devices and vending machines in the sale of our products, that are located at the premises of our customers. Since the cooling devices and packaging of our products make up 2/3 of our indirect impact, these are important aspects of our strategy. 

Owing to investments in energy efficient cooling devices and partnership with our customers, the share of energy efficient refrigerators in Serbia reached 55.4% in 2022.