 We recognize that climate change is one of the most important issues facing the world today. We are committed to improving the efficiency with which we use energy and to reducing our carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
In 2008 Coca-Cola Bottling Company began to calculate its carbon footprint. This is a major endeavor and will largely focus on direct emissions: those from manufacturing processes, facilities, fleet, and sales and marketing equipment. In our next report we will share Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s results to date.
As we work to calculate our footprint, we will also set improvement targets for the future. In the meantime we are moving forward in areas where we know we can make a meaningful and immediate difference.
These include deploying Canada’s largest fleet of heavy-duty hybrid electric delivery trucks, improving the energy-efficiency of our manufacturing operations and introducing more energy-efficient and CFC-free sales and marketing equipment.
In 2007 The Coca-Cola Company signed the UN Global Compact's "Caring for Climate: The Business Leadership Platform." The Platform is a global call to businesses and governments to speed up action on climate change. As a result Coca-Cola Ltd. has committed to work to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions from its operations. The Coca-Cola Company has also committed to engage its global supply chain to work toward the common objective of advancing practical climate change solutions.
Facilities
Nine production facilities use power to operate production lines, transport ingredients, packaging and finished goods, and run heating and cooling systems and lighting, among other things. For this first report, we are not yet able to provide full data on energy usage but we aim to do so in our next report. Instead, we provide data on current electrical usage.
In 2007 Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s production facilities used 50 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity. In the same year Coca-Cola Ltd. used 25 million kWh.
To put this figure into perspective, our electrical usage ratio refers to the amount of electricity we consume to manufacture product.
- In 2007 Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s production facilities produced 35.5 litres of product per kWh of energy, compared to 30.7 litres in 2006. The 13% improvement was achieved mainly by identifying and fixing compressed air leaks.
- Coca-Cola Ltd.’s two production facilities measure two separate electrical use ratios due to the differences in output. In 2007 Coca-Cola Ltd. Peterborough, which produces concentrated product, produced 5.6 litres of product per kWh. Coca-Cola Ltd. Mississauga, which produces juice, a process that requires a more energy-intensive pasteurization procedure than other types of beverages, produced 10.6 litres of product per kWh.
In 2008 Coca-Cola Bottling Company introduced an Energy Conservation Toolkit into production facilities. This toolkit will help Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s facilities benchmark their performance and identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency within production, equipment and delivery systems.
We’re also investigating renewable sources of energy. Since March 2008 Coca-Cola Ltd.’s main office facility has been powered by Bullfrog Power, a carbon-free power source generated from wind power and low-impact water power. This source is an alternative to using carbon-intensive sources of power such as coal and oil.
Fleet
 Coca-Cola Bottling Company has approximately 3,800 pieces of transportation equipment in its fleet, including delivery trucks, forklifts, pallet jacks, cars and tractor-trailers. Coca-Cola Bottling Company is in the process of evaluating energy conservation for all of these, while also looking for ways to further incorporate hybrid technology into its fleet. Coca-Cola Ltd. has 85 pieces of transportation equipment in its fleet – three trucks, 51 company vehicles and 31 forklifts and pallet trucks.
Since 2007 Coca-Cola Bottling Company has added 11 hybrid cars to its sales fleet, and in 2008 added 22 heavy-duty hybrid electric delivery vehicles. These vehicles are the first heavy-duty delivery trucks of their kind in Canada.
We also have initiatives in place to save fuel resources. As truck tires wear out for example, they are replaced with retreads where possible, which take up to six times less oil to produce than new tires.
In addition, Coca-Cola Bottling Company introduced a policy to reduce unnecessary vehicle idling. This aims to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality and respiratory health. In 2008 we updated our policy to include light vehicles and autos. We also ask our drivers to follow measures to improve fuel efficiency.
Sales and Marketing Equipment
One of our biggest opportunities lies in reducing the carbon emissions of Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s sales and marketing equipment. The 253,000 vendors, coolers and fountain machines that help serve chilled beverages to consumers represent Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s greatest source of emissions. Coca-Cola Bottling Company’s goal is to ensure that new equipment is 20% more energy efficient by 2010.
We are piloting our EMS-55 management system. This proprietary device can help increase energy efficiency by up to 35% (see Case Study above).
We are also investigating the feasibility of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)-free cooling and vending equipment. We are in the early stages of our study and will share more on our findings in our next report.
GOALS: energy conservation / climate change
- Calculate our carbon footprint in 2008 and set emission reduction targets
- Reduce our absolute CO2 manufacturing emissions by 5% compared to 2004 level by 2015
- Ensure all new sales and marketing equipment is on average 20% more energy efficient by 2010
- Expand hybrid electric technology in our fleet
For more information on The Coca-Cola Company's climate protection strategy please visit the below links:
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