Coca-Cola HBC is 2014 industry leader

Coca-Cola HBC AG, parent company of Nigerian Bottling Company, NBC Limited has been named industry leader amongst beverage companies in the 2014 Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, DJSI.

This is the seventh consecutive year that Coca-Cola HBC has been included in the indices and the first year it has led both the World and European indices.

Dow Jones Sustainability Indices assess over 2,500 of the world’s largest publicly traded companies on financially relevant economic, environmental and social factors. Following an evaluation, the top 10 percent of companies within each industry are selected for inclusion.

Coca-Cola HBC was ranked first in the beverages sector out of 30 companies in DJSI World and 10 companies in DJSI Europe.

The company’s overall score was 89 percent, up from 81 percent last year, and it achieved industry-best scores across the environmental and social dimensions, and more specifically in the areas of health and nutrition, supply chain management, environmental policy, environmental reporting, social reporting, talent attraction and retention, and human capital development.

Dimitris Lois, Coca-Cola HBC CEO said: “We are delighted to be recognized as an industry leader by this renowned benchmark of corporate sustainability performance.

Our substantial improvement this year confirms how committed we are to the sustainability agenda. It remains a key strategic priority for the business and our focus will be on making further progress in order to maintain our leadership position.”

Coca-Cola HBC’s sustainability programmes are long-term investments, building value over time for the business and communities where it operates. Consumer health and wellness is a key issue for the business and its communities as well as minimizing its environmental impact, developing sustainability in its value chain and creating value for its communities.

NBC was incorporated in November 1951 and is a member of Coca-Cola HBC A.G., an anchor bottler with the franchise to bottle products of The Coca-Cola Company in 28 countries in North, Central and South Europe, Asia and Africa with over 585 million consumers in these markets.


- Culled from http://www.vanguardngr.com