We acknowledge that the local context is of the highest importance when designing water actions. As part of Mission 2025, we have committed to reducing water use by 20% in plants located in water risk areas vs. the baseline of 2017 and to helping secure water availability for communities in those areas. Together with other stakeholders in those watersheds, we want to make sure that these communities retain access to safe, good quality water.
Our comprehensive water risk assessment, which is carried out via globally accredited tools (WWF Water Risk Filter and WRI Aqueduct) and The Coca-Cola Company’s Facility Risk Assessment (FAWVA), tells us that 19 of our bottling plants are operating in water-risk areas. That’s why we are focusing our efforts and treat those as our water priority locations. Most of these are in Nigeria, with challenges related to water access and sanitation (WASH). Other locations include Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and Italy, where we are focusing primarily on water-replenishment activities, nature-based solutions, and water quality improvements.
When we built our Mission 2025 sustainability commitments, we set the following goals for our water priority locations:
- reduce water used per litre of beverage by 20% by 2025 vs. 2017;
- help secure water availability for all our communities in water risk areas.
Our Action on Water helps to support the following UN Sustainable Development Goals:
- Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation;
- Goal 15: Life on Land;
- Goal 14: Life below Water.
Read more about our water management programmes and approach