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Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) in partnership with UNDP plans to double the number of cities under its ongoing ‘Plastic Lao, Thaila Pao’ campaign

- Has collected and recycled more than 30,000 kg of plastics in 9 locations across 7 cities since its launch in October 2019

- Aims to promote behavioural change needed for responsible disposal of plastic waste

- Part of the company’s ongoing effort to create an end-to-end recycling ecosystem thus creating a Circular Economy on plastics

- People participating in the campaign also taking #Pledge4Change to segregate waste

Bangalore, March 11, 2020: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, has helped collect more than 30,000 kg of different kinds of plastics from 9 locations across 7 cities of the country in the first phase of the ‘Plastic Lao, Thaila Pao’, a multi-city social awareness campaign, since its launch in October 2019. Working in partnership with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and various other NGOs and local municipalities, the company is now planning to double the number of cities for the ‘Plastic Lao, Thaila Pao’ campaign during 2020.

The second phase will soon be kicked off in Goa, Jodhpur, Aurangabad, Mumbai and Chennai. The cities covered in the first phase included New Delhi, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Designed as a barter system, the campaign, which is in sync with Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission, encourages everyone to bring all kinds of plastic waste products to the mini material recovery stalls set up in different locations and get recycled cloth bags as per the exchange rates defined. As such, people are given one cloth bag for each set of 10 PET bottles, 10 pieces of mixed plastic products, 20 pieces of multi-layered plastics, (of at least 100 gms and above), 20 small mixed plastic products or 15 pieces of plastic bags (of normal size of 1-2 kg carrying capacity). The campaign also drives home the point that plastics have inherent value and they need to be recovered and recycled.

The beauty of the campaign is that the ‘Plastic Lao, Thaila Pao’ campaign is part of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages ongoing effort to create an end-to-end recycling ecosystem starting at the point of waste generation and connecting to the recyclers thereby creating a Circular Economy on plastics. In cities, where Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages does not have its own swachhata kendras, it partners with NGOs who not only collect these post-use consumer plastics including the multi-layered plastic wastes but also recycle them into useful products in an environmentally sustainable manner.

Reflecting on the larger objective of the ‘Plastic Lao, Thaila Pao’ campaign, Mr. Umesh Malik, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communication, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “All we are trying to communicate is that plastics have inherent value and can be recycled. Our objective is to bring about behavioural change needed to responsibly segregate waste at source as a first step for recycle of plastic waste. The initial response has been quite encouraging and we are hopeful that the increasing awareness will eventually bring about effective and scientific management of plastic waste in our country.”

The company in partnership with UNDP and several NGOs and government agencies aims to gradually establish swachhata kendras under its plastic waste collection programmes from the current level of 25 to the top 50 cities of the country. So far, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has collected and recycled more than 30,000 metric tonnes of plastic wastes through its swachhta kendras (material recovery facilities) in 25 cities. The company aims to collect and recycle more than 100,000 MT of plastic waste as it expands the campaign to 50 cities thus positively impacting the lives of more than 35,000 safai karmacharis.

In an effort to raise awareness against the use of single use plastic and encourage the use of sustainable materials, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages had distributed 22,000 cotton bags at the experience centers which were set up in 4 of its factories (Ameenpur, Siliguri, Chittoor and Goblej) earlier this year. Aligning itself with the Government of India's initiative to reduce single use plastic, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages became among the first few corporates in the country to take up an initiative of this nature at such a massive scale.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages launches unique policy initiatives to celebrate Women’s Day

Announces the launch of 3 key initiatives - ‘Maternity Support Programme’, ‘Back to Work Programme for Women’ and ‘Women's Network’ for its employees
Also launches the #MenAsAllies campaign to spark conversations on Gender Equality this Women's Day

Bangalore, March 6, 2020 – Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, plans to celebrate the International Women's Day with a campaign titled as #MenAsAllies to strengthen and promote a culture of gender equality across the organisation. The month-long celebration includes launch of several programmes that would make men and women equal partners in their journey in HCCB.

Christina Ruggiero, CEO, HCCB, launched 3 major initiatives - ‘Maternity Support Programme’, ‘Back to Work Programme for Women’ and ‘Women's Network’ for its employees at a programme held at the company’s headquarters in Bengaluru today.

Reflecting on the significance of the policy initiatives, Christina said that each of the policy was aimed at making everyone at the workplace feel respected and included. She reiterated, “At HCCB, we continue to celebrate men on women’s day in our efforts to promote gender equality.”

The Maternity Programme is aimed at providing all necessary support including medical advice and counselling to both men and women employees. The programme provides for planned interventions by experts, managing pre and post- delivery changes and back-to-work preparation allowing them to seamlessly join the work back. The Back to Work Programme is designed to help women on a career break make a gradual transition back into the corporate workspace.

The company also plans to provide a six month of internship to these women to help them acquire necessary skillsets and regain their confidence before they are inducted into the workforce. Besides, HCCB also announced the launch of Women’s Network Programme, which is created as a platform for all working women to come together and help each other in all matters, both personal as well as professional.

As part of the campaign, HCCB conducted a panel discussion with industry allies to deliberate and share their personal experiences focusing on the need to have men involved in the conversations on Gender Equality.

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

World famous artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a unique sand sculpture to mark HCCB’s 23rd anniversary

Chooses to highlight the company’s focus on women employment as the key theme

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, will celebrate its 23rd anniversary tomorrow and what has made the celebration special is a unique sand sculpture created by the internationally acclaimed artist, Sudarsan Patnaik. The Padma Shri awardee has chosen HCCB’s focus on gender diversity and employment of women at important positions at its 15 factories, as the theme of the sand sculpture.

HCCB’s focus on generating employment for women seems to have made a deep impression on Shri Patnaik for him to choose this theme as the biggest standout of HCCB’s 23-year journey in India. For example, HCCB’s newest factory in Sanand in Gujarat employs more than 40% women. This includes the Company’s first women forklift operator, its first lady electrician and the world’s first lady operator of the Plasmax machine. The women employees at HCCB are defying conventional beliefs and have become examples for others in their neighbourhood. For a very large employer like HCCB, its percentage of women employees already ranges in double digits.

In his art Shri Patnaik has also given prominence to the lady forklift operators at the HCCB factories. Operating forklifts and heavy vehicles have always been considered a domain for men. To showcase HCCB as one of India’s original ‘Make in India’ success stories, Shri Patnaik has sculpted a huge bottling line that criss-crosses the entire frame and has a consistent presence from all angles.

HCCB wins the World’s Highest Honour in the field of TPM for its factory at Atmakuru

Atmakuru factory is one among the 31 manufacturing entities outside Japan to bag the honour for 2019
The award will be presented at Kyoto in Japan on 18 March 2020

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, has been conferred with the prestigious Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award, presented by Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) for its factory at Atmakuru near Vijayawada. The Atmakuru factory of HCCB thus becomes one of the 31 companies outside Japan to win the recognition in the category A of the award list.

Globally regarded as the father of TPM, the JIPM’s TPM award is a testimony to HCCB’s commitment to improving the quality of its products by preventing equipment break-downs, improving the quality of the equipment and standardising the equipment for its Atmakuru factory. Starting its TPM journey in 2015, the factory followed and implemented the TPM framework with a view to improve productivity to achieve zero losses and reinforce production foundations.

As a result, the factory’s system line efficiency has improved by 11% during 2014 to 2019. Similarly, the factory’s quality, safety and environment parameter has recorded a significant growth while its water usage ratio continues to show steady improvement.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply-Chain, HCCB, said, “We are absolutely delighted to get the honour, which is a gold standard in total productive maintenance at the global level. The team has worked very diligently to implement, internalise and institutionalise the overall framework of TPM, which has paid huge dividends to us in terms of higher productivity at minimal losses. I am sure the recognition will further inspire the team to spur yet another leap in our performance. This factory joins two of other factories in Pirangut near Pune and Ameenpur near Hyderabad to have received such a coveted award.”

Conducted in two stages, the assessment for the TPM award is carried out by a team of experts from JIPM. The assessment is essentially aimed at evaluating the factory’s policies, practices and performances around the 8 pillars of TPM technique. These pillars are Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, Planned Maintenance, Quality Management, Equipment Management, Education and Training, Administrative & Office TPM and Safety Health Environmental Conditions.

Enumerating the overall benefits of implementing TPM at the Atmakuru factory, Mr. B Rajashekhar Reddy, the Factory Manager, explained, “Implementation of TPM has brought about an overall improvement in our working culture with a clear focus on maintaining and improving the integrity of production, safety and quality systems including the morale of our colleagues. Among other things, we are proud to say that our factory today meets more than 74% of its energy requirements through green sources of energy such as solar power and other energy-efficient technology.”

The award will be presented at Kyoto in Japan on 18 March 2020.

About the Atmakuru Factory:
The Atmakuru factory of HCCB is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility established in 1998-99 in Atmakuru village, Managalagiri Mandal, Guntur District –Andhra Pradesh State. Equipped with four production lines that can manufacture CSD PET and all range of juices, packaged and soda water, and the entire range of sparkling drinks of The Coca-Cola Company, the factory is a zero-discharge plant.

HCCB wins the World’s Highest Honour in the field of TPM for its factory at Bidadi

Bidadi factory is one among the 31 manufacturing entities outside Japan to bag the honour for 2019
The award will be presented at Kyoto in Japan on 18 March 2020

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, has been conferred with the prestigious Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Excellence Award, presented by Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) for its factory at Bidadi near Bengaluru. The Bidadi factory of HCCB thus becomes one of the 31 companies outside Japan to win the recognition in the category A of the award list.

Globally regarded as the father of TPM, the JIPM’s TPM award is a testimony to HCCB’s commitment to improving the quality of its products by preventing equipment break-downs, improving the quality of the equipment and standardising the equipment for its Bidadi factory. Starting its TPM journey in 2014, the factory followed and implemented the TPM framework with a view to improving productivity to achieve zero losses and reinforce production foundations.

As a result, the factory’s system line efficiency has improved by 28% during 2014 to 2019. Similarly, the factory’s quality, safety and environment parameter have recorded a significant growth while its water usage ratio continues to show steady improvement.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply-Chain, HCCB, said, “We are absolutely delighted to get the honour, which is a gold standard in total productive maintenance at the global level. The team has worked very diligently to implement, internalise and institutionalise the overall framework of TPM, which has paid huge dividends to us in terms of higher productivity at minimal losses. I am sure the recognition will further inspire the team to spur yet another leap in our performance. This factory joins two of other factories in Pirangut near Pune and Ameenpur near Hyderabad to have received such a coveted award.”

Conducted in two stages, the assessment for the TPM award is carried out by a team of experts from JIPM. The assessment is essentially aimed at evaluating the factory’s policies, practices and performances around the 8 pillars of TPM technique. These pillars are Autonomous Maintenance, Focused Improvement, Planned Maintenance, Quality Management, Equipment Management, Education and Training, Administrative & Office TPM and Safety Health Environmental Conditions.

Enumerating the overall benefits of implementing TPM at the Bidadi factory, Mr. Bheemannappa Manthale, the Factory Manager, explained, “Implementation of TPM has brought about an overall improvement in our working culture with a clear focus on maintaining and improving the integrity of production, safety and quality systems including the morale of our colleagues. Among other things, we are proud to say that our factory today meets more than 65% of its energy requirements through green sources of energy such as solar power and other energy-efficient technology.”

The award will be presented at Kyoto in Japan on 18 March 2020.

About the Bidadi Factory:
The Bidadi factory of HCCB is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility established in 1998-99 in the Bidadi Industrial Area near Bengaluru. Equipped with production lines that can manufacture Maaza and Minute Maid range of juices, Kinley packaged and soda water, Smart Water and the entire range of sparkling drinks of The Coca-Cola Company, the factory is a zero-discharge plant.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) distributes 22,000 cotton bags across four locations to encourage use of sustainable materials

HCCB’s efforts align with the Government’s initiative to reduce plastic usage

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies, distributed 22,000 cotton bags at a series of events around four of its factories located at Ameenpur near Hyderabad, Jalpaiguri near Siliguri, Srikalahasti near Chittoor and Goblej near Ahmedabad. The exercise aligns to the government’s efforts to encouraging the use of sustainable materials. HCCB is among the first few corporates to distribute cotton bags at such a large scale.

The bags were distributed at Expos organised by HCCB for generating awareness around water, waste management and sustainable agricultural methods while taking examples from HCCB's economic and community work; using digital and experiential technology. 44,000 visitors participated in the events.

Speaking about the unique initiative, Kamlesh Sharma, Chief Communications Officer, HCCB said, “Our factories are part of a robust local ecosystem and therefore centres of great interest. People throughout the year visit our factories to learn more about manufacturing processes, digital interventions, quality practices etc. We used this insight and created temporary set-ups at our factories where we could disseminate information and create awareness around waste management, water management, reduction in single-use plastic usage, use of digital technology for skill-building and much more. 44,000 people spent an aggregate of 120 hours at these Expos. We are excited and thankful to the participants for this massive response.”

Among the major attractions at the Expo was the demonstration of the Ultra High-Density plantation (UHDP) method of growing mangoes under the company’s flagship program – Project Unnati. Local farmers enquired and understood the technique with a lot of interest.

The company also showcased several initiatives which are inspired by India. Drawing inspiration from the country’s age-old practices of recycle and reuse, HCCB highlighted its initiatives to collect and recover all kinds of plastics and recycle them into clothes, jackets, T-shirts, shoes, furniture, toys etc. through authorised agencies. Building on the theme, the company also created a section where through gamification people could learn about segregation of waste at source, a major environmental challenge. The gamification zone was aimed at enabling and educating people to take care of their surroundings and contribute to the cleanliness drive.

HCCB appoints Melvin Tan as its new CFO

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) – one of India’s top FMCG companies - announced the appointment of Melvin Tan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Melvin will be part of HCCB’s Senior Leadership Team that reports into CEO, Christina Ruggiero. He will be based at the Company’s headquarters in Bengaluru.

Announcing the appointment, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are delighted to have Melvin lead the Finance function at HCCB. He brings in the best practices of the global Coca-Cola system, along with his strong background in accounting and financial management. HCCB is poised for the next phase of growth and we are excited about the possibilities that lie ahead.”

A graduate from the University of Sheffield, UK, with an honours degree in Accounting and Financial Management, Melvin joined the Coca-Cola system in 2010 after a successful career spanning ten years with KPMG and Honeywell. As Financial Controller, Melvin worked at the Coca-Cola’s Bottling Investment Group (BIG) in Singapore and Malaysia (SIMA) and progressed through roles of increasing responsibility within the finance function.

As CFO of the SIMA operations, Melvin has been instrumental in the scaling up and growth of greenfield operation in Malaysia, implementation of various strategic restructuring initiatives and establishment of robust financial support and governance system to support the growth agenda of the business.

In his current role at HCCB, Melvin will be responsible for strategic financial planning & analysis, commercial finance, cost management, business processes, treasury, tax, internal controls and shared services.

CII felicitates the Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages factory at Bidadi for its food safety practices

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top 5 FMCG Companies, has been conferred with two major awards by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for its best practices towards food safety implemented at its factory in the Bidadi Industrial Area near Bengaluru. HCCB was presented with the CII Food Safety Kaizen Gold Award for promoting food safety culture through personal hygiene and the ‘Food Safety - Outstanding Performance' award for high compliance in driving food safety culture in the manufacturing facility. Both the awards were conferred upon HCCB under the ‘Non-Alcoholic Large Manufacturing Sector’ category at two separate functions held recently in New Delhi by Mr Pawan Agrawal, CEO FSSAI.

HCCB operates two factories in the Bidadi Industrial area. These awards have been won by the second and the newer factory, which was established in 2014, located at Plot No 32.

The Food Safety Kaizen Award covers four areas for assessment viz. relevance to food safety, cost involved for the Kaizen, involvement of associates and replicability of the Kaizen. HCCB’s factory was awarded for its efforts towards continuous improvement in creating a food safety culture. Similarly the Food Safety Award also covers four areas for assessment viz. statutory compliance, best manufacturing, hygiene and warehousing practices, HACCP and food safety management system and change management initiatives.

The factory underwent rigorous assessment from initial acceptance of the application, onsite assessment by the certified assessors to a final review of the reports by the jury and recommendation to the awards committee.

Among other things, the jury in particular appreciated the factory’s unique initiative of institutionalising a system that mandates everyone to wash his or her hands before entering the factory. The doors at the factory open for 30 seconds only after the employees including the visitors have washed their hands thoroughly. The initiative is aimed at driving collective responsibility among the workers, thus instilling a quality focus in the factory.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “It’s a huge honour to get such a recognition by the premier industry body of our country. The award is indeed a testament to the relentless efforts of our colleagues to adopt and sustain ‘best-in-industry’ quality measures in food safety at our factories. The team remains committed to continue with its journey towards driving and promoting quality standards for food safety across the country."

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage factory at Sanand, bags ‘Future Ready Factory of the Year – Platinum’ Award

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top 5 FMCG Companies, was awarded the ‘Future Ready Factory of the Year’ Platinum Award for its factory at Sanand, under the aegis of the prestigious Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) 2019. The award was received by Mr. Amer Hussain, Vice President, Supply Chain, West cluster, HCCB along with the factory team management, in Mumbai. Constituted with the aim to map out the manufacturing competitiveness of facilities to world class standards, the award recognises the HCCB factory at Sanand as the country’s best facility in the industry segment.

The award is also a testament to the factory’s relentless efforts to adopt and institutionalise digital manufacturing and global optimisation processes for achieving excellence in supply chain management. This factory was commissioned only two years ago.

Some of the key parameters evaluated for the ward was visual management, scheduling systems, inventory management, operational flexibility, quality systems, orderliness, safety & environment, innovation adaption and focus on customers. The evaluation was based on the Global Manufacturing Excellence model based on a robust on-site assessment by industry experts, benchmarking and feedback.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB said, “It has always been our endeavour at Sanand factory to set industry standards in everything we do from sustainability initiatives to manufacturing prowess. The award will further motivate us to replicate the success across other locations."

Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) aim at recognising the Indian manufacturing capability and assess its global competitiveness.

HCCB dedicates various initiatives in two villages of Khorda under its CSR programme

Lives of around 14,000 people of Jemadei, Tangi Basti, Mukund Prasad, Bada Sabarsahi, Chachera Sabarsahi and Tirumal in Khorda district are being positively impacted through various initiatives of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies. Continuing with its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, HCCB today formally dedicated one Smart Class Room, two RO Systems and several outdoor playground equipment such as seesaw, swing and slide set for school children in one of the schools of Jemadei village.

Mr. Jyotirindra Nath Mitra, Hon’ble MLA, Khordha was the chief guest at the function organised to mark the dedication of Jemadei and Tangi Basti, the two villages of Khorda district near Bhubaneswar to the community under HCCB’s CSR initiatives.

Additionally, a temporary container to discard plastic waste was introduced in the community. HCCB has made a provision for a recycler to collect the plastic waste container on a weekly basis. This is part of HCCB’s countrywide campaign to create awareness on the importance of segregating waste.

Among other initiatives, the company with the help of its NGO Partner, People’s Cultural Centre (PECUC), continues to actively support the women members of the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) set up in these villages to improve their livelihood through several income generating activities such as goat keeping, grocery shops, tailoring units, grinding machines, incense stick making machines, leaf-plate making machines and spices packing machines. Around 400 women from across 35 SHGs are being benefitted from these initiatives.

Jemadei and Tangi Basti are amongst the six intervention villages in the Khorda district covered under HCCB’s community program to enhance the quality of life of its communities around the company’s manufacturing facilities around the country.

Appreciating the partnership between HCCB and the local community, Mr. Jyotirindra Nath Mitra, the Hon’ble MLA, Khordha, in his inaugural address said, “It is no longer sufficient to just focus on one aspect of development to grow sustainably.” He further added “When large organisations such as HCCB provide opportunities to enhance the livelihood of their neighbouring communities, they are paving the way for other organizations to come forward and help in building a viable ecosystem for the community at large.”

HCCB’s CSR programme started almost six years ago around its factory in the Khorda district. To begin with, HCCB identified core focus areas such as provision for drinking water, sanitation, healthcare, primary education, and other Infrastructure facilities to improve the quality of life for people in these villages. Till date, HCCB has undertaken installation of 03 bore wells, renovation of 11 bore wells and construction of 01 open well to ensure access to water for drinking and domestic purposes in the surrounding villages. During this period, the company has also organised around 40 general health camps that have benefitted over 4000 community members. Besides, HCCB continues to support 05 Shradha Bhavan that caters to over 450 children.

Reiterating the company’s commitment to its community, Raman Goel, Associate Vice President – Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “Our Model Village Initiative is part of the company’s commitment to the integrated development of our communities. We are happy to witness the completion of the programme as we dedicate these facilities to the communities. We will continue to work with the local community in our effort to make a positive difference.”

Also present on the occasion were G Ganesh, the Factory Manager of HCCB’s Khorda Factory; Kalyan Ranjan, Associate Vice President, Public Affairs and Communication, HCCB; Susmita Behera, Manager, Public Affairs and Communication, Khorda, HCCB; and representatives from PECUC, the NGO partner of HCCB.

Launch of ‘Plastic lao, Thaila pao’ campaign with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, UNDP and BMC

Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) joined hands to launch the ‘Plastic lao, Thaila pao’ campaign today at Ekamra Haat in Bhubaneswar. The campaign is supported by Industrial Development Corporation Odisha (IDCO) through CORE, a local NGO working towards waste management.

As part of the campaign, a mini material recovery stall has been set up in the premises of Ekamra Haat to promote responsible use of plastic and its disposal. The eco exchange stall will be operative on all days till 18th December, from 11 am to 5 pm. The visitors will be encouraged to bring waste plastic products and exchange the same for recycled cloth bags.

The objective of the campaign is to emphasise that plastics have value, which needs to be recovered and recycled into useful products. This will help achieve better livelihoods for safai sathis or waste pickers from the informal sector. The campaign also highlights the role of the public in the waste value chain, to move towards a responsibility driven society. It aims at bringing about this behavioural change by encouraging segregation of plastic waste.

The campaign was inaugurated by Dr. Bhakta Kabi Das, CGM (P/C) – IDCO, Suvendu Sahoo, Deputy Commissioner-BMC, Prabhjot Sodhi, Head-Circular Economy, UNDP, Abha Mishra, State Head-UNDP, and Susmita Subhadarshini Behera, Manager-HCCB.

This campaign is part of a pan-India project, which UNDP India is running in partnership with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited and other partners. The campaign was first launched in New Delhi with New Delhi Municipal Corporation on 3rd October this year. So far 4 metric tonnes of plastic waste have been collected through this campaign.

About Plastic Waste Management Programme

This programme, supported by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited and UNDP, is a pan-India initiative designed to minimize the damage and risks posed to the environment and to human health due to uncollected plastic waste. We are working to enhance sustainable waste management practices by deploying a model of segregation and collection that improves the use of resources, in line with the Government of India’s Swachh Bharat Mission.

We place safai sathis at the centre of this process, helping to improve their socio-economic conditions. Our aim is to manage about 85,000 MT of plastic waste as we expand to 50 cities through our swachhta kendras (material recovery facilities) and engage with 30,000 plus safai sathis.

HCCB wins FICCI’s Road Safety Award for the second consecutive year

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) – one amongst India’s top FMCG companies – received the prestigious FICCI Road Safety Awards 2019 under the Journey Risk Management category at a function held at the FICCI House, New Delhi yesterday. The awards were presented by Shri. Baijayant Jay Panda, National Vice President, BJP, at the road safety conference on the theme - Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Act, 2019 – A Step Towards Safer Mobility - organised to mark the occasion.

HCCB won the award in recognition of its commitment to enhancing compliance risk assessment processes for making journeys by road more informative, convenient and safer. Among other things, HCCB won appreciation for running robust Driver Management Centres in 19 locations across its countrywide network of factories and depots with the ultimate objective of eliminating road accidents in their logistics. The award also recognises HCCB’s initiatives of using data and technology that provide actionable insights on the behaviours that the drivers demonstrate while driving.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd said, “When it comes to sensible and proportionate management of safety risks, we have consistently given ourselves targets which are often tougher than the prevailing industry norms. These awards encourage us further to raise the bar for road safety through our driver management centres. My congratulations to the entire team and the larger HCCB family for winning this award!”

FICCI, in its endeavour to promote road safety initiatives, instituted ‘Road Safety Awards' which are conferred every year on corporates, PSUs & Schools, under different categories, for their outstanding work in the area of road safety.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages dedicates five more villages in Nemam under its Model Village Programme

Lives of around 1800 people of Notchimedu, Keelmaa Nagar, Melmaa Nagar, Poovayar Nagar and Pudhumaa Nagar villages in Nemam near Chennai are positively impacted from the Model Village Initiatives of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies. HCCB dedicated the five villages to the community at a function held at the Notchimedu Village Ground yesterday. Earlier in August 2019, HCCB dedicated a smart classroom equipped with an interactive digital intelligence system at the local primary school under the same initiative. So far, HCCB has dedicated 7 villages in Nemam under its model village programme.

Reflecting on the impact of HCCB’s Model Village Initiatives, M. Chandrasekar - Associate Vice President, Public Affairs & Communications, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, who was present at the ceremony said, “It’s so gratifying to know that 100 per cent people in all 5 villages have now access to clean drinking water, electricity and skill enhancement opportunities. The development is visible. I compliment my HCCB team for taking the initiative that has made such a meaningful difference in the lives of the villagers.”

Echoing the sentiments of Mr. Chandrasekar, Mrs. T. Shanthi, The Block Development Officer (Village Panchayats), Poonamallee Block, who was also present at the ceremony said, “HCCB’s model village initiatives to partner with different government agencies, local panchayat and village community is paying dividends to the society at large. We must continue to replicate this model in other areas to reach the benefits to the larger community.”

Earlier, the dignitaries visited the RO Facility with the capacity of 1000 LPH for Clean Drinking Water installed by HCCB in partnership with the Nemam village panchayat. The dignitaries also interacted with the women of Self-Help-Groups who have been trained to organize themselves, manage their funds and enhance their earnings through food-processing techniques, tailoring and plate making from the sheath of areca leaves. Towards this, HCCB dedicated one Areca Leaf Plate manufacturing unit to the women Self-Help Group at the Nemam Village.

Apart from Safe Drinking Water and Pre-Primary Education, some of the other infrastructure development programmes implemented in the five villages pertain to Access to Health, Agriculture Support, Economic Empowerment of Women, Sanitation and World Without Waste.

The objective of HCCB’s village development initiative is to provide the communities with education facilities, skill development opportunities, civic amenities and also create awareness around sanitation, hygiene and water conservation.

Appreciating the partnership between HCCB and the local community, Dinesh Ratnam, Factory Manager, Nemam Plant, HCCB said, “It’s heartwarming to see the efforts of our model village initiatives translating into a better quality of life for the people residing in the neighbouring communities around HCCB’s Nemam factory. We remain committed to continue to focus on growing with our community sustainably.”

The HCCB model village initiatives in the two villages are based on the findings of an extensive study report and collective opinion of village community and panchayat leaders.

Also present at the ceremony were Mr. V. Jayakumar, Project Director, Tamil Nadu State Rural Livelihood Mission (TNSRLM), Thiruvallur; Mrs. V. Bhuvaneshwari, Assistant Project Officer, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA), Thiruvallur; Mrs. K. Rajalakshmi, Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Poonamallee Block; Mrs. Reemavathi, Panchayat Secretary, Nemam Panchayat and Mrs. Renitha, Panchayat Level Federation (PLF) from Nemam Panchayat.

HCCB announces appointments to its senior leadership team

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) – one of India’s top FMCG companies - announced the appointment of Saba Sharma and Preeti Balwani as Chief Procurement Officer and General Counsel, respectively. Both Saba and Preeti will be a part of the Senior Leadership Team that reports into CEO, Christina Ruggiero. They will be based at the Company’s headquarters in Bengaluru.

Welcoming Saba and Preeti to HCCB, Christina Ruggiero, CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “At HCCB, we are making steady progress towards realising our goals as a top FMCG company of significant scale. We are excited about the possibilities that lie ahead. In line with our talent strategy of building a diverse leadership pipeline, we welcome Preeti and Saba to HCCB. They are seasoned professionals in the FMCG space. I am sure their skills will be a positive value add to our growth ambitions.”

Saba Sharma

Prior to joining HCCB, Saba was with Procter & Gamble where she worked on Indian and international assignments. She is credited with developing talent and making procurement a sphere of competitive edge for the business. A management graduate from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Saba is also an Electronics and Communications engineer.

She has a passion for diversity and inclusion and has been a change leader in this domain. Saba’s mandate at HCCB is to work closely with business and drive transformation in the procurement function. With her multi-cultural and multi-geography experience in FMCG procurement spanning raw material, sales, marketing, media, IT, contract manufacturing and plant purchases, Saba brings in a unique blend of knowledge and skill sets.

Preeti Balwani

Preeti is a seasoned commercial lawyer with the experience of both in-house and private practice. She has served as a partner in law firms, prior to moving in-house, in her role as General Counsel and Executive Director at Kraft Heinz in India.

In her career as an external counsel, Preeti has advised on several complex domestic and cross-border transactions across industries such as Life Sciences, Insurance, FMCG and Infrastructure. Preeti is an active member in the legal community and a member of the Indian Corporate Counsel Association (ICCA), International Bar Association (IBA) and the American Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC).

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages dedicates two more villages named Challapalem and Kapugunneri located in Srikalahasti Mandal, Chittoor District under its Model Village Programme

Lives of around 2780 people of the Challapalem and Kapugunneri villages located in Srikalahasti Mandal in Chittoor District have positively impacted from the Model Village Initiatives of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies. HCCB dedicated the two villages to the community at a function held at the Mandal primary school premise of Challapalem and Mandal Upper Primary School at Kapugunneri yesterday. Automatic water dispensing system with smart card for Any Time Water (ATW) and a smart classroom were inaugurated in both the villages during the walk though tours.

A culvert that was built to connect neighboring hamlets to the main village is showcased Apart from Safe Drinking Water and Primary Education, some of the other infrastructure development programmes implemented in the two villages pertain to Access to Health, Sustainable Agriculture Support, Economic Empowerment of Women, Sanitation and World Without Waste. The objective of the programme is to provide the communities with education, skill development opportunities, civic amenities and create awareness around sanitation, hygiene and water conservation.

In its efforts to economically empower the women, HCCB has also helped create several Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the two villages. Over 278 women received skill building training sessions for tailoring, fabric painting and for preparing millet-based snacks to help the women manage their funds and enhance their earnings.

Appreciating the partnership between HCCB and the local community, Mr Balaji Naik-Mandal Parishad Development Officer said, “It was a humbling experience to walk around the village and witness how HCCB’s model village initiatives have been positively impacting so many people from the community. The impact from initiatives like these encourages us to continue to focus on growing with our community sustainably.” in the function at Mandal Upper Primary School, Kapugunneri.

The HCCB model village initiatives in the two villages are based on the findings of an extensive study report and collective opinion of village community and panchayat leaders. Also present at the ceremony was Mr. Mohan Singh VP-Supply Chain, Mr. M. Chandrasekar, AVP, Public Affairs and Communication, Mr. S Rajkumar, Factory Manager, Mr. Balaji Naik, Mandal Parishad Development Officer, Ms. Bhuvaneswari, Mandal Education Officer, and Ms. Sarada, Village Panchayat Secretary.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages dedicates two more villages in Bidadi of Ramanagara District under its Model Village Programme

Bidadi: Lives of around 2000 people of the Jogaradoddi and Bairavanadoddi villages of Ramanagara District near Bengaluru are positively impacted from the Model Village Initiatives of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top FMCG companies. HCCB dedicated the two villages to the community at a function held at the government primary school premises of Jogaradoddi this morning. Earlier in August 2018, HCCB had dedicated Medanahalli village near Bidadi to the community under the same initiative.

Reflecting on the impact of HCCB’s Model Village Initiatives, Mr. Manjunath, MLA from the Magadi Constituency, who was present at the ceremony organised to dedicate the villages, said, “It’s so gratifying to know that 100 percent people in both the villages have now access to clean drinking water, electricity and Unique Identity Number and the majority have access to the gas connection. The development is visible. I compliment the HCCB team for taking the initiative that has made such a meaningful difference in the lives of the villagers.”

Earlier, the dignitaries visited the RO Facility with the capacity of 1000 LPH for Clean Drinking Water installed by HCCB in partnership with the village panchayat and also interacted with the women of Self-Help-Groups who have been trained to organize themselves, manage their funds and enhance their earnings through mushroom cultivation, food-processing techniques, tailoring and plate making from the sheath of areca leaves. The dignitaries were also happy to learn that 100 per cent women in both the villages have access to the antenatal care leading to complete elimination of any incidence of malnutrition.

Among other things, a completely refurbished Anganwadi with play kits and separate sanitation blocks for boys and girls have been created as part of HCCB’s model village initiatives. This was also reported that more than 1000 school children from across 25 government schools now have access to clean drinking water. The infrastructure facilities provided in the schools have led to a significant improvement in student attendance, recording as high as 95 per cent with zero dropouts in the last one year.

Apart from Safe Drinking Water and Pre-Primary Education, some of the other infrastructure development programmes implemented in the two villages pertain to Access to Health, Agriculture Support, Economic Empowerment of Women, Sanitation and World Without Waste. The objective of HCCB’s village development initiative is to provide the communities with education facilities, skill development opportunities, and civic amenities and also create awareness around sanitation, hygiene and water conservation.

Appreciating the partnership between HCCB and the local community, Mohan Singh, South Cluster Head, Supply Chain at HCCB said, “It’s heartwarming to see the efforts of our model village initiatives translating into a better quality of life for the people residing in the neighbouring communities around HCCB’s Bidadi factory. We remain committed to continue to focus on growing with our community sustainably.”

The HCCB model village initiatives in the two villages are based on the findings of an extensive study report and collective opinion of village community and panchayat leaders. Also present at the ceremony was Umesh Mallik, Vice President, Public Affairs and Communication.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages dedicates two more villages in Hapur District of Uttar Pradesh under its Model Village Programme

Hapur: Continuing with its Model Village Initiatives, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd formally dedicated two more villages in Hapur District, namely Nandpur and Nangla to the community at two separate functions held this morning. A water ATM at the Nandpur village and a smart class room at the Nangla village were inaugurated to mark the occasion. Around 1000 families in the two villages, which are situated around HCCB’s factory in Dasna, are likely to benefit from the infrastructure facilities provided under the HCCB model village initiatives.

Apart from Safe Drinking Water and Pre-Primary Education, some of the other infrastructure development programmes implemented in the two villages pertain to Access to Health, Agriculture Support, Economic Empowerment of Women, Sanitation and World Without Waste. The objective of the programme is to provide the communities with education, skill development opportunities, civic amenities and create awareness around sanitation, hygiene and water conservation.

Working in collaboration with government agencies and its NGO partner SADRAG, HCCB provides training for the best agricultural practices and encouraged to undertake making of vermi-compost, thus enhancing their earning potential. The company has also distributed dustbins to every household in the two villages and provided rickshaw to the panchayats of the two villages to support the government’s initiative of Clean Drive. In its efforts to economically empower the women, HCCB has also helped create several Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in the two villages. HCCB also runs a Pre-Primary Child Care Centre each in Nandpur and Nangla villages. These Pre-Primary child care Centres are equipped with modern education techniques including audio-visual facilities.

The HCCB model village initiatives in the two villages are based on the findings of an extensive study report and collective opinion of village community and panchayat leaders.

Appreciating the partnership between HCCB and the local community, Shukla Wassan Executive Director - Legal & Corporate Affairs, South Asia said, “It’s heartening indeed to see the efforts of our model village initiatives paying dividends to the local community. We remain committed to continue to focus on growing with our community sustainably.”

Reflecting on the impact of HCCB’s model village initiatives, Pradeep Nagar and Niranjan Sharma, Village Pradhan of Nandpur and Nangla respectively, said, “I am pleased to see the overall development of our villages. There’s no denying the fact that due to such integrated community development initiatives of corporates like HCCB, our quality of life has improved significantly be it in terms of quality of education of our children or the quality of vocational training for our men and women or the quality of drinking water for everyone or the quality of our farm produce.”

Earlier in 2017, HCCB on the request of Village Panchayat had concretized the Panchayat land to avoid water logging which often became the breeding ground of mosquitoes causing a big health hazard to the villagers. HCCB also implemented Adult Literacy Programme in Khichra in year 2003 making the village 100% literate by 2009.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages organised a free health check-up camp for over 200 beneficiaries in Baman Para, Raninagar

HCCB in liaison with volunteers from Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN) and Indian Red Cross Society; eminent general physicians, gynaecologists, skin specialists and pediatricians organized free health check-ups at Baman Para.

The company dedicated a RO tank in the locality besides other initiatives for the welfare of the local community.

In line with its goal of enabling all round development of communities as part of the HCCB Model Village Programme, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one amongst India’s top FMCG companies, organised a day-long health check-up camp on October 17 at Bamanpara in Raninagar – a small town situated in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. Over 200 beneficiaries benefitted from this program.

HCCB joined hands with several eminent general physicians, gynaecologists, skin specialists, pediatricians and volunteers from Indian Red Cross Society and volunteers from Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi (RGVN) to organize this programme. The objective behind this initiative was to inculcate the habit of getting regular health check-ups and screenings done to negate potential health issues before they become a threat to the individual and the community at large. The idea was to eradicate factors responsible for the late stage detection of various diseases, spread awareness among men and women regarding symptoms and provide a basic health check-up, free of cost to the patients. Post consultations, medicines and sanitary napkins were also distributed free of cost at the camp.

Commenting on the occasion, K. G. Mandal, Factory Head, HCCB Raninagar, said, “A generation ago, people used to visit the doctor only when they were sick. Today, preventive health care is becoming common as people become more educated and empowered about their own health. We are happy to be able to encourage this practice and facilitate such awareness programmes in the community."

On behalf of HCCB, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director of Supply Chain and Shukla Wassan, Executive Director - Legal & Corporate Affairs, South Asia said, that the HCCB Model Village Programme is a key part of their commitment to the integrated development of communities. “We are extremely thankful for the cooperation and assistance extended by the local community, and the local authorities.”

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages partners with ‘One Nation One Music’ initiative

Building on the key essence of its tagline ‘Inspired by India’, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s largest FMCG companies, has collaborated with the ‘One Nation One Music’ initiative for the unique musical concert being held at the Pheonix Market City, Bengaluru on 12th October 2019. Organised by Alive India, the second show of the season 7 in Bengaluru will feature Mohit Chauhan, the famous bollywood singer.

Continuing as part of arguably the longest live concert series of India, the show, which has become a rage among music lovers of Karnataka, will celebrate the launch of ‘We are India’, a multi-lingual song created with a purpose to spread the message of love, peace and unity.

As a precursor to the event, Mohit Chauhan visited the HCCB office at its Headquarters in Bengaluru this morning. He obliged the eager audience with a question-answer round. He also hummed some of his popular numbers along with the winners of an internal singing contest in HCCB.

In an informal interaction with the HCCB employees, Mohit said that he was proud to be associated with a movement that was committed to promoting the beauty of independent music along with emerging artists with the ultimate objective of binding India together.

Sunil Peter Lobo, Zonal Vice President (Operations), Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “As a company we are happy to partner with Alive India in its effort to bring the entire country together through music. We would like to thank Mohit Chauhan for visiting our office and uplifting the morale of our colleagues in our headquarters in Bengaluru.”

HCCB commemorates 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with a country-wide cleanliness drive

More than 1000 volunteers of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies, participated in the country-wide cleanliness campaign to commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The week-long community-led initiative is part of the company’s global initiative of World Without Waste, a programme that among other things aims at collecting and recycling all types of plastic waste. Launched across 18 locations, the programme was designed to support the Government of India’s ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ initiative to promote cleanliness in the count.

Consisting of the company employees, gram panchayat members, local school children, government officials, and representatives of different social organisations, the volunteers participated in the swachhata rally to create awareness and conducted door to door collection of waste in their respective communities across 18 factory locations of HCCB. HCCB also distributed waste collection bins and cleaning and safety equipment among the village clean guards and felicitated them to reward and recognise their contributions and dignity of labour.

Awareness sessions on effective waste management solutions and education camps on waste segregation, waste disposal, recycling of plastic waste were other initiatives that evoked enthusiastic participation. The volunteers also organised several drawing competitions for local school children to create awareness on cleanliness.

Reflecting on the significance of the country-wide cleanliness drive, Mr. Umesh Malik, Vice-President, Public Affairs and Communication, HCCB, said, “It was heartening indeed to see such an enthusiastic response from the community towards the cleanliness drive as mark of respect to the father of our nation. At HCCB, we feel privileged to be part of the noble cause that is in complete alignment with our global initiative of promoting a world without waste.

Going forward, we will continue to drive the campaign through public participation across the country. We remain committed to working towards creating a better tomorrow.”

As part of The Coca-Cola Company’s World Without Waste initiative and compliance under Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016, HCCB launched its Plastic Waste Collection & Recycling program in May 2018 in partnership with United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The project aims to manage more than 100,000 MT of plastic waste and to improve the socio-economic conditions of over 30,000 Safai Sathis (waste collectors). The project establishes Swachhta Kendras (Material Recovery Centres) by blending social and technical approaches with strong governance mechanisms, and it strives to institutionalise collaboration among citizens, communities, central and state pollution boards, urban and environment departments, related stakeholders to find sustainable solutions for plastic waste. Launched in 20 cities already, the project shall be extended to 50 cities by 2020.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages wins the National Water Mission Award for Water Management Practices at its factory Atmakuru, Guntur district

Vijayawada, September 25, 2019: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s top FMCG companies – won the prestigious National Water Mission Award 2019 for its robust water management practices at its factory located at Atmakuru in Guntur district. HCCB received the award under the category – ‘Increasing Water Use Efficiency by 20 per cent (Industries/Corporate)’ - at a function held in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi this evening. HCCB is one of the four corporates to have won this award for 2019.

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Minister for Jal Shakti in the presence of Shri Rattan Lal Kataria, Hon’ble Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Social Justice & Empowerment handed over the award to G S Raghu, VP, Quality, Safety and Environment, HCCB and P V R Kumar, VP and Cluster Head South, Supply Chain, HCCB at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

During the on-site assessment, the jury and panel members for the award evaluated HCCB’s work in the areas of (1) water replenishment (2) efficient usage and (3) consistent reduction in water usage, in factory operations. The factory has brought about a 22% optimisation in water usage over the last 36 months.

HCCB’s ongoing efforts to augment its water management practices through installation of water treatment plant towards ensuring zero liquid discharge, back wash recovery system, bottle washer recovery schemes, and reduction in water usage through optimisations in the PET water rinses and CIP (Clean-In-Place), got it the award.

HCCB’s work in the area of water conservation through rain water storage and harvesting projects in Nidumukkala and Kantheru village; and roof water harvesting project at Regional Agricultural Research station, Guntur, were the other projects that were recognised. Along with these and other water projects, HCCB has created a rain water harvesting potential of 5 lakh kilolitres of rain water, in and around Atmakuru.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We have consistently given ourselves targets and challenges, which are often tougher than the prevailing norms, on water management. The National Mission Award to the Atmakuru factory has only renewed our ambition to consistently be better.”

The awardees for this program were selected from a pool of 140 entries from all over the country. Based on a well-defined framework covering the five goals of the National Water Mission, the awards were segregated in 10 categories. This included a rigorous on-site assessment process by a jury of eminent panellists headed by Shri Shashi Shekhar, former Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources.

Established in 1999, HCCB’s factory in Atmakuru has 4 manufacturing lines, spread over 42 acres.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB Donates Uniforms and Educational Kits to 128 Students at Nemam village in Tamil Nadu

Thiruvallur, September 18, 2019: In line with its commitment to promoting education and skill building, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) – one amongst India’s premier FMCG companies, donated uniforms and educational kits to 128 students in Andersonpet School and Nemam Village School at Nemam, near Chennai. As part of this commitment, HCCB also set up a dedicated smart classroom at Andersonpet School equipped with an interactive intelligent digital touch board, a short-throw projector and an audio system.

Present at the inauguration of the smart classroom, District Educational Officer P. Paamaa, Block Educational Officer P. Gurunathan, Zonal Commercial Head HCCB, P. Srinivas Kalyan, HCCB’s Nemam Factory Manager S. Dinesh Ratnam, and others distributed the uniforms and educational kits to the students.

P Srinivas Kalyan, Zonal Commercial Head, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “Taking a significant step towards creating an environment that is conducive to learning, HCCB is mobilising the next generation to grow. The future of our students is a shared responsibility. What makes HCCB proud is that we have continued with this tradition of being able to provide tools, equipments or modules that helps education in these villages.”

With a strong commitment to uplifting communities, HCCB set up two smart classrooms in Nemam village school last year. Reconstruction of school buildings both at Nemam and Andersonpet was celebrated and students were provided with uniforms and school kits last year. Through these initiatives, we want to continue to equip students with interactive learning techniques to keep up with the technological advancements in classrooms.

P Paamaa, District Educational Officer, said, “When large organisations such as HCCB provide opportunities to enhance the educational system for the future generation, they are paving the way for similar organizations to come forward and help in building a viable educational ecosystem. We are confident that students will benefit by using the equipment optimally and create a secure future for themselves.”

HCCB has a long-standing emphasis on imparting basic education to children in local communities where it operates. The company is an ardent believer in education being accessible to all and that it is imperative in shaping a child’s future to a more holistic life.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB’s Dasna factory wins the International RoSPA Health & Safety Awards

Dasna, August 21, 2019:Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) – one amongst India’s top FMCG companies – has won the prestigious Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) award, for its health and safety practices at located at Masuri-Gulawati Industrial Area in Hapur district. It was awarded in 4 out of 5 categories, relating to health and safety.

RoSPA is a British charity organisation that aims for promotion of safety and prevention of accidents in project execution worldwide. Based on a well-defined framework covering the key occupational parameters of health and safety, the award included a rigorous assessment process by a team of safety professionals.

HCCB’s Dasna factory won the RoSPA Gold Award for Health and Safety management in recognition of its impressive safety performance, practices, behavioural norms and track records that led to a significant reduction in overall accidents inside the work premises over the years. The Dasna factory was also acknowledged with the Silver Fleet Safety Award for implementing robust Driver Management and Dedicated Vehicle Compliance Systems aimed at eliminating road fatality incidents. The other two awards that the factory won are ‘The Initiative of the Year 2018 on My Health Index’ for implementing a system that maps its employees as per their Body Mass index (BMI) encouraging them to improve their health parameters and the ‘Safe@Work and Safe@Home’ Trophy for the successful launch of several innovative practices and awareness campaigns for the safety of its employees during their transit from home to factory and back home outside the work premise.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, said, “When it comes to standards of health and safety practices, we have consistently given ourselves goals that are often tougher than the prevailing industry norms. These awards will propel us to further raise the bar for health and safety practices, across HCCB. My congratulations to the entire team at the Dasna factory and the larger HCCB family for winning this award!”

HCCB’s Dasna factory commenced operations in 1999. Since inception, various state-of-the-art technologies have been deployed at the factory for manufacturing operations. The manufacturing facility has also been leading the way with pioneering initiatives focused on community well-being and health and safety of employees.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 477 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells more than 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB donates 60 Mattresses to Primary Healthcare Centre at Poonamallee near Chennai

Chennai, August 17, 2019: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCB) – one amongst India’s top FMCG companies, donated 60 Mattresses to the maternity ward of the Primary Health Centre (PHC) at a function held at Poonamallee, Chennai today. The dedicated Mattresses will be catering to the patients for post-delivery care.

Under their Model Village initiative, HCCB has also donated 2 battery operated garbage collection vehicles to promote the world without waste program and encourage waste segregation at source. Women in the region are also trained on Vermicompost under the World Without Waste programme.

Deepak Senthilnath, Zonal Vice President, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “In a small and constant act to provide healthcare services to the community, HCCB has always been a step ahead to make a difference. Such initiatives are a small contribution from us for a better tomorrow.”

HCCB has already set up multiple model village communities by supporting them with household waste collection bins. Nemam is the first panchayat in this region to get electric cycles to collect waste. 1200 families, 8 villages under the Nemam panchayat will benefit out of this programme.

Dr. J. Prabhakaran, Deputy Director, Public Health, Poonamallee Health District,said, “We are delighted to see HCCBs support to the community at large and the way they have come forward to support healthcare initiatives at Poonamallee. These donations will contribute to the development of PHC and motivate us to provide world-class service to the patients during post-delivery care.” He further added, “In the past, HCCB has also donated blood bank refrigerator, ECG machine, and ambulance to the centre.”

The Company has always placed a high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting and improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages’ Goblej factory set to adopt Wind Power to reduce carbon footprint

Goblej, August 07, 2019 : Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies – has entered into a Wind Power Purchase Agreement to supply approx. 4 million units per annum to its factory in Goblej near Ahmedabad. The new Power Purchase Agreement entered into under 3rd party mechanism will now enable the factory to meet 25% of its total electricity requirement from Wind Power.

As per the agreement, HCCB’s Goblej factory will source electricity from windmills being operated and maintained by Trinethra, a Continuum Group company. The shift to wind power will help the company reduce its carbon footprint by 5000 tons/annum which is equivalent to planting approximately 2 lakh trees.

Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB said, “HCCB has undertaken several initiatives towards green and clean energy utilization from solar, wind power, bio-mass and CNG which is in line with our sustainability goal to achieve 50% of our energy requirements across all factories by 2020. We remain committed to increasingly enhance the usage of renewable sources of energy in all our factories in phases."

Speaking on the occasion, Arvind Bansal, CEO and founder-promoter of Continuum said, “Trinethra is a part of the Continuum Wind group, majority owned by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, which has 600 MW operating capacity, and another 650 Mw committed for construction. Continuum is delighted to have Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages amongst its esteemed customers and partner them in their journey to work towards a sustainable future.”

HCCB is committed to promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at its plants in India through various initiatives, including deploying newer environmental-friendly technologies, training, and evaluation with minimum impact on local ecology. Their commitment towards sustainability vastly ranges from taking smaller measures such as usage of energy efficient technology and replacement of conventional bulbs and light sources in factories with LED lights to embracing Wind Power for the production of clean and renewable electricity.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB associates with IIM-Bangalore’s VISTA, the International Business Summit to deepen engagement with the leaders of tomorrow

Bangalore, July 26, 2019:Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, (HCCB), one of India’s largest FMCG companies, partnered with IIM Bangalore’s Vista - International business summit for students and corporates. The conclave, being held at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore campus from 26th-28th July 2019 will witnessa footfall of over 20,000 students from 100+ institutes from across the country. This association helps HCCB deepen its engagement with the leaders of tomorrow.

The opening session of the summit was conducted by Kamlesh Kumar Sharma,VP & Chief Communications Officer at HCCB and Indrajeet Sengupta, Chief Human Resource Officer. During the key note session, Kamlesh and Indrajeet highlighted HCCB’s work culture and shared approaches and tips to ace one’s career. The students sought clarifications on various aspects of work and insights on leadership and management. Their sessions set the tone for ‘MarkGuru’ - a live case competition for aspiring marketers and HCCB’s flagship – ‘Route-to-Market’ workshop, to provide live learning opportunities for millennials across premier business schools.

Sharing his perspective on the association, Indrajeet Sengupta, Executive Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are delighted to sponsor and partner with IIM Bangalore’s International Business Summit - Vista. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is a company #InspiredByIndia and we believe that this is an opportunity to inspire and get inspired by the talent of the future. We have organized a series of events to help the students navigate challenges of career, skill development and also get a sneek peek into our world through in-market exposure. In our own small way, we hope this partnership will bring out the leaders from the audience, who will lead India’s future growth story.”

As part of the Summit, ‘Markguru’ – the flagship marketing competition, was organised over a period of 30 days focusing on testing the participant’s ability to understand the market, real-time business situations and creativity. The first round comprised of testing basic creativity skills required for marketing an umbrella of products under a brand. The next round evaluated the participants’ strength and capabilities as a digital marketer and the final round of selection was done basis the participants’ ability to decode a live HCCB case-based challenge. This was aimed at testing the participants’ understanding of the problem statement and identification of the challenges in front of them. A total of 8 teams from premier business schools like IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode and Indian School of Business Hyderabad were short-listed from the ~350 entries of which the winners were decided by eminent jury from the industry. Team Altoids from International School of Business, Hyderabad was announced as the winner of this competition and Team Charlie’s Angels from IIM-Ahmedabad was announced as the runners-up for this competition. Both the teams were awarded cash prizes worth Rs. 1 lakh..

Another key highlight of the Summit was the ‘Route-To-Market’ workshop where 61 participants across premier business schools bagged the opportunity to receive hands-on experience on how to sell FMCG products. During this initiative, participants visited close to 30 outlets on 2 consecutive days, along with HCCB representatives. At the end of two days, Pranay Patil from IIM-Bangalore was announced as the winner of the competition for accomplishing the highest sales record. Pranay was awarded the HCCB trophy along with an offer to take up a 45-day internship with the company to experience the world of manufacturing.

Ameer Iqubal, Senior Coordinator, IIM Bangalore VISTA said - “Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is a star recruiter at IIM Bangalore and as the Title Sponsor of Vista 2019, our relations are bound to reach new heights. The HCCB leadership team shared the work culture and importance of values in HCCB, which resonate with the ethos of IIM Bangalore. I would like to thank HCCB for their invaluable support and look forward to continued partnership.”

Spread over 3 days, the summit includes several speaker sessions including Mr. Narayana Murthy (Co-Founder, Infosys), Mr. Shridhar Venkat (CEO, The Akshaya Patra Foundation), Mr. Nitin Bawankule (Country Director, Google Cloud India), Mr. Ajay Datta (Head of Product, LinkedIn India) etc., panel discussions, events, and workshops. The 3-day summit also includes with performances by the Indian rock band ‘Agnee’ and the famous stand-up comedian, Zakir Khan.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB connects with women job seekers at the Women Changemakers Conference

Bangalore, July 20, 2019:Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, (HCCB), one of India’s largest FMCG companies, received an enthusiastic response from women job seekers at the exclusive career fair for women, organised by Women Changemakers, a gender diversity-hiring vertical of Stockroom.ioh. The job fair for women was held at The Lalit Hotel in Bangalore.

Leveraging its reputation as an equal opportunity employer that encourages women to explore opportunities in the manufacturing and sales verticals, HCCB connected with more than 900 women job seekers. Apart from showcasing the job opportunities in the company, the HR leaders of HCCB highlighted the company’s gender diversity and inclusion initiatives while interacting with the female talent. The women job seekers sought clarifications on various aspects of work and expressed keen interest to explore the job opportunities in the company. The company officials also accepted applications for a job on the spot.

Indrajeet Sengupta, Executive Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are excited to be a part of the event that promotes gender-diversity at workplace, a philosophy that guides our actions and behaviour. It was an excellent opportunity indeed for us to engage with the women job seekers who are capable, committed and competent to make a career in the corporate world.”

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2.5 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 60 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB partners with LinkedIn to host a career coaching program for women

Bangalore, July 17, 2019:HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) Pvt Ltd, one of India’s largest FMCG companies, collaborated with LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, to organize a career coaching session for 35 women from the community in Bidadi, Ramnagar. These women are undergoing training at Career Development Centre (CDC) run by HCCB in Bidadi. The coaching and mentoring session was hosted at the LinkedIn’s corporate office in Bangalore. The program was also streamed LIVE on HCCB’s social media handles.

Senior executives of HCCB and LinkedIn India shared their personal experiences as part of the coaching session on various facets of job interview, how to build self-confidence and ways to pave an enriching career path.

At the end of the session, each participant was assigned a mentor who helped them create profiles on LinkedIn for easy accessibility by potential employers. In keeping with the requirements of modern day job searches, HCCB and LinkedIn associates also helped put together resumes to highlight the most searched skills of each individual.

HCCB has been in the forefront of upskilling thousands of young job seekers in India through various Career Development Centres (CDCs) that have been launched by the company. These centres are oriented towards imparting skills in Services, Retail, Manufacturing and basic IT sectors to enable young women to become future ready. The aim of these CDCs is to bring underprivileged candidates at par with those from reputed institutes in big cities and bridge the gap of learning and skill.

Reflecting on the program, Indrajeet Sengupta, Executive Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are very excited to partner with LinkedIn India in our continuing effort to enable these women develop requisite skill-sets, gain confidence and find their own path. We made a good beginning today and I am sure the partnership with LinkedIn India would help us make a meaningful difference in the lives of these women from our community.”

HCCB has piloted similar skill and career development programs in the past for rural youths in areas that it operates. The company believes in actively engaging communities to economically empower them by preparing them to become a readily employable workforce for different sectors.

About HCCB Career Development Centre

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd (HCCB), has been in the forefront of upskilling thousands of young job seekers. To facilitate this initiative, HCCB in partnership with NIIT Foundation launched Career Development Centres (CDCs) in Andhra Pradesh, Khurda in Odisha, Dasna in Uttar Pradesh, Pirangut in Maharashtra and Bidadi in Karnataka to enable the youth to become future ready. The aim is to bring underprivileged candidates at par with those from reputed institutes in big cities and bridge the gap of learning and skill. The CDCs are oriented towards imparting skills in Services, Retail, Manufacturing and basic IT sectors.

The CDCs have collectively trained 2,205 candidates in 2017 and 916 candidates in the first half of 2018. Overall, these centres have trained around 11,365 candidates since its inception. 65% of all the trained candidates have successfully been placed in many reputed companies at their respective locations.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage’s factory at Nemam near Chennai started sourcing Wind Power

Nemam, July 8, 2019:Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies – has entered into a Wind Power Purchase agreement for supply of 3.8 million units per annum for one of its factories situated at Nemam near Chennai under 3rd party mechanism. The new power purchase agreement will now enable the HCCB factory to meet around 40% of its total electricity requirement from renewable sources.

The agreement is in line with the Company’s sustainability goal to achieve 50% of its energy requirements across all factories through renewable energy sources by 2020. In what could be termed as the first such arrangement, the factory would source the electricity from the wind mill, which will be operated and maintained by a third party. Among other things the wind mill helps reduce carbon footprint since it generate power from wind with no carbon emissions and helps conserve water and fossils fuel which used to generate power by thermal power plant

“The Nemam factory is now a ‘Model Factory’ for the company’s operations across the country”, said Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB Pvt Ltd. He further added, “We remain committed to increasingly enhance the use of renewable sources of energy in all our factories in phases."

From embracing wind power to adopting energy efficient technology and replacing conventional bulbs and light sources in factories by LED lights, HCCB’s commitment to sustainability goes beyond aligning with natural forces. Using more renewable energy to power the plants enables HCCB to reduce carbon footprint.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages achieves 100% LED Lighting in 80% of its factories

Bangalore, July 8, 2019:HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies – announced that 14 out of its total 18 factories have now achieved 100 per cent LED lighting. Empirically, this measure would help HCCB achieve a significant reduction of approx. 25 lakh units per annum in energy consumption. When viewed in terms of global warming, it shall reduce the emission of around 20 lakh kg of carbon-dioxide per annum. This is equivalent to the reduction in carbon footprint achieved by 80,000 trees every year.

This significant milestone has been accomplished in phases by installing LED lights across factories with the aim of saving the usage of electricity by 50 per cent. This is in line with HCCB's vision of meeting 50% of all its energy needs through green and clean fuel by 2020. The work involved replacing all existing panel lights, high bay lights, flameproof lights, tube lights and high mast lights installed in different working zones such as shop floors, Administration Building, Godowns, Warehouses, Canteens, Office Corridors and Open Areas.

Apart from being cost and energy efficient, the 100% lighting also helps the factories achieve better illumination on the shop floors and improve the working environment for the employees.

Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB Pvt Ltd, said “We are spearheading towards 100% LED across all factories by the end of this year and are delighted with the progress that we’ve made so far. Apart from the LED lighting project, HCCB has also undertaken several initiatives towards renewable & Clean energy utilization, resulting in more than 60% of the South Region plant’s energy is from solar, wind power, Bio-Mass and CNG.”

In line with its commitment to sustainable production, HCCB has adopted a number of initiatives including the adoption of briquettes (made out of farming waste like groundnuts and coconut shells) and CNG Fuel to operate boilers. Establishment of solar rooftops, energy efficient technology and more prominent investment in high-speed manufacturing lines, are a few of the other examples.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Six HCCB Factories Win Frost & Sullivan – TERI Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2019

Bangalore, June 28, 2019: Six factories of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s top 5 FMCG Companies – featured among the winners of the prestigious Frost & Sullivan – TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Sustainability 4.0 Awards 2019 at the India Sustainability Leadership Summit organised recently in Mumbai. The 10th edition of the Sustainability Awards is a testament to the relentless efforts initiated at HCCB factories towards actively integrating sustainability principles into their business culture.

Located across Hyderabad, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore and Siliguri, the six HCCB factories were awarded under the Mega Large Business category. While the factories located in the suburbs of Hyderabad and Bhubaneshwar factories bagged the Leaders Award, the Bangalore and Siliguri factories of HCCB won the Challengers Award.

Based on a well-defined framework covering the key business sustainability parameters of Purpose, Partnership, Planet and People, the award included a rigorous on-site assessment process by a team of experts on 13 parameters as the enablers of sustainability. During the on-site assessment, the panel members were impressed by the exemplary work undertaken by HCCB in various areas such as water management, implementation of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), Safety Compliance, Work Culture, and Contractors Management System. Among other things the awards aim to acknowledge the top-performing companies that have augmented their focus on excellent sustainability strategies and extended efforts toward building a holistic business, society and environment.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB Pvt Ltd, said, “We have consistently given ourselves targets and challenges, which are often tougher than the prevailing industry norms on water, energy and effluent management. These awards will propel us further to continue to do better and be better.”

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates World Environment Day In Bidadi

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies –celebrated this World Environment Day with its associates, local authorities and the community members in the Bidadi industrial area and across all its other factories and warehouses. The team at our Aranya and Bidadi factories came together to plant over 2000 saplings. Across HCCB’s 18 factories, a tree plantation drive of 8000+ saplings (throughout the week) symbolic as one for every associate in the company was facilitated.

HCCB has extensively adopted the green and clean energy usage covering more than 40% of its energy consumption in its factories through energy initiatives like solar/ wind / briquettes and CNG. Over 70% of its factories operate with 100% LED which has significantly reduced carbon emission footprint. It has also reduced waste generation by almost 20% over the last two years for every litre of beverage produced through improved operating efficiencies, new technologies and well defined segregation practices.

PVR Kumar, HCCB Vice President - Supply Chain – South, reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting sustainable manufacturing practices at our factories. The plantation drive along with the other initiatives undertaken in our factory is a small contribution for a better tomorrow.”

World Environment Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on. Before the advent of sustainable technology, the country has been responsible for burning up incessant amount of coal to supply affordable electricity to its 1.3 billion people, resulting in polluted air across vast stretches.

HCCB’s initiatives such as the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers; installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high-speed manufacturing lines, are some other instances where the company has been committed to make a difference right where they are.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different Contact: Priyankaa Daing pdaing@coca-cola.in +91 97172 81350 products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates World Environment Day In Nemam

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies –celebrated this World Environment Day with its associates and the community members in Nemam and across all its other factories and warehouses. The team in Nemam came together to plant over 1000 saplings. Across HCCB’s 18 factories, a tree plantation drive of 8000+ saplings (across the week) symbolic as one for every associate in the company was facilitated.

HCCB has extensively adopted the green and clean energy usage covering more than 40% of its energy consumption in its factories through energy initiatives like solar/ wind / briquettes and CNG. Over 70% of its factories operate with 100% LED which has significantly reduced carbon emission footprint. It has also reduced waste generation by almost 20% over the last two years for every litre of beverage produced through improved operating efficiencies, new technologies and well defined segregation practices.

Dinesh Ratnam - Factory Manager,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting sustainable manufacturing practices at our factories. The plantation drive along with the other initiatives undertaken in our factory is a small contribution for a better tomorrow.”

World Environment Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on. Before the advent of sustainable technology, the country has been responsible for burning up incessant amount of coal to supply affordable electricity to its 1.3 billion people, resulting in polluted air across vast stretches.

HCCB’s initiatives such as the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers; installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high-speed manufacturing lines, are some other instances where the company has been committed to make a difference right where they are.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different Contact: Priyankaa Daing pdaing@coca-cola.in +91 97172 81350 products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates World Environment Day In Dasna

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies –celebrated this World Environment Day with its associates and the community members in Dasna and across all its other factories and warehouses. The team in Dasna came together to plant over 3000 saplings. Across HCCB’s 18 factories, a tree plantation drive of 8000+ saplings (across the week) symbolic as one for every associate in the company was facilitated.

HCCB has extensively adopted the green and clean energy usage covering more than 40% of its energy consumption in its factories through energy initiatives like solar/ wind / briquettes and CNG. Over 70% of its factories operate with 100% LED which has significantly reduced carbon emission footprint. It has also reduced waste generation by almost 20% over the last two years for every litre of beverage produced through improved operating efficiencies, new technologies and well defined segregation practices.

Raman Goel - Factory Manager, reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting sustainable manufacturing practices at our factories. The plantation drive along with the other initiatives undertaken in our factory is a small contribution for a better tomorrow.”

World Environment Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on. Before the advent of sustainable technology, the country has been responsible for burning up incessant amount of coal to supply affordable electricity to its 1.3 billion people, resulting in polluted air across vast stretches.

HCCB’s initiatives such as the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers; installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high-speed manufacturing lines, are some other instances where the company has been committed to make a difference right where they are.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different Contact: Priyankaa Daing pdaing@coca-cola.in +91 97172 81350 products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage’s Factory At Bidadi Achieves 100% Led Lighting

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today announced that its factory at Bidadi has achieved 100 per cent LED lighting. This significant milestone has been accomplished by installing 1050 LED lights across the plant with the aim to use technology and save power.

The Bidadi factory is one of the eight factories to have successfully transitioned to 100% LED lighting. The transition has resulted in power consumption savings of 3.15 lakh units (Kwh/ annum) and reduction in carbon emissions by 250 tons per annum.

Bheemannappa Manthale, Factory manager, HCCB Bidadi, said “Apart from the LED lighting project, the Bidadi factory has also undertaken several initiatives towards renewable energy utilization, resulting in more than 75% of the plant’s electricity requirement is met through solar power. More than 50% of the plant’s fuel utilisation is from briquettes - made up of agriculture waste. We are also working towards converting furnace oil based boilers to CNG fired Boilers.” This is in line with HCCB's vision of meeting 50% of all its energy needs through green and clean fuel by 2020.

A number of HCCB factories also utilize green and clean energy sources like solar power and CNG fuel for meeting their energy requirements. In line with its commitment to sustainable production, HCCB has adopted a number of initiatives including the adoption of briquettes - made out of farming waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to operate boilers. Establishment of solar rooftops, energy efficient technology and more prominent investment in high-speed manufacturing lines, are a few of the other examples.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB Works Overtime To Ensure Availability Of Clean Drinking Water For The Community To Tide Over The Aftermath Of The Cyclone

Cyclone Fani was one of the worst cyclones to hit India’s eastern coastline since Phailin in 2013. As local administrations and government authorities in Odisha geared up to brace themselves to meet the fury of the cyclone and minimize the consequences, more than a million people were evacuated into 9,000 shelters within 24 hours. There were few corporates who were trying to work in their own way to minimize the large scale destruction that was set to be caused by the destruction.

Gusty winds with speed reaching up to 220 kmph lashed the coastal area of Puri as the cyclone moved close to north coastal Andhra before it made landfall in neighbouring Odisha. As the storm raged across coastal Odisha, leaving over 500,000 people homeless and displaced, it also wiped out infrastructure such as electricity, telecom and basic necessities for people across the state. The impact has been so severe that the state is still recuperating to rebuild itself in the aftermath.

The non-availability of drinking water was one of the biggest challenges for the people as lack of power supply left water pumps defunct and the water available in local markets was mostly contaminated with debris and rendered unfit for drinking.

As soon as the government sounded a high alert across the state, various organizations such as Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, which has one of its production factory in Khurda, geared up towards activating a contingency plan to make sure water was available to the community in the vicinity. Despite all preemptive measures, the HCCB factory was forced to shut down during the first 24 hours as power supply snapped.

For the community in the areas surrounding the factory, drinking water and basic amenities were in short supply. The factory had to run if it was to provide drinking water to people nearby. With factory infrastructure heavily damaged, the factory started working overtime to make urgent repairs.

While one team tried to address the challenge of connectivity, another was trying to make sure water was made available to the community in the vicinity as quickly as possible. Soon after, HCCB was able to distribute 59,250 litres of water to local communities with adequate support from the District Fire Services Department, CESU, CII, IPICOL and various other NGOs. HCCB employees also volunteered in relief operations to ensure clean drinking water was made available to as many people possible.

“The local communities’ most urgent needs were attended to with clean drinking water. The cyclone caused a massive breakdown in power supply and mobile phone connectivity which caused major disruption and confusion during relief distribution, however, we were able to quickly assess the situation and complete urgent repair work in the factory to respond to the need of the hour – accessibility of clean drinking water to the immediate community.” HCCB Factory Manager Joydeep Roy said.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage’s Factory at Varanasi achieves 100% LED Lighting

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies today announced that its factory at Varanasi has achieved 100% LED lighting. This significant milestone has been accomplished by installing 700 LED lights with the aim of saving the usage of conventional power. HCCB’s Varanasi factory is one of the 6 factories to achieve this milestone including the factories in Vijayawada, Ameenpur, Sanand, Siliguri and Jammu.

In line with HCCB's vision of meeting 50% of all its energy needs through green and clean fuel by 2020, the Varanasi factory completed the transformation to 100% LED lighting recently. The transition will bring about saving in power consumption to the tune of 52,000 units (KWH/annum) and help reduce carbon emission by 40,000 (kgs/annum).

Jainender Jain, Factory manager, HCCB Varanasi, said, “We are proud to report 100% LED lighting at our factory thereby contributing to a sustainable and green ecosystem. This has been a great collaborative effort and I would like to thank all our partners and associates for their contribution. We have already been using bio-mass as the green fuel for our boilers to generate steam. Now with 100% LED installation, we are on track to achieve our sustainability goals.”

A number of HCCB factories also utilize cleaner energy sources like solar power and CNG fuel for meeting their energy requirements. In line with its commitment to sustainable production, HCCB has adopted a number of initiatives including the adoption of briquettes - made out of farming waste like groundnuts shells - for its boilers. Establishment of solar rooftops, energy efficient technology and more prominent investment in high-speed manufacturing lines, are a few of the other examples.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage’s Factory at Jammu achieves 100% LED Lighting

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies today announced that its factory at Jammu has achieved 100% LED lighting. This significant milestone has been accomplished by installing 300 LED lights with the aim of saving the usage of conventional power. HCCB’s Jammu factory is one of the 6 factories to achieve this milestone including the factories in Vijayawada, Ameenpur, Sanand, Siliguri and Varanasi.

In line with HCCB's vision of meeting 50% of all its energy needs through green and clean fuel by 2020, the Jammu factory completed the transformation to 100% LED lighting recently. The transition will bring about saving in power consumption to the tune of 37,500 units (KWH/annum) and help reduce carbon emission by 30,000 (kgs/annum).

K K Giri, Factory manager, HCCB Jammu, said, “We are proud to report 100% LED lighting at our factory thereby significantly contributing to a sustainable and green ecosystem. Our consistent efforts have helped us as an ecosystem to achieve 40% usage through green and clean energy. This collaborative achievement is a result of all the team work of our partners and associates and we thank them for their contribution.”

A number of HCCB factories also utilize cleaner energy sources like solar power and CNG fuel for meeting their energy requirements. In line with its commitment to sustainable production, HCCB has adopted a number of initiatives including the adoption of briquettes - made out of farming waste like groundnuts shells - for its boilers. Establishment of solar rooftops, energy efficient technology and more prominent investment in high-speed manufacturing lines, are a few of the other examples.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Corporate Office At Brigade Magnum, Bangalore Receives Leed Platinum Certification

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd), one of India’s top FMCG Company, today announced that its corporate office at Brigade Magnum, in Bengaluru has received the coveted LEED Platinum certification. The certificate recognizes HCCB’s green building initiatives which has resulted in achieving 43 per cent power savings, 44 per cent less water usage and helped establish 100 per cent centralized waste segregation mechanism within the office premises.

The LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is a pioneering program that recognizes green building practices and strategies. In line with HCCB’s focus on creating sustainable business environment, HCCB has achieved 84 out of 110 points under the LEED 2009 for Commercial Interiors rating system.

Sustainable Energy Solutions The company’s office space has also achieved 43 per cent power savings by adopting ENERGY STAR rated LED lighting and Fabric lighting across the office area. LED lights are up to 80 per cent more efficient than traditional lighting such as fluorescent and incandescent lights. 95 per cent of the energy in LEDs is converted into light and only 5 per cent is wasted as heat.

Water Usage HCCB has successfully reduced 44.84 per cent potable water usage against 30.7 per cent as mandated by USGBC. The use of sewage treatment plant within the premises reuses the water for gardening within the overall office complex. Alternative compliance paths such as these have led to a significant reduction in potable water usage.

Waste Segregation Unlike most traditional offices spaces, HCCB does not house dustbins for every work station. At each floor there are centralized waste bins clearly demarcated for all types of waste. The waste segregation mechanism aligns itself with the overall aesthetics of the office interiors. The idea behind centralized waste bins is to discourage desk to desk custodial waste pick up mechanisms and encourage conscious waste disposal habits among employees while they individually empty their waste bins at a centralized location.

“Being able to look after ourselves, in a way that we can look after our ecosystem, is a consistent theme that is running across HCCB. We are focusing on optimizing natural resources even as we try to serve more consumers, customers and communities across India,” said, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

With over 94,000 projects participating in 167 countries and territories, LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, was developed by USGBC and is the world’s most widely used green building rating system for design, construction and operation of high-performance green buildings.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Hyderabad

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Hyderabad through a tree plantation drive and a debate competition on topics related to Earth Day. The competitions were organized at the local HCCB Career Development Centre’s (CDCs).

More than 1100 plants were planted by HCCB associates and community members in Bidadi, Aranya, Nemam, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Dasna, Wada, Goblej, Sanand, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

G Venkateswara, Factory Manager, HCCB Hyderabad, reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Hyderabad. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Pirangut

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Pirangut through a tree plantation drive, creative slogan writing and painting competition on topics related to Earth Day.

More than 1100 plants were planted by HCCB associates and community members in Bidadi, Aranya, Nemam, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Wada, Dasna, Goblej, Sanand, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Kedar Sapre, Factory Manager, HCCB Pirangut,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Pirangut. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Wada

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Wada through a tree plantation drive.

More than 1100 plants were also planted by HCCB associates and community members in Dasna, Bidadi, Nemam, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Aranya, Goblej, Sanand, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Himanshu Acharya, Factory Manager, HCCB Wada,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Wada. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Dasna

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Dasna through a tree plantation drive, a creative drawing & painting competition and a debate competition on topics related to Earth Day. The competitions were organized at the local HCCB Balwadi’s (for children below the age group of 6) and Career Development Centre’s (CDCs).

More than 1100 plants were planted by HCCB associates and community members in Bidadi, Aranya, Nemam, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Wada, Goblej, Sanand, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Raman Goel, Factory Manager, HCCB Dasna,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Dasna. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Nemam

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Nemam through a tree plantation drive.

More than 1100 plants were also planted by HCCB associates and community members in Dasna, Bidadi, Aranya, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Wada, Goblej, Sanand, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Dinesh Ratnam, Factory Manager, HCCB Nemam,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Nemam. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Goblej And Sanand

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Goblej and Sanand through a tree plantation drive, creative slogan writing and painting competition on topics related to Earth Day.

More than 1100 plants were planted by HCCB associates and community members in Bidadi, Aranya, Nemam, Vijayawada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Wada, Dasna, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Somen Adhikari, Factory Manager, HCCB Goblej and Girish Chhablani, Factory Manager, HCCB Sanand,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Goblej and Sanand. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Celebrates Earth Day In Bhopal

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today celebrated the 49th Earth Day with the associates and the community members of Bhopal through a tree plantation drive.

More than 1100 plants were also planted by HCCB associates and community members in Dasna, Bidadi, Nemam, Vijaywada, Wada, Srikalahasti, Hyderabad, Aranya, Goblej, Sanand, Pune, and Bhopal. Additionally, internal associates and their families participated in a painting competition to express their views on the theme with the best three being highlighted in the next year HCCB diaries. HCCB offices and associates also supported the day, through a power shut down for one hour in the evening.

Sachin Parashar, Factory Manager, HCCB Bhopal,reiterated HCCB’s commitment of trying to leave things better than we inherit and said, “We at HCCB truly believe in promoting and adopting green manufacturing practices at our factory in Bhopal. Various initiatives such as deploying environmental-friendly technologies and methods and training our resources for optimal utilization are an integral part of our functioning.”

Earth Day brings attention to a large number of issues that we as a community need to focus on such as pollution of the ocean, debris, climate change, conservation of the Earth’s ecosystems and animals, energy conservation, soil contamination etc. The initiatives undertaken by HCCB was a small contribution for a better tomorrow.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Marcelo Boffi, President at The Coca-Cola Company and his leadership team, visits Bidadi and Bengaluru

Leaders spend time with the community in Medanahalli village. Review the performance of the two HCCB factories at Bidadi

April 10, 2019 Bidadi: Marcelo Boffi, President, Bottling Investments Group, The Coca-Cola Company, and his senior leadership team were on a visit to Bidadi and Bengaluru this week. Marcelo and his team are in-charge of the bottling and manufacturing operations of The Coca-Cola Company, globally, which includes the operations of HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd) in India. HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies, headquartered in Bengaluru. It manufactures and sells a range of juices, dairy products, packaged water, carbonated beverages and other hydration products.

Christina Ruggiero, CEO, HCCB and her senior leadership team in Bengaluru, hosted the visiting team. On their visit to the two factories in Bidadi, the respective factory Managers, Bheemannappa Manthale and G Ganesh gave them a guided tour of the factories.

The team also interacted with village elders and the community members at Medanahalli, where they saw a community RO system in operation. This RO system installed by HCCB, helps the community member procure 20 litres of water for Rs. 5/- They also met members of the Self Help Groups, who have taken help from HCCB to now produce and market 40,000 papads in 6 months. The team also reviewed the progress of another SHG, which is into mushroom cultivation and has already earned Rs. 20,000 producing 115 KGs, within the first 6 months. Marcelo also met farmers who have taken help from HCCB and the local Krishi Vigyan Kendra for improving agri yield and cattle productivity. Umesh Malik, Chandrasekhar, Dhananjay and Damodar, from HCCB facilitated the interactions. HCCB has implemented the HCCB Model village project at Medanahalli, which facilitates education, drinking water facility, livelihood, sanitation, among others, for the local community.

At the Bidadi factory, the team from The Coca-Cola Company saw the manufacturing line, which is the country’s only line that manufactures SmartWater. At the second factory, they witnessed the functioning of a manufacturing line, which is capable of producing juice, with carbonation in it. They also reviewed the solar energy and CNG usage interventions at both the factories. Both the factories use in excess of 70% green and clean energy, to run their operations. They also interacted with the HCCB employees at both the factories.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage Pvt Ltd Factory at Khordha wins Gold Award for Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge 2018

HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today announced that, International Research Institute for Manufacturing (IRIM) has awarded the Gold Award to its Khordha factory as part of the Indian Green Manufacturing Challenge 2018. The factory is one of the very few FMCG/Food facilities in India to get the award in GOLD category.

The India Green Manufacturing Challenge (IGMC) is designed to recognize manufacturing firms that have shown consistent progress in improving sustainability factors associated with a manufacturing facility. The International Research Institute for Manufacturing is a professional body involved in supporting the manufacturing industry in various parts of the world through research, consulting and training services.

The Gold Certification to the Khordha factory was based on the assessment of the site under the sector of Food and Beverages. Some of the key parameters assessed include: water conservation, energy conservation, GHG intensity, land management, green innovation, use of restricted substances, environment, quality of product, material conservation and innovation.

Acknowledging the recognition, Joydeep Roy, Factory Manager, Khordha, said, “We are certainly happy that our factory in Khordha gets into the list of a handful of facilities that are recognized for its sustainability initiatives! We keep sustainability and environmental resource minimization as an integral part of our factory designs. Recognitions like these encourage us to hasten the ‘green’ work.”

Initiatives such as rain water harvesting, re-use of waste water, waste minimisation, plastic waste management, Clean In Place (CIP), optimisation have been undertaken at the Khordha plant to develop it into a green manufacturing unit.

Some of the initiatives that HCCB undertook at Khordha factory are:

Extensive landscaping and green belt spread across 12.99 acre land and planting more than 13000 trees
Water conservation systems with huge Rain Water Harvesting structures along with roof top rain water harvesting.
State of the art waste water treatment facility with Membrane Bio reactor (MBR), with zero discharge of treated waste water to outside water bodies
100% reuse of water for green belt development & utilities.
Optimisation of water usage through various Kaizens and innovative technologies and process.
Well-designed water treatment plants and recovery systems such as UFRO, decausticiser, backwash recovery.
Use of sustainable packaging with innovation through reduction of material, minimisation of waste and recycling.
Maximising use of LED lights as part of green energy use initiative.
Implementation of heat recovery systems, use of energy efficient pumps and many energy saving initiatives.
Use of sterile air in place of Carbon dioxide gas during the filling process which contributes a lot to carbon foot print reduction.
Creation of Driver Management Centre including training of drivers through Defensive Driving Training (DDT).
Implementation of Behavioural Based Safety programme (BBS) to create a strong safety culture inside the factory and personal life of the employees.

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage Factory at Sanand, Gujarat, is now a Gold Certified Green Building

Ahmedabad, April 4, 2019: HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd) – one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today announced that the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) has awarded the Gold certificate to its newest factory at Sanand, Gujarat. The factory - a fully digital and world-class facility, became operational in mid-2018. The Sanand factory is only 1 of 9 Gold certified Green Buildings (Factories) amongst the FMCG / Food industrial facilities in India. It is also the only factory run by HCCB, which employs more than 40% women.

Green buildings are defined as “one which uses less water, optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste, and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to conventional buildings”.

The Gold certification to the Sanand factory is based on an assessment of the site in the categories of sustainable site, water conservation, energy conservation, indoor environmental quality, material conservation and innovation.

Initiatives such as prevention of soil erosion, group transportation and shuttle services, on site solar power generation & effective usage, rainwater harvesting, re-use of wastewater, vehicle charging facility, and several others, have been undertaken at Sanand to develop it into a green site.

Commenting on the recognition, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB, said, “We are certainly happy that our factory in Sanand gets into the list of a handful of facilities, which are recognized green! Being a Greenfield site, there was opportunity for us to be very diligent about building this factory. We kept sustainability and environmental resource minimization at the very core of factory design. There is more work happening at this factory and this recognition will only encourage us to hasten the ‘green’ work.”

Some of the initiatives that HCCB undertook at Sanand factory, right from the beginning, are:

1. Soil erosion prevention and controls, maintained during the project phase.

2. Landscaping in excess of 20% at the site

3. Charging points for 4-wheelers and 2-wheelers provided in the parking area to promote use of electric vehicles

4. Water conservation system for harvesting and storage of rain water

5. Two rain water-harvesting ponds of 900 cum/each and percolation wells to capture 1683 cum. of water

6. Low flow water fixtures in all washrooms

7. Only 14.3% of turf lawn in the factory, to minimize the water usage

8. 100% treatment of non-process wastewater generated

9. Maximising usage of LED fixtures

10. Use of solar tubes to bring in more sunlight deeper into plant areas, thereby reducing electrical loads during the day

11. Installation of 101 KW solar PV at the parking area. Installation of 897 KW Roof top solar PV is now being undertaken

12. Creation of driver management centre including training of drivers and rest areas for comfort with well-designed wash facilities

13. Shuttle services for employees

About HCCB

HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It manufactures, packages and sells, some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Limca, Fanta, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets, makes HCCB, an ecosystem of significant scale. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. Through its 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 different products in 9 different categories.

HCCB Enters The Elite Club Of Global Manufacturing Companies

Bengaluru, Karnataka, March 27, 2019: HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd) – one amongst India’s top FMCG companies – has entered the list of elite, global, manufacturing organizations. Two of its factories, one each at Ameenpur (near Hyderabad city) and Pirangut, Pune have been conferred the prestigious JIPM (Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance) Excellence in Consistent TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) Commitment Award. The award was handed over to factory managers G. Venkateswara Rao and Kedar Sapre for Ameenpur and Pirangut respectively, at a glittering ceremony in Kyoto, Japan.

JIPM is one of the elite institutions in the world, which promotes safe, secure and reliable, production and maintenance activities in global manufacturing set-ups. Since its institution in 1964, it has also presented the TPM Excellence Awards, and so far, only 3000+ plants in the world have received this award.

Among the 21 plants globally, that have been conferred the JIPM Excellence in Consistent TPM Commitment award, in 2018, there are 11 Indian Plants, 2 of which are the HCCB factories at Pirangut and Ameenpur.

TPM was introduced by the Japan Institute of Plant Maintenance (JIPM) in 1971 and is defined as the ultimate method of pursuing production efficiency. It is intended to encompass the entire company from the shopfloor to the executive boardroom, creating a true company-wide commitment to production excellence, and is designed to avoid any losses by creating a culture of 'zero accidents, zero defects and zero breakdowns’.

Commenting on the recognition, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB, said, “This award is the ultimate tribute to the man-machine combination at our world class factories. TPM has been at the core of the construct in our factory operations, as we went about economizing the use of resources and enhancing production. Both these factories anyways have many distinctions to their credit, but the JIPM award is absolute top notch. All credit to the people at our factories, who make the wheels run. I congratulate the entire HCCB family and Kedar Sapre, Venkat and their teams in particular.”

The JIPM award system judges the results of a plant’s activities and presents awards at five progressive levels: Excellence, Consistency, Special, Advanced Special and World Class. On average, it takes about 10 years for a plant to go from the first to the highest level. The auditors of the award review every facet of manufacturing and its contribution and therefore the impact to the overall business.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd is one of India’s largest FMCG companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale, and distribution of some of India’s most loved beverages – Minute Maid, Maaza, SmartWater, Kinley, Thums Up, Sprite, Coca-Cola, Georgia and several others. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by HCCB. It operates in 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 + products in 9 different categories.

HCCB Celebrates International Women's Day In The True Spirit Of Empowerment

Bengaluru, March 8, 2019: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd. today celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD) unlike any other. The Company did not offer flowers and gifts, or gave cards. Instead, 100 HCCB associates across India joined hands to spend quality time with 300 women from the local community, to understand the journey of their life, and create an impactful resume for them. The HCCB team also made these profiles digitally available for easy accessibility by potential employers.

HCCB associates carried out the engagement at its offices in Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi offices and its factories at Nemam, Goblej, Ameenpur, Pirangut, Khurda and Dasna. In keeping with the requirements of modern day job searches, HCCB associates curated the resumes to highlight the most searched skills and also keywords that Artificial Intelligence systems prefer. All this in a span of one-and-half hours! The profiles were also converted into additional local language of choice, of the ladies. To add to this, these resumes were made available on social platforms, meant for job searches and requisitions.

Speaking on the occasion, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We know that Indian woman can do the impossible. Our role is to enable them and in some cases, show them the path. As we were going through the process of creating resumes, we heard so many impactful stories and discovered skills that could easily be showcased. It just needed the right language and prioritization. We are so happy to have done this. Being able to do this for 300 women is a good start. I am thankful to my associates who took out time and accomplished this very fulfilling exercise.”

Aligned with the global International Women’s Day theme of #BalanceForBetter, HCCB’s unique initiative titled #InspiredByYOU had a series of activations through the day. The first half of the day was spent recognizing the efforts of HCCB associates, men and women, and their partners who contributed to their success in life. Panel discussions with company’s senior leadership team, quizzes around gender stereotypes, coaching workshops, etc were also held to set the tone for the day, which culminated with the bio-data creating session and fun activation.

About HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages) Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale, and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7,000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 + products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages achieves 100% led lighting at Aranya factory in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, February 22, 2019: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd. today announced that it has achieved 100% LED lighting at its second factory located at the Bidadi Industrial Area, in Bengaluru. Referred to as the HCCB Aranya factory, this is one of the newer greenfield sites of HCCB, built with the state of the art technology and latest machines. The factory achieved the distinction of being a 100% LED lighted factory over a short span of two months. The intervention will save 2.5 lakh KWH per annum, reducing 200 tons in carbon footprint.

HCCB now meets 40% of its energy requirements across all factories through renewable and clean energy sources.

The Aranya factory becomes HCCB's fourth factory to have 100% LED lighting, after Vijayawada, Ameenpur and Siliguri. The project was implemented in phases by installing 1300 lights, replacing panel lights, high bay lights, flameproof lights, tube lights and high mast lights among others.

In addition to being 100% LED lit, this factory also sources more than 60% of its power supply through solar energy under state open access policy. The factory also has a boiler, which runs on 100% CNG. The CNG supply to the factory is by GAIL.

According to Ganesh G, Factory Manager, HCCB Aranya, "We are proud about the contribution that we will make to a sustainable and green ecosystem. This has been a great collaborative effort and I would like to thank all our partners and associates for their contribution. We are already looking at solar power as our primary energy source and use CNG for our boilers."

Many HCCB factories procure solar energy under state open access policy, and Briquette/CNG fuel for their thermal energy requirements. All HCCB factories in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have started using solar power for their primary energy requirements. The factory at Ameenpur has 75 per cent of its needs met by solar energy while the two others at Vijayawada and Srikalahasti have 50 per cent of their requirements met by solar power. The Company now meets 40% of its energy requirements across all factories through renewable energy sources.

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high-speed manufacturing lines, are some other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India's largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 + products in 9 different categories.

HCCB launches new driver management centre in Goblej, Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, January 31, 2019: HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages), through various initiatives, has been continuously working towards creating a safe work environment for all its stakeholders, internal or external. In line with this philosophy, HCCB has launched a state-of-the-art Integrated Driver Management Centre (DMC) and Driver Rest Facility at its Goblej factory on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The new facility was launched by Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB.

HCCB's Driver Management Centre has been created with the single-minded focus of driver welfare and benefits, and with the hope that it positively contributes to the overall road safety and driver well-being in India. The state-of-the-art centre has a comprehensive set of facilities, which will enable drivers to have a safe and convenient driving experience.

The facilities at this Driver Management Centre include:

Driver counseling room
Driver change room
Dedicated Transporter office
Canteen
Storage rooms
Toilet & Bathroom
Driver sleeping and seating area

HCCB has 18 factories across the length and breadth of India and as one of the top FMCG companies, works closely with stakeholders across the entire manufacturing and distribution value chain. Our logistics and distribution partners along with the driver partners thus form an integral part of the HCCB ecosystem.

Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB, said, Safety of our associates and all our partners is fundamental to the way to do business. We will continue our relentless pursuit of safety for everyone, in all possible ways. The new centre that we inaugurated and the host of activites that we have planned on the occasion of the upcoming Road Safety Week are only some steps in this direction.

The new DMC kickstarts HCCB's preparations for the 30th National Road Safety Week which will be observed from Feb 4, 2019. HCCB has planned a host of activities to sensitise its associates and other stakeholders on the importance of observing road safety and demonstrate responsible behavior all the time. HCCB will organize training and safe driving sensitization sessions for its associates and sales representatives known as market growth representatives (MGRs), apart from holding safety quizzes, creating safety brand ambassadors covering all the seven business zones of the company, blood donation camps targeting more than 1000 associates, distribution of fliers with messages on road safety and other onground activations.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India's largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 + products in 9 different categories.

HCCB's Model Village Dedication Programme at Nemam and Andersonpet, Tamil Nadu

Nemam, December 18, 2018 : In line with its objective of enabling integrated development of communities as part of its Model Village Programme, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd today dedicated two villages of Tamil Nadu - Nemam and Andersonpet, as 'Model Villages' by undertaking a comprehensive development. Christina Ruggiero, Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd, along with other local dignitaries were present to celebrate the impactful transition of the model villages. Multiple initiatives relating to drinking water, health, education, sanitation, livelihood, agriculture, and sustainable environment have benefited 337 households in the two villages.

Speaking on the occasion,, Christina Ruggiero, Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd, said, "Our Model Village Programme is a key part of HCCB's overall commitment to the integrated development of neighbouring communities. We started several developmental interventions in Nemam and Andersonpet and are very pleased to see the progress in these villages and the impact it has had on local communities"

A host of dignitaries, government officials, and HCCB representatives were present on the occasion. Prominent among them were Christina Ruggiero, Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd, Smt Mageswari Ravi kumar, IAS, Thiruvallur District Collector, Smt Ponni, IPS, Superintendent Of Police of Thiruvallur District, Sh Dr Jagan Moorthy, Ex MLA, Sh S. S. Kumar, Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Thiruvallur District, Sh Dr T. Rajendhiran, Chief Educational Officer, Thiruvallur District, Sh Dr J. Prabakaran, Deputy Director - Public Health, Poonamallee, among others.

Major Interventions by HCCB in the two Villages

Drinking water, Health, Education, Sanitation, Livelihood, Agriculture and Sustainable Environment benefitting 337 households.
Two Bore wells commissioned at Nemam village, mitigating drinking water challenge.
Supported PHC with ECG machine and refurbished Ambulance to enable villagers access to better health facilities.
Reconstruction of School buildings at Nemam and Andersonpet, providing the students with Uniforms, School kits, upgrading the school to Smart Class. School attendance has now increased to 100%.
Supporting Youth through computer classes and SHG women with Tailoring Machines, training to farmers on good Agricultural practices.
100 household sanitation blocks were constructed, making them "Open Defecation Free"
Several programmes have been implemented to support livelihood of the village women by extending PRAGATHI training to 246 women participants.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd is one of India's largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale, and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 products in 9 different categories

HCCB factory at Raninagar, Siliguri - achieves 100% LED lighting

Siliguri, October 30, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd today announced that it has converted all its lighting at the Raninagar, Siliguri factory into LED lighting. The Factory thus becomes HCCB’s first factory in the Eastern region to have 100% LED lighting. This significant milestone has been accomplished in phases by replacing more than 375 panel lights, 92 high bay lights, 14 flameproof lights, 500 tube lights and 24 high mast lights among others.

The Siliguri factory of HCCB (Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd) transitioned to 100% LED lighting over a short span of two and half months resulting in saving of 1.4 lakh units (KWH/annum) and reduction of more than 120 tons in carbon footprint.

According to Biplab Ghosh, Factory Manager, HCCB Siliguri, “It is indeed a matter of pride that the Siliguri factory of HCCB has achieved the distinction of being the first factory of the Company in Eastern region to have 100% LED lighting. This is in line with HCCB’s vision of meeting 40% of all its energy requirements through green and clean fuel by the end of 2018. We shall continue to explore avenues for enhancing renewable energy usage in future."?

HCCB now has three factories that use 100% LED for lighting its factory operations. A number of HCCB factories also use solar energy off-the-grid, and CNG fuel for their energy requirements. The Company is on track to achieve its goal of using 40% energy from new and renewable sources by the end of 2018.

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high-speed manufacturing lines, are some other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 products in 9 different categories.

HCCB achieves 100% LED lighting at Ameenpur factory in Telangana

Ameenpur, Telangana, October 22, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd today announced that its factory at Ameenpur in Telangana has achieved 100% LED lighting. This is the second factory after Vijayawada to have achieved the feat, which is in line with HCCB’s commitment to have at least 40% of its energy requirements at factories met through clean, efficient and green energy by 2018.

The Ameenpur factory transitioned to 100% LED lighting over a short span of seven months resulting in saving of 2.73 lakh units (KWH/annum) and reduction of around 151 tons in carbon footprint. Early this year, HCCB’s Vijayawada factory had reported 100% LED lighting.

Commenting on the accomplishment, G Venkateswara Rao, Factory Manager, HCCB Ameenpur, said, “We are proud to report 100% LED lighting at our factory thereby significantly contributing to a sustainable and green ecosystem. This has been a great collaborative effort and I would like to thank all our partners and associates for their contribution. We are already looking at solar power as our primary energy source and now with 100% LED installation, we are on track to achieve our sustainability goals."?

All HCCB factories in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have started using solar power for their primary energy requirements. The factory at Ameenpur has 75 per cent of its needs met by solar energy while the two other at Vijayawada and Srikalahasti have 50 per cent of their requirements met by solar power.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 products in 9 different categories.

HCCB felicitates students completing skill training at Career Development Centre, Khordha

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, October 4, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd today (HCCBPL) today felicitated 40 students who successfully completed a skill training program from Career Development Centre (CDC), Khordha. The students were presented with certificates by the Chief Guest, Shri Rajendra Kumar Sahoo, Member of Legislative Assembly, Khordha, Odisha. Also present on the occasion were Mohan Singh, Cluster Head- Supply Chain, HCCB, Umesh Malik, Vice President- Public Affairs & Communication, HCCB and Joydeep Roy, Factory Manager, HCCB, Khordha.

The Career Development Centre is an initiative of in partnership with the NIIT Foundation. The objective of CDC is to give unemployed and underserved rural youth with skill training to enhance their employability potential. The training courses are designed to meet the job requirements of the organized sector.

HCCB’s Khordha Career Development Centre was established in 2014. Since its inception the Centre has successfully provided skill training to over 1100 youth. Over 800 of them have been placed with various companies like Vision Plus, Kolkata Mart, Reliance Fresh, Success Point Computers, Maha Shaki Foundation, Karvy, V2 Mart and Sakha Seva Sangha among others earning an average monthly salary of over Rs. 7000.

While handing out the certificates to CDC students, Chief Guest of the occasion Shri Rajendra Kumar Sahoo, Member of Legislative Assembly, Khordha, Odisha, applauded the company for its initiative. He added that the youth of Khordha are making the most of good initiatives like the Career Development Centre program by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverage and such certifications not only empower the youth but also make Odisha a progressive state, contributing to the overall development of the nation. He congratulated youth who successfully completed their training and prepared themselves for a better future.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Umesh Malik, Vice President – Public Affairs & Communication, HCCBPL, said, “I would like to congratulate all the 40 students for their hard work and zeal to equip themselves with new skills enabling their entry into economic mainstream. In today’s age, it is critical for youth to be equipped with the right skill sets so as to leverage gainful employment opportunities. We feel proud to be able to support them in this process. I wish them good luck as they embark upon a new journey and hope they are able to achieve success."?

Mr. Joydeep Roy, Factory Manager, Khordha Bottling plant welcomed Chief Guest and others. Mr. Mohan Singh, Cluster Head – Supply Chain, North & East proposed Vote of Thanks.

In addition to Khordha, there are four more CDCs operational currently – one each at Pirangut near Pune (Maharashtra), Bidadi near Bangalore (Karnataka), Dasna (UP) and Ameenpur in Hyderabad (Telangana). HCCB launched the CDC initiative in 2011 and till date more than 9000 youth have been trained and certified. Out of these, over 5000 have been successfully employed. More than 40% of CDC beneficiaries across most of the locations have been women.

The Centres are equipped with modern facilities such as Desktops with Internet, Audio-Visual Learning Aids and Libraries, and offer an enabling environment for education and skilling.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 products in 9 different categories.

HCCB draws Gold at the IRIM Manufacturing Awards 2018

Bengaluru / Ramnagara, October 4, 2018: Once again establishing its manufacturing mettle, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd won two Gold awards for manufacturing competitiveness, through its two factories located at the KIADB, Bidadi. The award is given by the International Research Institute for Manufacturing (IRIM), under the name of National Awards for Manufacturing Competitiveness (NAMC).

The National Awards for Manufacturing Competitiveness (NAMC) is a program through which renowned manufacturing companies from various parts of India gain meritocratic recognition. HCCB’s award winning factories went through rigorous onsite assessment conducted by experience professionals on IRIM’s 10 indicators of manufacturing competiveness. The assessment looked at the factory’s ability to develop, implement and sustain a strong competitive strategy.

Complementing the team at the two factories and expressing his gratitude to IRIM, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB Pvt Ltd., said, “It feels good to see that our work in promoting manufacturing excellence is being recognized. We have consistently given ourselves targets and challenges, which are often tougher than the prevailing norms on asset utilization, building a safety culture and in optimizing the use of resources - water, energy, packaging materials and towards effluent management. These awards spur us to continue to traverse that path. My congratulations to the entire team at the two factories located at KIADB, Bidadi and the larger HCCB family for winning these awards."?

The awards ceremony was conducted at the ITC, Maratha, Mumbai where Christina Ruggiero, CEO, HCCB, also delivered the keynote speech at the awards night. She outlined that manufacturing competitiveness comes from promoting a safety and quality culture, using automation for brining inclusivity and diversity and by building scalable but flexible production and supply chain models.

Instituted by International Research Institute for Manufacturing (IRIM) in the year 2013, the National Awards for Manufacturing Competitiveness (NAMC) is a unique awards program which recognizes non-conventional approaches and tailor-made strategies of organizations.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors, 250,000 farmers, 7000 suppliers and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages. HCCB operates across 25 states in 493 districts. With 18 factories, HCCB manufactures and sells 55 products in 9 different categories.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Patna Factory wins the prestigious FAME Excellence Award

Awarded Platinum & Gold Awards, which is testimony to company’s global best industry practices

Patna, August 07, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s top 5 FMCG Company – was awarded the prestigious Foundation for Accelerated Mass Empowerment (FAME) Excellence Awards for the work done in its Patna Factory, in two categories – (1) Environment Protection and (2) Worker Health & Safety.

The award was presented by Mr. Madan Kaushik, Honourable Minister for Urban Development, Government of Uttarakhand, Mr. Prakash Pant, Honourable Finance Minister, Government of Uttarakhand and Mr. Naresh Bansal, General Secretary, Uttarakhand BJP unit, to Mohan Singh, Supply Chain Head, North and East, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, along with the Factory team management at Patna.

The FAME award for Environment Protection recognises the superlative work done by the Factory in the area of water management, energy management and effluent treatment especially the work done in building capability within its workmen to be responsible and cognizant towards the environment. The FAME award for Health and Safety recognises the work done by the Patna Factory in the areas of promoting a culture of safety in the factory, measuring and consistently improving the safety performance within the Factory and spreading the safety culture to suppliers and partners of the Factory operations.

Speaking on the occasion, Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB Pvt Ltd, said, “It feels good to see that our work on building a safety culture within and outside are factories, is being acknowledged. I have always said that safety is a habit and excellence is a practice. I am also thankful to FAME for honouring the Patna Factory’s work in Environment Management. We have consistently given ourselves targets and challenges, which are often tougher than the prevailing industry norms on water, energy and effluent management. These awards will spur us to continue to traverse that road. My congratulations to the entire team at the Patna Factory and the larger HCCB family for winning these awards."?

HCCB’s Patna Factory commenced operations in 1998. Various state-of-the-art technologies have been deployed at the Factory for manufacturing operations. The unit has been leading the way with pioneering initiatives focused on community well-being and health and safety of employees.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 3,900 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh inaugrates a reverse vending machine that recycles PET bottles

Project is a part of UNDP and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages partnership agreement, to launch plastic waste recycling projects in 50 Indian cities

Bhopal, June 5, 2018: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd, inaugurated the first Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) at Vallabh Bhawan (Mantralaya), this morning.

This machine collects PET bottles and flakes (cuts) them instantly, thereby reducing the volume of the used PET bottle by upto 85%. It has auto on and off feature and hence the machine only starts when a bottle is dropped inside. The machine has the capacity of flaking 500 bottles in an hour and also has storage capacity of 500-600 bottles pieces, inside the machine.

In order to encourage a wide adoption and usage of this machine, so that people do not throw away used PET bottles, thereby littering the environment, the RVM uses a digital reward system. The machine rewards a person that puts a used PET bottle in the machine and chooses to be recognised by the machine by inserting their mobile number. The machine will send an SMS to the mobile number, thanking the person for participating in clean India campaign, along with a coupon code from Paytm equivalent of Rs 0.50/-. The person will get a credit of Rs 0.50 in their e-wallet once they use this coupon code while making any transaction through paytm. The machine also comes with a 16"? screen. This screen can show video / messages / contents of swachhta mission, government programs etc.

The installation of this machine is a part of the UNDP India – HCCB partnership that aims to create a model that ensures a circular economy for plastic waste by generating value out of used plastic, thereby reducing litter. Plastics, because of its many attractive properties, such as lightweight, high strength and ease of processing, meet a large share of the materials needs of man, at a comparatively lesser cost thereby causing lesser environmental implications. However, a general callousness towards disposal and recycling of used plastic, is leading to this most useful material ending up in landfills or by the roadside.

In Bhopal, UNDP India and HCCB is partnering with the Bhopal Municipal Corporation for the plastic waste recycling mission.

Hon'ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh inaugrates a multi-stakeholder partnership project for Plastic Waste Recycling in Bhopal

Project is a part of UNDP and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages partnership agreement, to launch plastic waste recycling projects in 50 Indian cities

Bhopal, June 5, 2018: Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd launched a plastic waste recycling program in Bhopal that aims to collect, process and recycle used plastic and convert them into useful products like T-shirts, fabric, backpacks, etc. The hard to recycle low end plastics like carry bags, laminates etc will be used to manufacture compressed boards, co- incineration in cement kilns, road laying and pyrolysis. An estimated 4-5 tonnes of plastic is likely to be collected every day through this project. Bhopal – the second cleanest city in India – thus celebrated #WorldEnvironmentDay in a near perfect way. The plastic waste recycling program is the result of a multi-stakeholder partnership being led by UNDP India and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages to support sustainable plastic waste management practices across 50 Indian cities.

As a part of the same program, the Hon’ble Chief Minister, earlier in the morning also inaugurated a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) at Vallabh Bhawan(Mantralaya). This machine collects PET bottles and flakes (cuts) them instantly, thereby reducing the volume of the used PET bottle by upto 85%. It has auto on and off feature and hence the machine only starts when a bottle is dropped inside. The machine has the capacity of flaking 500 bottles in an hour and has storage capacity of 500-600 bottles pieces, inside the machine. To encourage the public to use this machine, everytime they feed a used PET bottle into the machine, they will get a Paytm credit of Rs 0.50/- in their e-wallet. The machine has been developed by BioCrux and Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is investing in these machines to encourage people to recycle PET bottles and not litter them.

The plastic waste recycling program will also improve the socio-economic conditions of waste-pickers, especially women. Through this critical partnership, the aim is to better manage over 85,000 tonnes of plastic waste per year and improve the lives of 37,500 waste-pickers, or safaii mitras.

The UNDP India – HCCB partnership aims to create a model that ensures a circular economy for plastic waste by generating value out of used plastic, thereby reducing litter. Plastics, because of its many attractive properties, such as lightweight, high strength and ease of processing, meet a large share of the materials needs of man, at a comparatively lesser cost thereby causing lesser environmental implications. However, a general callousness towards disposal and recycling of used plastic, is leading to this most useful material ending up in landfills or by the roadside.

In Bhopal, UNDP India and HCCB will partner with the Bhopal Municipal Corporation - to create a sustainable value chain in plastic recycling. In Bhopal, this project will accomplish the following:

Upgrade current plastic waste recycling infrastructure
Organize waste pickers or safaii mitras under a formal programme
Establish recyclers for all seven types of plastic waste
Build collaboration with municipal corporations
Undertake awareness programmes on waste segregation and plastic recycling
Implement a full-scale technology platform to monitor progress of the project

The project will be rolled out first in select areas of Bhopal and subsequently, will be scaled up.

Speaking at the launch Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., “One of the first things that I noticed about India is our ability to generate wealth from waste and the resultant value chain that can be set up around this process. PET is one of those game changing innovations of humankind that made our lives very convenient and it has a significant post-use value. However, all the partners that have got together in this project, realise that we need to orchestrate an environment that encourages responsible use of plastic and also ensure its post-use recovery. The installation of the RVM machine at Mantralaya today and the launch of the PET Recycling program in Bhopal has made a beginning on what could potentially be a model that be scaled up multiple times. I thank UNDP and BMC in particular for leading the way.?

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

HCCB launched its first plastic recycling project in Bangalore in partnership with M/s Sahaas Zero Waste and then later in Hyderabad with M/s Waste Ventures, in April 2018. This was followed by the Mumbai & Goa Launch in May 2018 partnering Indian Centre For Plastics in the Environment (ICPE) and Goa Waste Management Corporation respectively.This launch in Bhopal brings HCCB a step closer to fulfilling its goal of initiating recycling programs in 50 major cities. HCCB intends to create an environment where every player in the recycling value chain, starting from the waste collectors to recyclers are connected. These integrated recycling programs shall be established through multi stakeholder partnerships to create an end-to-end ecosystem for plastic recycling in the country.

About United Nations Development Programme

UNDP works in almost 170 countries and territories, helping achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development, from democratic governance to poverty eradication, to sustainable energy and environmental management. UNDP’s programmes are aligned with national priorities and are reviewed and adjusted annually.

Off from work, she worked on the beach

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages CEO, Christina Ruggiero, cleans the Miramar beach in Goa to celebrate her marriage anniversary and #WorldEnvironmentDay

Panjim, June 4, 2018: Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd, celebrated her marriage anniversary and #WorldEnvironmentDay in a unique way. She with her husband (Herbert) and two children (Alexander and Parker) flew to Goa and teamed up with more than 70 associates from the Company to clean the Miramar beach. It was a morning well spent as local residents also joined the group and enthusiastically collected strewn glass, metal, paper, wire, plastic, spoilt fishing nets, rubber, shoes, soles etc. For an act that began at 7 am, the team had collected 30 KGs of waste in less than 60 minutes. The beach cleanup was ably supported by the Goa Waste Management Corporation.

Articulating the idea of cleaning a beach, to celebrate one’s anniversary, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd., said, “My kids were the original founders of the idea of doing the beach clean up in the first place. So it made all the sense in the world to do the beach clean up as a part of our anniversary celebrations. It was an immensely fulfilling act and all of us walked away feeling fantastic and energized"?.

Several top executives of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages were present at the clean up drive including Shukla Wassan, Executive Director – Legal and Corporate Affairs, Kamlesh Sharma, Chief Communications Officer, Rajneet Kohli, Zonal Vice President and Umesh Malik, Vice President, Public Affairs.

Christina Ruggiero is currently the only woman CEO of a top 5 FMCG company in India. She took the reins at HCCB in June 2017 and relocated to Bengaluru – the headquarters of HCCB - from Atlanta. She has lived and worked in 55 countries and counts Goa among one of her favourite places in India. She recently, jointly launched a program to recycle plastic waste in Goa with Mr. Francis D’Souza, Minister for Urban Development. An estimated 4-5 tonnes of plastic is likely to be collected every day through this plastic waste recycling project. The collected plastic will be converted into useful products like T-shirts, fabric, backpacks, etc. and the hard to recycle low-end plastics like carry bags, laminates etc. shall be used to manufacture compressed boards, co- incineration in cement kilns, road laying and pyrolysis.

A multi-stakeholder partnership to ensure a circular economy for plastic, kicks off in Mumbai

Hon’ble Ministers in the Maharashtra Government and Yuva Sena Chief, flag-off the project

Mumbai, May 04, 2018: Minister of Environment, Shri Ram Das Kadam; Minister of Industry, Shri Subhash Desai, Govt of Maharashtra and Shri Aditya Thackeray, Chief, Yuva Sena, brought to life a unique and model project, that could be the way forward for recycling plastic waste in the country. The political leaders along with Mrs. Marina Walter, Country Director, a.i, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt ltd; Smt. Jyoti Mapsekar, Founder, Stri Mukti Sangatana, Mr. Vijay Merchant, Member Governing Council, Indian Centre for Plastics in the Environment (ICPE) and Mr. Krishnakumar Natrajan, Executive Chairman, Mindtree inaugurated this initiative that aims to collect all 7 types of plastic waste in Mumbai and recycle them.

The project is a multi-stakeholder partnership that brings together UNDP, ICPE - nodal agency recognized by the Government of India to handle all issues related to Plastics and Environment in the country, Stree Mukti Sangathana – the NGO and HCCB – one of India’s top 5 FMCG companies - to create a sustainable value chain in plastic recycling. This model ensures a circular economy for plastic waste by generating value out of used plastic, thereby reducing litter. Plastics, because of its many attractive properties, such as lightweight, high strength and ease of processing, meet a large share of the materials needs of man, and that too at a comparatively lesser cost and causing lesser environmental implications. However, our own callousness and irresponsibility in ensuring that all used PET gets recycled, is leading to the most useful material like PET, ending up in landfills or by the roadside. Under this project (1) current infrastructure of ICPE to recycle plastic waste will be upgraded (2) waste pickers will be brought under a formal program (3) recyclers for all 7 types of plastic waste will be tied-up (4) collaboration with Municipal corporations will be established (5) massive awareness programs on waste segregation and plastic recycling will be undertaken and (6) a full scale technology platform will be implemented to track progress and performance of the project. The project will first be piloted in 10 wards of Mumbai and if successful, the partners will discuss further scaling up of the project.

Speaking at the launch event, Mrs. Marina Walter, Country Director, a.i, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), said, “Private businesses have a key role to play and are well-positioned to bring new and innovative solutions to address environmental challenges, such as plastic waste, using their on-the-ground networks and their ability to swiftly adapt. I want to congratulate Coca-Cola HCCBPL for taking on this important initiative."?

In her speech at the event, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., said, “One of the first things that I noticed about India is our ability to generate wealth from waste and the resultant value chain that can be set up around this process. PET is one of those game changing innovations of humankind that made our lives very convenient and it has a significant post-use value. However, all the partners that have got together in this project, realise that we need to orchestrate an environment that encourages responsible use of plastic and also ensure its post-use recovery. We have made a beginning on what could potentially be a model that be scaled up multiple times. I thank UNDP and ICPE in particular for leading the way and I am most grateful to our political leaders for encouraging us through this journey."?

Mr. Vijay Merchant, Member, Governing Council, ICPE, said, “The signature of all natural materials made by biological process is that they are biodegradable and bio-assimilable. The long life and desirability of plastics, which have made them, a material of choice for many applications is seemingly a disadvantage when it comes to their disposal. However, when handled properly, plastics do little damage to our environment. Plastics have the advantage that they can be easily reprocessed and recycled. It is a great honour for us that this project starts in our own backyard. Along with our partners, we are committed to make this a showcase project for the rest of the country."?

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

HCCB launched its first plastic recycling project in Bangalore in partnership with M/s Sahaas Zero Waste and then later in Hyderabad with M/s Waste Ventures, in April 2018. This launch in Mumbai brings HCCB, is a step closer to fulfilling its goal of initiating recycling programs in 50 major cities. HCCB intends to create an environment where every player in the recycling value chain, starting from the waste collectors to recyclers are connected. These integrated recycling programs shall be established through multi stakeholder partnerships to create an end-to-end ecosystem for plastic recycling in the country.

About United Nations Development Programme

UNDP works in almost 170 countries and territories, helping achieve the eradication of poverty, and the reduction of inequalities and exclusion. We help countries develop policies, leadership skills, partnering abilities, institutional capabilities and build resilience in order to sustain development results.

UNDP has worked in India since 1951 in almost all areas of human development, from democratic governance to poverty eradication, to sustainable energy and environmental management. UNDP’s programmes are aligned with national priorities and are reviewed and adjusted annually.

HCCB launches plastic recycling initiative in Hyderabad

Launches project in Hyderabad and plans to initiate similar programmes across 50 major cities in India over the next two years

Hyderabad, April 05, 2018: In line with its goal of realizing a sustainable value chain in plastic recycling and creating a circular economy, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages (HCCB) in collaboration with M/S Waste Ventures India Ltd, a social enterprise in waste management, launched a project in Hyderabad for plastic waste recycling. Shukla Wassan, Executive Director Legal & Corporate Affairs “Flagged Off"? the collection vehicles at the waste segregation facility of M/S Waste Ventures today at 11:00 AM

Through this project, HCCB in liaison with M/S Waste Ventures aims to collect plastic waste in Hyderabad through dedicated fleet of collection vehicles. An estimated 4-5 tons of plastic is likely to be collected every day. The collected plastic will be converted into useful products like T-shirts, Fabric, backpacks etc to close the loop and create circular economy on plastic.

Commenting on the association, Shukla Wassan, Executive Director Legal & Corporate Affairs, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., “We are aligned with the World Environment Day global theme -‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ and we wish to combat the challenges surfacing from single use plastic. Our long-term vision is to leverage the scale and resources of our entire system to ensure that all our packaging material is reused and recycled to minimize its environmental impact."?

On this occasion, Umesh Malik, Head of Public Affairs and Communication, Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, explained the steps that HCCB is undertaking to manage plastic in effective ways to create the circular economy on the plastic.

HCCB intends to create a circular economy on plastics by closing the loop, connecting every player in the plastic recycling value chain starting from waste collectors to recyclers. The integrated recycling programs shall be established through multi stakeholder partnerships to create an end-to-end ecosystem for plastic recycling in the country.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. It is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investment Group (BIG) and responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. For further information on the Company's India operations and its products, please visit www.hindustancoca-cola.com

About Waste Ventures India

Waste Ventures India is a waste management social enterprise that is moving India's solid waste sector to models that are simultaneously environmentally and financially sustainable. The organization offers professional waste collection and processing services to households, corporate clients and waste pickers. They are Hyderabad's first digital doorstep recyclable pickup service. Since late 2013, over 3,000 tons of waste from Indian dumpsites has been averted.

HCCB plant in Vijayawada goes green - achieves 100% LED lighting

Vijayawada, March 9, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s top 5 FMCG companies - announced that they have converted all the lighting at their Vijayawada factory into LED. The Factory thus becomes the first of the 21 factories of the Company to have 100% LED lighting. The significant milestone has been accomplished in phases by replacing more than 420 panel lights, 380 high bay lights, 15 flame proof lights, 75 Tube lights, 60 High mast 60 lights among others.

According to B. Rajasekhar Reddy, Factory Manager, HCCB Vijayawada, “It is indeed a matter of pride that Vijayawada factory of HCCB has achieved the distinction of being the first factory of the Company to have 100% LED lighting. This is in line with HCCB’s vision of utilizing 40% of all its energy requirements through green and clean fuel by 2018. We shall continue to explore avenues for enhancing renewable energy usage in future."?

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd had recently announced that all its factories in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had started using solar power for its energy requirements. The Company has signed an agreement with VIBRANT ENERGY, to procure 1.5 crore units for its factories in Vijayawada and Srikalahasti. It also procures 1.2 crore units for its Factory in Ameenpur (Telangana).

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high speed manufacturing lines, are other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB Pvt Ltd. receives India’s first People Capital Index (PCI) Award

Bengaluru, February 5, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd. – one of India’s top 5 FMCG companies has been awarded India’s first and most significant standard of talent delight, the People Capital Index Award, for its high degree of employee satisfaction with regards to talent development efforts and programs.

The award was announced at the HR leadership summit, Leading From Behind, where the 50 companies that ranked high as per the findings of the People Capital Index. The People Capital Index Report for companies in India is the first significant and deep dive into employee perception of how well organizations are working on developing their people capital. Jombay, one of India’s fastest growing talent assessment and development companies, conducted extensive anonymous surveys of mid-managers in different organizations via social and online media and internal company referrals to obtain their inputs.

Accepting the award, Seema Nair, Executive Director, Hindutan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd said, “HCCB has accorded top priority to people capital within the organisation by implementing industry-best practices, processes and standards. We continue to empower our employees with the latest training and development programmes to keep them ahead of the growth curve. This has created a win-win situation for both employees and the organisation."? “Our employees are our most precious asset, and this high rank on India’s first People Capital Index is the most satisfying vindication of both, our HR policies and the focus and support of our top leadership for the growth and development of our employees,"? she added.

Suruchi Wagh, Co-founder and CPO of Jombay, said, “We are delighted to have given Indian enterprise its first People Capital Index. It is the first survey on ‘people’ in India that provides a deep-dive on the human capital development efforts of an organization. HCCB Pvt Ltd, which is amongst the best 50 Indian companies on PCI, is not only powering talent development, but also setting an example with great takeaways for the entire HR fraternity in India. The HR team at HCCB Pvt Ltd should be very proud indeed. The People Capital Index also has many findings, takeaways and insights which, coming as they do from employee feedback, will help and guide HR practitioners a great deal in people development and thereby also combat attrition. We are confident that the PCI will become the People Development gold standard for all companies and HR professionals across Indian enterprise."?

The British Standards Institution (BSI), the world’s most experienced Standards Body and founding member of ISO, has been the standards & audit partner for PCI.

Venkataram Arabolu, Managing Director - BSI Group India Pvt Ltd., said, “After carefully evaluating the process, scoring and methodology of Jombay's People Capital Index, we believe that this benchmarking index, has a lot of potential to become a global standard for talent development. PCI follows a highly transparent process as it runs anonymous surveys independently, making it difficult to get influenced results. We at BSI feel that PCI will serve as a yardstick for the Learning and Development fraternity. It will create and give them a concrete measure to evaluate their existing practices and be future-ready."?

For a company to qualify for evaluation per the norms of India’s People Capital Index, a minimum of 30 of its mid-management level employees should have taken the anonymous online survey. By that yardstick, 180 Indian companies had qualified to be in the PCI race; of these, 50 were felicitated. PCI released a list of the Top 50 PCI score companies in alphabetical order without a ranking. So, the HR policies, programs and initiatives for talent development at name of company have been acknowledged as being among the best across Indian enterprise.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

All factories of HCCB in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to now use Solar Power for their energy requirements

Company signs a large solar power procurement agreement with VIBRANT ENERGY – a Green energy solutions company based in Hyderabad

Ameenpur / Hyderabad / Chittoor / Vijaywada, January 29, 2018: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s top 5 FMCG company and a manufacturer of juices, dairy products, packaged water, carbonated beverages and other hydration products - today announced that all its factories in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will start using solar power as the primary source of energy for its manufacturing operations. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages owns and operates 3 factories in the two states – one each in Ameenpur, Vijaywada and Srikalahasti. The Company has signed agreements with VIBRANT ENERGY – a green energy solutions Company based in Hyderabad – to procure 2.7 crore units of solar power for the 3 factories. These agreements follow HCCB’s solar power procurement initiatives for its factories in Karnataka, late last year.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages will procure 1.2 crore units from VIBRANT ENERGY for its factory in Ameenpur (Telangana) and 1.5 crore units for its factories in Vijaywada and Srikalahasti (Andhra Pradesh). Prior to these agreements materializing, HCCB ran a pilot project in usage of solar power for its factory operations by procuring 45 lakh units of solar power from Solar PPA. HCCB will continue with its agreements with Solar PPA also. Starting immediately, 75% of the power requirements of HCCB’s factory at Ameenpur will be met by solar energy. Likewise, 50% of HCCB’s power requirements for its factories in Vijaywada and Srikalahasti, will be met through solar energy.

HCCB is also steadily replacing all the bulbs at its factories with LED lights, all across the country. This too will be a significant source for saving on the usage of conventional power. HCCB operates 21 factories in India.

CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero and Mr. Marvin Tien, Managing Director of Ahana Renewables (the parent Company of VIBRANT ENERGY), inaugurated the usage of solar power at the factory premises.

Speaking on the occasion, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, said, “Ensuring the wellbeing of the Planet is a shared goal. As one of India’s top manufacturing company, preserving and protecting the environment is a responsibility that we take seriously. We are inspired by India’s ingenuity and the Govt’s vision of achieving 40% cumulative electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030. I want to thank our partners Vibrant Energy for providing leadership and helping us navigate the way."?

Mr. Marvin Tien, Managing Director of Ahana Renewables (Parent of Vibrant Energy), said, “We are indeed proud to partner with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages in their journey to attain green goals. We are a strong and accomplished renewable energy player in India, and this strategic alliance will further propel our growth story. We would like to believe that this is the start of many other mutually beneficial partnerships with a manufacturing giant like Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages."?

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high speed manufacturing lines, are other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 1.9 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB plant in Bidadi draws top honours at CII-Southern Region Environment, Health and Safety Awards 2017

Bengaluru, Karnataka, December 23, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd - India’s top 5 FMCG company – announced that its bottling plant in Bidadi, Karnataka has been awarded the Five Star rating by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) – Southern Region at the Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Awards 2017. CII awarded the highest rating to HCCB based on stringent evaluation criteria and audit of the Bidadi plant’s environment, health and safety (EHS) practices. HCCB was selected from among a large pool of 138 manufacturing industries who had nominated themselves for the awards. These awards are an initiative designed to provide a benchamarking tool to compare the EHS best practices across South India and assist in continual process improvement.

Accepting the award, Shri Bheemanappa Manthale, Factory Manager, Bidadi Plant said, “We consider this an endorsement of our quality, safety and environment practices at the Company. This recognition will motivate us to raise the bar even higher. Excellence in EHS practices is critical for us both from business and sustainability viewpoints."?

The Bidadi Factory of Hindustan Coca- Cola Beverages is a state-of-the-art factory and one of the earliest ones to have been established in the Bidadi Industrial Area. This Factory is the site for manufacturing Maaza and Minute Maid range of juices, Kinley packaged and soda water, Smart water and the entire range of sparkling drinks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Factory uses solar power and clean energy, in addition to conventional sources of power to meet its energy requirements. It is also a zero discharge plant - using treated waste water for secondary purposes and land application - within the Factory and the nearby greenbelt. The Factory employs more than 700 people including contract workers.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

Two factories of HCCB at Bidadi to use solar power and CNG, for their energy requirements

CEO, Christina Ruggiero visits the Bidadi factory and inaugurates the projects

Bidadi, Ramnagara, September 20, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s leading manufacturer of juices, dairy products and carbonated beverages - today announced that both its factories at the Bidadi Industrial Area will start using solar power and CNG, as sources of energy. As of now, these factories were only using electricity off the grid, generated through non-renewable sources.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has signed an agreement with Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd., to procure 3 crore units of solar power per year, for its two factories in Bidadi, Karnataka. The Company today also formally inaugurated its CNG based boiler system at its factory. The boiler is powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) – the cleanest of fossil fuels. GAIL – a Navratna and Govt of India Enterprise – will supply CNG to power the two boilers at the factory. As a result of these projects, 65% of the energy requirements of these two factories will be met by renewable sources of energy.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is also steadily replacing all the bulbs at its factories with LED bulbs, all across the country. This will be a significant source of power saving for the country. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages operates 21 factories in India.

Chief General Manager of GAIL, Mr. Murugesan; Director of Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd, Mr. Sunder Raju and CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, were present at the factory today to inaugurate the projects and preside over the event. On this occasion Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages also conducted a tour of the bottling Plant for visitors and showcased the CNG pipeline and project installed by GAIL.

Speaking on the occasion, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, said, “Ensuring the wellbeing of the Planet is a shared goal. As one of India’s top manufacturing company, preserving and protecting the environment is a responsibility that we take seriously. We are inspired by India’s ingenuity and the Govt’s vision of achieving 40% cumulative electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030. I want to thank our partners GAIL and Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd for providing leadership and helping us navigate the way."?

Mr. Sunder Raju, Director, Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd, said, “We are indeed proud to partner with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages in their journey to attain green goals. We are a strong and accomplished renewable energy player in India, and this strategic alliance will further propel our growth story. We would like to believe that this is the start of many other mutually beneficial partnerships with manufacturing giant like Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages."?

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high speed manufacturing lines, are other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 1.9 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB to source 40% of its energy requirements using renewable and clean energy by end 2018

CEO, Christina Ruggiero visits the Bidadi factory and inaugurates the projects

Bidadi, Ramnagara, September 20, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt Ltd – one of India’s leading manufacturer of juices, dairy products and carbonated beverages - today announced that both its factories at the Bidadi Industrial Area will start using solar power and CNG, as sources of energy. As of now, these factories were only using electricity off the grid, generated through non-renewable sources.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has signed an agreement with Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd., to procure 3 crore units of solar power per year, for its two factories in Bidadi, Karnataka. The Company today also formally inaugurated its CNG based boiler system at its factory. The boiler is powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) – the cleanest of fossil fuels. GAIL – a Navratna and Govt of India Enterprise – will supply CNG to power the two boilers at the factory. As a result of these projects, 65% of the energy requirements of these two factories will be met by renewable sources of energy.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages is also steadily replacing all the bulbs at its factories with LED bulbs, all across the country. This will be a significant source of power saving for the country. Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages operates 21 factories in India.

Chief General Manager of GAIL, Mr. Murugesan; Director of Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd, Mr. Sunder Raju and CEO of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, were present at the factory today to inaugurate the projects and preside over the event. On this occasion Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages also conducted a tour of the bottling Plant for visitors and showcased the CNG pipeline and project installed by GAIL.

Speaking on the occasion, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, said, “Ensuring the wellbeing of the Planet is a shared goal. As one of India’s top manufacturing company, preserving and protecting the environment is a responsibility that we take seriously. We are inspired by India’s ingenuity and the Govt’s vision of achieving 40% cumulative electric power capacity from non-fossil fuel based energy resources by 2030. I want to thank our partners GAIL and Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd for providing leadership and helping us navigate the way."?

Mr. Sunder Raju, Director, Atria Solar Power Pvt Ltd, said, “We are indeed proud to partner with Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages in their journey to attain green goals. We are a strong and accomplished renewable energy player in India, and this strategic alliance will further propel our growth story. We would like to believe that this is the start of many other mutually beneficial partnerships with manufacturing giant like Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages."?

HCCB has taken several other initiatives like the adoption of briquettes - made out of agricultural waste like groundnuts and coconut shells - to power boilers. Installation of solar rooftops, adoption of energy efficient technology and greater investments in high speed manufacturing lines, are other examples.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 1.9 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB recognized for its efforts to train 50,000 women towards economic empowerment

Company wins the Bureaucracy Today CSR Excellence Award

New Delhi, August 24, 2017: Amidst hundreds of nominations from companies in India, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCB) won the Bureaucracy Today CSR Excellence Award 2017 under the category of Women Empowerment. The award recognizes HCCB’s efforts in training 50,000 women to help them become economically independent. HCCB is one of India’s largest FMCG companies and it uses its infrastructure, resources and supply chain to train women in areas like digital literacy, retail skills, basic IT, Tally, English speaking, personality development and job readiness. It also supports education of women on farming methods like Ultra High Density Plantation. Partners like NIIT Foundation, Jain Irrigation and AA Edutech and others have supported HCCB in this endeavour. HCCB also engages with Self Help Groups (SHGs) who come together for a collective decision of starting a small scale business by generation of funds through mutual savings.

Accepting the award, Mr. Umesh Malik, Vice President, Public Affairs, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “Our goal is to align our business interests to the wellbeing of the communities where we operate. The company is focused on creating “shared value"? in three critical areas – water, women and community wellbeing. We are happy that communities and civil society are seeing value in what we bring to the table. Your appreciation gives us the motivation to continue the drive"?.

The award was presented at a function at Le Meridien, Delhi by Bhaskar Chatterjee, IAS (R) known as Father of CSR in India; Suhaib Ilyasi, Editor-in-Chief, Bureaucracy Today; N.K. Verma, MD, ONGC; Indresh kumar, RSS leader and Dr. Khwaja Iftikhar Ahmed, Founder President, Inter Faith Harmony Foundation of India.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB Elevates Dinesh Jadhav as Executive Director and Head of Supply Chain

Bengaluru, August 01, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies - announced the elevation of Dinesh Jadhav as Executive Director and Head of Supply Chain. He succeeds Sanjay Sharma, who after serving the Company for almost 19 years, has decided to pursue opportunities outside the organization.

Announcing the appointment, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are excited to have Dinesh Jadhav take on this role and am confident that he will leverage his rich experience of over two decades to usher in a culture of agility and innovation across our very large manufacturing organization. We are transforming ourselves into a total beverage company that has expertise in producing a variety of beverages, is digitally savvy, nimble and is integrated with the local community."?

She added, “I can’t thank Sanjay Sharma enough for his role in making Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the country. I wish him well for the future."?

Dinesh Jadhav has been a part of HCCB for over two decades. Prior to this, he served as the Vice President, Manufacturing Operations at HCCB. He has handled several assignments of increasing responsibility in manufacturing, infrastructure planning and supply chain. He has also served as the General Manager of the Company’s Sri Lanka operations for a year. Prior to HCCB, he worked at Larsen & Toubro.

Dinesh replaces Sanjay Sharma who helped build HCCB into a manufacturing organization of significant scale. He instituted systems and transformational processes that have given HCCB the ability to serve customer requirements all across the country. HCCB deeply values his contributions and Sanjay will always remain a part of the family.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 21 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB felicitates students completing skill training at Career Development Centre Pirangut

Pune, July 12, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCBPL), today felicitated 80 students who completed skill training program from Career Development Centre (CDC), Pirangut. The students were presented with certificates by Ms. Monica Gandhi, National Head-Skill Building (HCCBPL), in the presence of Mr. Kedar Sapre, Factory Manager, Pune plant and other dignitaries from HCCBPL.

Career Development Centre is an initiative of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. to empower educated, unemployed and underserved youth through skill training to enhance their employability potential and bring them into the employment mainstream. CDC is aimed at bringing job oriented skill training within the easy reach of the youth at a very affordable price.

HCCBPL’s Pirangut Career Development Centre was established in 2014. Since its inception, the Centre has successfully provided skill training to 894 youths. Over 900 youths, who were trained under CDC initiative, have got placed with various companies like Voss Exotech, Vulkan Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Jagdish Electronics, Bajaj Finanace, Pricall Pvt. Ltd, Hindustan Coca-Cola, Relaince Fresh, Enginetech and TRW to name a few.

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony, Ms. Monica Gandhi said, “Our CDCs not only provide a skilled pool of talent to the industry but also focus on the India’s agenda of inclusive growth. This initiative is also closely aligned with Government’s “Skill India"? programme which aims at providing training and skill development. Youth being the core strength of any nation, this initiative will further give them a direction and bring them into the mainstream. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and getting integrated into the economic mainstream."?

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony Mr. Kedar Sapre, Factory Manager, Pirangut Plant said, “It is a proud moment for us at HCCBPL to see how CDC is bridging the gap between employability and employment. In today’s competitive age, it is critical for the youth to be equipped with the right skill sets, which enhances their employability potential as well as entrepreneurial ability. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and wish them all the luck for their future endeavors."?

In addition to Pirangut, currently, there are four more CDCs operational - one each at Khordha near Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Bidadi near Bangalore (Karnataka), Dasna (UP) and Ameenpur in Hyderabad (Telangana). Each centre is equipped with modern training facilities, offering job oriented skill training in Basic IT, Service Industry and Retail imparted by certified trainers. Till date, 5578 youths across all CDC centres have been graduated out of which approximately 38% are women.

About Career Development Centre

Launched in April 2014 at Pirangut, Pune the Career Development Centre is an HCCBPL initiative in partnership with the NIIT Foundation. The objective of the CDC is to tap into the potential of educated, unemployed and underserved rural youth and providing them with skill trainings designed to meet the entry level job requirements of the organized sector. The centre is equipped with modern facilities such as Desktops with Internet, Audio-Visual learning aids and Libraries and offers an enabling environment for learning. Since the inception, 5578 youths have been trained at five CDCs and more than 3000 successfully placed.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 19 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB felicitates students completing skill training at Career Development Centre Bidadi

Bidadi, July 07, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCBPL), today felicitated 40 students who completed skill training program from Career Development Centre (CDC), Bidadi. The students were presented with certificates by the chief guest Mrs.Venkateshamma Ramakrishnaiah, President, Bidadi Corporation in the presence of Mr. Bheemanappa Manthale, Factory Manager, Bidadi plant and other dignitaries from HCCBPL.

Career Development Centre is an initiative of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. to empower educated, unemployed and underserved youth through skill training to enhance their employability potential and bring them into the employment mainstream. CDC is aimed at bringing job oriented skill training within the easy reach of the youth at a very affordable price.

HCCBPL’s Bidadi Career Development Centre was established in 2014. Since its inception, the Centre has successfully provided skill training to 1169 youths. Over 550 youths, who were trained under CDC initiative, have got placed with various companies like Ambar group of companies Kirana Samathannam, Tata Tele services, Man power solution, Praguti trust, Mark & spencers, Café coffee Day etc. 130 out of 550 youth who were placed successfully are girls.

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony, Mrs. Venkateshamma Ramakrishnaiah, President, Bidadi Corporation said, “The CDC is a commendable initiative of Hindustan Coca-Cola, which not only provides a skilled pool of talent to the industry but also focuses on the India’s agenda of inclusive growth. This initiative is also closely aligned with government’s “Skill India"? programme which aims at providing training and skill development. Youth being the core strength of any nation, this initiative will further give them a direction and bring them into the mainstream. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and getting integrated into the economic mainstream."?

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony Mr.Bheemanappa Manthale, Factory Manager, Bidadi Plant said, “It is a proud moment for us at HCCBPL to see how CDC is bridging the gap between employability and employment. In today’s competitive age, it is critical for the youth to be equipped with the right skill sets, which enhances their employability potential as well as entrepreneurial ability. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and wish them all the luck for their future endeavors."?

In addition to Bidadi, currently, there are four more CDCs operational - one each at Khordha near Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Pirangut near Pune (Maharashtra), Dasna (UP) and Ameenpur in Hyderabad (Telangana). Each centre is equipped with modern training facilities, offering job oriented skill training in Basic IT, Service Industry and Retail imparted by certified trainers. Till date, 5578 youths across all CDC centres have been graduated out of which approximately 38% are women.

About Career Development Centre

Launched in January 2011 at Dasna, the Career Development Centre is an HCCBPL initiative in partnership with the NIIT Foundation. The objective of the CDC is to tap into the potential of educated, unemployed and underserved rural youth and providing them with skill trainings designed to meet the entry level job requirements of the organized sector. The centre is equipped with modern facilities such as Desktops with Internet, Audio-Visual learning aids and Libraries and offers an enabling environment for learning. Since the inception, 5578 youths have been trained at five CDCs and more than 3000 successfully placed.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. It is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investment Group (BIG) and responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. For further information on the Company's India operations and its products, please visit www.hindustancoca-cola.com

HCCB dedicates community water stations, renovates 3 Anganwadi centres and lab room at Byramangala Public Health Centre in Bidadi

Bidadi, July 07, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd (HCCBPL) collaborated with the Bidadi Corporation, Department of Women and Child Development, Department of Health & Family Welfare of Ramanagara and Sarvodaya Integrated Rural Development Society to dedicate community water stations in the locality besides other initiatives for the welfare of the local community. An event to this effect was successfully organized in Jogaradoddi village of Bidadi cluster today at 3:30 PM. The Chief Guests were Mr. Balakrishna, Member of Legislative Assembly, Magadi Constituency and Mrs. Venkatamma Ramakrishnayya, President, Bidadi Corporation.

The community water station dedicated in Jogaradoddi has the capacity to dispense 1000 litres of drinking water per hour. It is estimated to benefit over 1000 households in the vicinity.

Anganwadis in Medanahalli, Jogaradoddi, and Kempashettidoddi were renovated by HCCBPL and were also provided with learning/toy kits. In addition, learning and toy kits were distributed at anganwadis in Abbanakuppe and Kenchanakuppe. This is expected to benefit over 150 kids who are enrolled in these anganwadies.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Balakrishna, Member of Legislative Assembly, Magadi constituency said, “It is indeed quite commendable that HCCBPL has dedicated water stations at Jogaradoddi which will benefit many households in the vicinity. The company’s commitment to helping kids in anganwadis by renovating them and providing learning and toy kits is praiseworthy. The kids will grow up to be educated and skilled youths in future which will aid the progress of the local communities."?

Additionally, HCCBPL also renovated a lab room in the Byramangala Primary Health Centre which is estimated to benefit the people who are accessing health services from this PHC.

Mr. Dhananjaya Kulkarni, Zonal Head- Public Affairs and Communications, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages said, "This activity has been a key part of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages' overall commitment towards empowering the local communities around our bottling plants. It is very heartening to witness such an enthusiastic response and participation from the Anganwadi centres of this region."?

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 19 factories. It also sources from and supports 9 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

Bengaluru-headquartered Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages raises the first GST-compliant invoice to a distributor in Karnataka

July 05, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages transitioned to the country’s new GST system when it raised the first GST-compliant invoice to a distributor in Karnataka - RG Mohan Kumar and RG Naren, Proprietors, Sri Maruthi Distibutors on July 01st, 2017.

At the Bengaluru headquarters of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, CEO Ms. Christina Ruggiero dressed in a traditional Indian salwar kameez handed over the first invoice under the new tax regime to the business partner. Within the next three hours, the Company had already issued 90 other invoices to its business partners.

HCCB employees have been working tirelessly over the last few weeks to ensure that its systems are geared for the launch of the GST in the country. The Company has also carried out enablement, sensitization and capability building sessions for its business partners. In more than 70 sessions, 100 trainers of Hindustan Coca-Cola conducted countrywide capability building sessions for its 4,000 strong distributor base.

Lauding the company’s teams who burnt the midnight oil to get the systems ready, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages said, “You can give any challenge and India can find a way to make it work. We are happy to handover the first GST-compliant invoice to one of our distributors in Karnataka."?

The ceremony and the formal handing over of the invoice were witnessed by the company’s employees from across the country through video links.

Since the Indian and global teams at Coca-Cola were working in close coordination, the company managed the transition to the GST system smoothly. After the efforts to be compliant with the government’s systems, the business partners of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages can continue to carry on with business seamlessly.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has shifted its headquarters from Delhi to Bengaluru recently as the capital of Karnataka is strategically equidistant to other key markets in South India. South India contributes 40% of the sales volume. Karnataka is also one of the top 10 markets in India by volume for Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 19 factories. It also sources from and supports 11 contract packers’ plants. A network of 4,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

140th Rath Yatra of Puri will also bring some lessons on plastic waste management

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages joins hands with NGO partners/volunteers to undertake PET/Plastic waste management initiatives

Bhubaneshwar/ Puri, June 28, 2017: Approximately 3 million people congregate every year in Puri to witness and take part in the world famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath. Along comes tonnes of plastic/PET waste littered by devotees and tourists attending the festival. Little do we care about the plastic waste generated and its ill-effect on the ecology, but there are 30 volunteers who will spend the next few days segregating solid waste generated during the Puri Rath Yatra.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) has joined hands with the National Service Scheme Volunteers of Puri, volunteers from NGO PECUC and HCCB Career Development Centre to assist the local administration in its effort to keep the festival clean and litter-free. As a part of the program, there are blue and green bins that have been installed along the Rath Yatra route and in other parts of the town, so that devotees have no inconvenience in responsibly discarding used plastic bottles. However, if there are some plastic bottles that are still littered, volunteers deployed by Hindustan Coca-Cola and PECUC, will make all efforts to collect, segregate and dispose the plastic waste into the designated bins. These volunteers will also educate the travelers and devotees at Puri on waste segregation and responsible disposal. Similar arrangements have been made at the Puri beach to prevent marine litter of plastic. At the beach, the volunteers will focus on educating children and sensitizing adults on plastic waste segregation and disposal. The volunteers will particularly be keen on educating children on aspects of waste segregation and value of PET, since children act as major change agents, at time even influencing adults. Used plastic bottles (PET) are 100% recyclable and are of significant value even after use, because these used plastic bottles can be recycled into making T-shirts, jackets, shoes, toys, decorative items, interior decoration materials and many others.

Hindustan Coca-Cola has undertaken similar activities at other major festivals and events during the previous year, namely during the Mission Green Sabrimala in Kerala and at the Godavari Pushkaralu Festival in Rajmundhry. Both these programs were undertaken in partnership with the local district administration and local NGO partners. Buoyed by the success and response to these programs, Hindustan Coca-Cola took the initiative of promoting PET recycling at the Puri Rath Yatra festival, for the first time.

The key elements of this joint initiative are:

‘Zero Plastic Waste Puri Rath Yatra’ – a volunteer march in Puri with hundreds of volunteers prior to the festival to sensitize the public about the need to dispose plastic responsibly done a day prior to the beginning of the Rath Yatra
Formation of a dedicated team of 30 plastic waste collectors to recover plastic waste during the ongoing festival and supplement the efforts of the municipal administration. With a focus on segregating plastic waste at the first point of collection the team will be educating the public and promoting responsible PET recycling on the 24th, 25th & 27th of June
The Company is also supporting the Puri municipal corporation by providing 30 identifiable Blue Coloured Plastic collection bins to be deployed in the Puri Beach Area for segregating collection of PET waste right at the source and therby promote recycling. The initiative will also see a team of 30 youth volunteers encouraging people to dispose plastic responsibly rather than littering the beach on the 24th, 25th & 27th of June

About Career Development Centre

Launched in January 2011, the Career Development Centre is an HCCBPL initiative in partnership with the NIIT Foundation. The objective of the CDC is to tap into the potential of educated, unemployed and underserved rural youth and providing them with skill trainings designed to meet the entry level job requirements of the organised sector. The centre is equipped with modern facilities such as Desktops with Internet, Audio-Visual learning aids and Libraries and offers an enabling environment for learning. Since the inception, over 3000 youths have been trained at five CDCs and more than 1600 successfully placed.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. It is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investment Group (BIG) and responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. For further information on the Company's India operations and its products, please visit www.hindustancoca-cola.com

Hindustan Coca-Cola puts its best foot forward to ensure a smooth implementation of GST

June 27, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola - one of India’s top FMCG companies - is conducting a massive training and capability building program for its distributors across the country to familiarise them with GST, and hence facilitate the process of migration to the GST regime.

100 trainers of Hindustan Coca-Cola, each split into teams of 3, are camping in different parts of the country to train the 4,000 strong distributor force of Hindustan Coca-Cola Cola. The training teams are positioned in respective geographies, based on their language proficiency and relationship with the distributors. The 3 members of the training team are each expert in the domain of (1) finance and taxation (2) Sales and distribution (3) Training imparting techniques. The training is being provided in local language, either in the offices of Hindustan Coca-Cola or in its depots or in a centrally located hotel banquet.

The training module comprises of:

Understand GST and how it will change India’s economic landscape
Knowing the GST rates for Beverage Categories
Getting familiar with the portal for GST registration
Understand the GST credit mechanism
Knowing GST compliances and cut off dates
Managing the transition to GST
Conducting business in the GST regime post July 1
Enrolling for GST and making / taking accurate Closing Stock Declaration

These training and capability sessions which started last Sunday, have so far covered 50% of the Hindustan Coca-Cola distributors in states like Bangalore, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. We expect that by Thursday next week, we will be able to train all the 4,000 distributors of the company. Other than the live training sessions, Hindustan Coca-Cola has also established a GST helpline – hccbplgsthelpdesk@coca-cola.in – to help distributors with any offline queries and clarifications or in case they want to reach out individually to the training teams.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 23 factories. It also sources from and supports 9 co-networks of 5,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public Private-Community partnerships.

HCCB felicitates students completing skill training at Career Development Centre Dasna

Dasna, June 20, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCBPL), today felicitated 30 students who completed skill training program from Career Development Centre (CDC), Dasna. The students were presented with certificates by the chief guest Mr. Krishna Karunesh, IAS, District Magistrate & Collector, Hapur District in the presence of Mr. Hemant Kutiyal, I.P.S, SP-Hapur, Ms. Deepa Ranjan, I.A.S, Chief Development Officer (CDO)-Hapur, Mr. Abhishek Jugran, Zona Vice President – North, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd and other dignitaries from HCCBPL.

Career Development Centre is an initiative of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. to empower educated, unemployed and underserved youth through skill training to enhance their employability potential and bring them into the employment mainstream. CDC is aimed at bringing job oriented skill training within the easy reach of the youth at a very affordable price.

HCCBPL’s Dasna Career Development Centre was established in 2011. Since its inception, the Centre has successfully provided skill training to 2535 youths. Over 1200 youths, who were trained under CDC initiative, have got placed with various companies like Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Trends, Easy day, Big Bazaar, KFC and McDonald etc. 355 out of 1200 youth who were placed successfully are girls.

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony, Mr. Krishna Karunesh, IAS, District Magistrate & Collector, Hapur District said, “The CDC is a commendable initiative of Hindustan Coca-Cola, which not only provides a skilled pool of talent to the industry but also focuses on the India’s agenda of inclusive growth. This initiative is also closely aligned with government’s “Skill India"? programme which aims at providing training and skill development. Youth being the core strength of any nation, this initiative will further give them a direction and bring them into the mainstream. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and getting integrated into the economic mainstream."?

Speaking at the felicitation ceremony Mr. Abhishek Jugran, Zona Vice President – North, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd said, “It is a proud moment for us at HCCBPL to see how CDC is bridging the gap between employability and employment. In today’s competitive age, it is critical for the youth to be equipped with the right skill sets, which enhances their employability potential as well as entrepreneurial ability. I congratulate all these young people who have successfully completed their training and wish them all the luck for their future endeavors."? Mr. Mr. Hemant Kutiyal, I.P.S, SP-Hapur and Ms. Deepa Ranjan, I.A.S, Chief Development Officer (CDO)-Hapur congratulated youth on their successful completion of training and wished them luck.

In addition to Dasna, currently, there are four more CDCs operational - one each at Khordha near Bhubaneshwar (Odisha), Pirangut near Pune (Maharashtra), Bidadi in Ramanagaram district (Karnataka) and Ameenpur in Hyderabad (Telangana). Each centre is equipped with modern training facilities, offering job oriented skill training in Basic IT, Service Industry and Retail imparted by certified trainers. Till date, 5578 youths across all CDC centres have been graduated out of which approximately 38% are women.

About Career Development Centre

Launched in January 2011, the Career Development Centre is an HCCBPL initiative in partnership with the NIIT Foundation. The objective of the CDC is to tap into the potential of educated, unemployed and underserved rural youth and providing them with skill trainings designed to meet the entry level job requirements of the organized sector. The centre is equipped with modern facilities such as Desktops with Internet, Audio-Visual learning aids and Libraries and offers an enabling environment for learning. Since the inception, 5578 youths have been trained at five CDCs and more than 3000 successfully placed.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. It is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investment Group (BIG) and responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. For further information on the Company's India operations and its products, please visit www.hindustancoca-cola.com

HCCB appoints Kamlesh Kumar Sharma as its first Chief Communications Officer

Bengaluru, June 20, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) Pvt. Ltd - one of India’s largest FMCG companies – today announced the appointment of Kamlesh Kumar Sharma as its first ever Chief Communications Officer. He will lead the corporate reputation and brand building exercise for HCCB, leveraging diverse media platforms - paid, owned, earned and shared. He will be based in Bengaluru and report to Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages.

Announcing the appointment, Ms. Christina Ruggiero, said, “We warmly welcome Kamlesh to HCCB. We are excited at the prospect of being able to leverage his rich experience in brand building and communication, when HCCB sets foot towards the next phase of growth. We are transforming ourselves into a total beverage company that has expertise in producing a variety of beverages, is digitally savvy, nimble and is integrated with the local community. Kamlesh will have a significant role to play in shaping the HCCB brand and its reputation."?

Kamlesh moves to Hindustan Coca-Cola after having served as Director, Corporate Communications and Alliances, at Coca-Cola India Pvt Ltd. He has 18 years of work experience handling a variety of roles like Brand PR, Category Communication, Social and Digital Communications, Media Relations and Sustainability Marketing.

Prior to working with Coca-Cola India, Kamlesh has worked at Bharti Airtel Limited and at Rediffusion Y&R for 5 years. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration, specialising in Marketing.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. The Company owns and operates 19 factories. It also sources products from 11 contract packing plants. A network of 5,000 distributors and over 2 million retail outlets, distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under PublicPrivate-Community partnerships.

HCCB dedicates a farm pond and allied facilities to farmers of Medanahalli village in Bidadi, Ramanagara

Partners progressive farmers to drive sustainable agriculture and integrated development of neighbouring communities

Bidadi, June 08, 2017: In line with its goal of enabling integrated development of communities as part of its Model Villages programme, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd celebrated the World Environment Day by dedicating a farm pond and allied facilities such as weeder cycles to progressive farmers of Medanahalli and Jogaradoddi villages in Bidadi cluster of Ramanagara district. An event to this effect was successfully organized in Medanahalli village today at 10:00 AM.

In Medanahalli and Jogaradoddi villages, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has engaged twenty-five farmers to build their capacity and uplift them financially through effective linkages and support programmes. As part of this programme, the company is assisting famers in effective use of water resources through farm pond and other water conservation initiatives, integrated farming systems, organic farming among other things.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Guest of the event, Smt. Deepaja SM, Joint Director, Department of Agriculture, Ramanagara thanked Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages for dedicating the farm pond and allied facilities which will be immensely beneficial to the farmers. She said, “Karnataka has been witnessing severe drought since last year. It is high time to explore ways to make farming sustainable by reducing its dependency on uncertain monsoon. Constructing farm ponds to store and manage precious water better could be one of the solutions."? She further added that this initiative is an important step in improving the socio-economic conditions of the farming community in these villages of Bidadi cluster.

Mr. Dhananjaya Kulkarni, Zonal Head- Public Affairs and Communications, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages said, "This programme is a key part of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages' overall commitment to sustainable agriculture. Farm ponds are shielding them from the vagaries of drought and helping them keep their farm activity ticking. Through our initiative, we seek to provide the farming community in these villages with the capability to enhance agricultural productivity. It is very heartening to see an enthusiastic response and participation of the farmers."?

Smt. Venkateshamma Ramakrisnayya, President, Bidadi Corporation handed over weeder cycles to the farmers. As part of horticulture support programme, 300 saplings were planted in the village and 200 saplings were distributed to the Bidadi Industrial Association by invitees, HCCB Bidadi plant’s associates and villagers. Mr. Bhimannappa, the factory manager, Mr. Hanumantharaya, Additional Director, Dept. of Agriculture, Miss. Anupama and the local leaders Mr. Ramakrishanappa and Mr. Nagesh also graced the occasion.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd., is the largest bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company in India. It is part of The Coca-Cola Company's Bottling Investment Group (BIG) and responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship. For further information on the Company's India operations and its products, please visit www.hindustancoca-cola.com

HCCB appoints Seema Nair as Executive Director – HR

Bengaluru, May 24, 2017: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd (HCCB) - one of India’s largest FMCG companies - announced the appointment of Seema Nair as Executive Director, HR. She succeeds Gaurav Chaturvedi, who has taken over as the Chief Executive Officer, Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages. Coca-Cola Pinya Beverages is the bottling operations of The Coca-Cola Company in Myanmar. Gaurav now joins ranks with 13 other associates of Hindustan Coca-Cola, who are serving at senior Executive positions in The Coca-Cola Company, outside India.

Announcing the appointment, Mrs. Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We warmly welcome Seema to HCCB and will certainly leverage her rich experience to usher in a culture of agility and innovation across our large manufacturing and sales organization which employs more than 8,500 associates. We are transforming ourselves into a total beverage company that has expertise in producing a variety of beverages, is digitally savvy, nimble and is integrated with the local community. I take this opportunity to thank Gaurav Chaturvedi for his role in making Hindustan Coca-Cola, one of the largest beverage manufacturers in the country. I am sure he will do well as the CEO of bottling operations in Myanmar."?

Seema Nair, a 20+ years veteran in HR, joins Hindustan Coca-Cola from Cisco Systems where she worked for over 8 years. At Cisco Systems, she was responsible for HR across India and SAARC. Prior to Cisco Systems, she has had stints at Intel Corporation, Microland Group and Crompton Greaves. Seema will lead the Human Resource function of Hindustan Coca-Cola in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. She reports to Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.

Gaurav Chaturvedi who has taken over as CEO, bottling operations in Myanmar, has served in various positions, most recently as Executive Director – HR at Hindustan Coca-Cola. He has also served as Zonal Vice President, Andhra Pradesh and as Director, Operational Excellence for the Company. Gaurav is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

In the recent past, 13 other Executives of Hindustan Coca-Cola including Sanket Ray, Mayank Arora and Puneet Varshney, have taken senior leadership roles within The Coca-Cola Company, outside India. Sanket Ray is CEO, Coca-Cola Beverages Vietnam Ltd while Mayank is Managing Director, Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka. Puneet is Managing Director, Bottlers Nepal Ltd – the bottling partners of The Coca-Cola Company in Nepal. Mr. S. K. Jawahar, Mr. Akeel Mohamed, Mr. Deepak Kaul and Mr. Tapas Kumar Mondal are some of the other senior Hindustan Coca-Cola Executives, who are in leadership roles in various countries.

About Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd, is one of India’s largest FMCG manufacturing and distribution companies. It is responsible for the manufacture, package, sale and distribution of beverages under the trademarks of The Coca-Cola Company. The Company owns and operates 23 factories. It also sources from and supports 9 contract packers’ plants. A network of 5,000 distributors and over 2.1 million retail outlets distribute the high quality, great tasting beverages manufactured by Hindustan Coca-Cola.

The Company has always placed high value on good citizenship and to that end, is supporting communities by enhancing skills of rural youth through Career Development Centre, improving the lives of communities around its bottling plant by very focused intervention in the areas of access to safe drinking water, sanitation and promoting sustainable agriculture through Integrated Watershed Management Projects under Public-Private-Community partnerships.

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