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.

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.

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.

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.

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 ‘[email protected] and [email protected]’ 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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

1. Driver counseling room
2. Driver change room
3. Dedicated Transporter office
4. Canteen
5. Storage rooms
6. Toilet & Bathroom
7. 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.

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.

1. Drinking water, Health, Education, Sanitation, Livelihood, Agriculture and Sustainable Environment benefitting 337 households.
2. Two Bore wells commissioned at Nemam village, mitigating drinking water challenge.
3. Supported PHC with ECG machine and refurbished Ambulance to enable villagers access to better health facilities.
4. 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%.
5. Supporting Youth through computer classes and SHG women with Tailoring Machines, training to farmers on good Agricultural practices.
6. 100 household sanitation blocks were constructed, making them "Open Defecation Free"
7. Several programmes have been implemented to support livelihood of the village women by extending PRAGATHI training to 246 women participants.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 – [email protected] – 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.

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

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.

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

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.