Coca-Cola HBC

Season’s Greetings from all of us at Coca-Cola HBC! 💫   As 2024 draws to a close, we would like to thank our customers, partners, and consumers, as well as our great team. We wish you all a happy holiday season and the best for the coming year.

Building networks, exchanging knowledge and listening to our stakeholders’ views on sustainability topics has become a December tradition for us. So we were delighted to welcome a diverse range of engaging speakers and panelists and over 160 guests to our virtual studio for the Coca-Cola Stakeholder Forum 2024. Our focus this year was how we can harness the circular economy for packaging – particularly through innovation and collaboration. And we gained many valuable insights from our lively discussions and breakout sessions. In his closing remarks, our CEO Zoran Bogdanovic said: “Each year, we gather everyone together for our annual Stakeholders’ Forum because we genuinely want to talk with and listen to the views of our external partners. We had lively and engaging discussions on how we can transition to a circular economy for packaging. Together we talked about the challenges and the opportunities – and the role that collaboration and innovation can play in helping us to achieve our goals. These will help shape our strategies as we continue our journey to open up a more sustainable future.” Thanks to everyone who made this year’s Forum so interesting and relevant! #circularpackagingeconomy #sustainability Read more: bit.ly/4gF21fQ

Empowering the next generation of leaders ⭐ Our Chief People & Culture Officer, Ebru Ozgen, joined the renowned St. Gallen Symposium, a global platform for cross-generational dialogue attended by more than 600 world leaders, including country presidents and CEOs. In her interview with Quentin Wyss, Ebru discussed the value of intergenerational collaboration in the workplace and shared personal learnings and advice to inspire young professionals as they plan their next career steps. 💼  Watch a clip from her inspiring interview below. #CocaColaHBC #StGallens

Innovation, creativity and digitalisation are the key to success for any growth focused business.  With that in mind, last month, we proudly introduced INNOvember—a month-long celebration of innovation, packed with engaging learning experiences, inspiring sessions, and hands-on challenges. A huge thank you to the thousands of colleagues across our organisation who embraced this opportunity, participating in sessions and challenges to prepare for the future. Let’s take a moment to look back at some of the incredible highlights from INNOvember! Accenture | Microsoft

It’s one year since Romania’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) was launched. So far, over 3 billion plastic, glass and aluminium beverage containers have been returned through the scheme to be used again! In October 2024, 84% of containers sold in the market were returned through the scheme. These early figures are encouraging and come from strong partnerships. We believe they show that manufacturers like us, retailers, the government, wider industry, the operator RetuRO SGR and consumers are committed to playing their part in creating a more sustainable environment. In Coca-Cola HBC, eight of our markets have DRS in place and we’re continuing to work across Europe and Africa to establish systems that work and suit local needs. We continue to make progress towards our packaging collection goal. We delivered an overall collection rate of 56% across our Group in 2023 (excluding Egypt) – an increase of eight percentage points from 2022. We know there’s still much work to do, and our sustainability journey continues. Read more here: bit.ly/3BBNUIK

Raise your glasses - Schweppes is ready to make every occasion sparkle! ✨ This festive season, Schweppes will be available in retail and hospitality settings, with a sleek and stylish new design, available in several markets, adding a touch of elegance to your celebrations. Join us in toasting the season with Schweppes #BornSocial 🥂

Read our CEO Zoran Bogdanovic’s interview on our journey to NetZeroby40: https://bit.ly/49jee7f

Congratulations to Apostolis Anagnostou, from Plum Paxos bar in Greece. He has been crowned winner of the Schweppes Cocktail Competition at the Athens Bar Show. 🍸 The Schweppes Cocktail Competition is aimed at championing the 'best of the best' in the bartending world and building capabilities with our premium customer outlets. Four Coca-Cola HBC markets supported competing bartenders in the final – Ireland, Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. Check out the video to see Apostolis’ winning Highball – ‘Live with Passion’. ✨

The Coca-Cola HBC Foundation has approved grants totalling €1.55 million for communities impacted by the recent devastating floods in Europe and Nigeria. This week the grants are being distributed in Greece, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Hungary and Bosnia & Herzegovina.  Our Foundation is dedicated to supporting the communities in which we operate, building on our long-standing tradition of community action that is led by our people. Thank you to all our local teams on the ground who are working tirelessly with local NGOs to identify and implement the right projects and bring support where it is most needed.  #CocaColaHBCFoundation #ESG Read more: • Coca-Cola HBC Foundation approves flood-relief grants: bit.ly/4fXuz40 • How we supported the affected communities earlier this year: bit.ly/4diyruw • Coca-Cola HBC announces new charitable Foundation: bit.ly/3V7chFl

How is the world's most famous soft drink made? Participants in the 2024 Night of Modern Factories event could find the answer to this question when they visited the Coca-Cola HBC Hungary factory in Dunaharaszti.🏭 We are proud to have opened our doors to the public again this year, giving around 200 visitors a behind-the-scenes look at our supply chain processes. The event also gave the opportunity for students from Central Hungarian ASzC Bercsényi Miklós Food Industry and Environmental Protection Technical School to see our production and logistics processes, thanks to our company's #YouthEmpowered programme. Thank you for your participation and we look forward to seeing you again next year!