A leading non-alcoholic beverage manufacturing firm, Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC), has restated its commitment to environmental sustainability.
In a statement by the company last  Wednesday and signed by the Legal, Public Affairs and Communications Director, Mrs Sade Morgan, it  stated that the firm has  integrated sustainability and corporate responsibility into every part of her operations and building long-term share value for its  business and stakeholders.
Morgan explained that NBC is part of Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and is always developing new initiatives to drive sustainability in its operations and amongst employees.
According to her, “The Company recently launched ‘Water Pledge’, an internal campaign aimed at creating more awareness within its  operations to commit to water minimization initiative in its plants, with a pioneer activation in her Asejire Plant.
” In addition, the company has established a Sustainability Award, to ensure day-to-day milestone efforts to  add up to sustained improvements and best practices in quality, safety and environment, demanding healthy competition amongst different NBC production locations “,she said.
Speaking on how the Company treats its waste water, the spokesperson said, the company has ensured that all water returned to the natural environment is treated to the level that, supports aquatic life, adding that eleven bottling plants spread across Nigeria have on-site functional waste water treatment plants.
She further noted that treated water released into the environment is suitable for use in agriculture as well as supporting plant and animal life.
Morgan recalled that In 2016, Coca-Cola HBC was named beverage industry leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the third consecutive year and explained that this three-peat award celebrates the Coca-Cola Hellenic Group’s commitments to upholding their leading position in the beverage industry on sustainability matters.
”NBC is contributing to meeting the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Group target of 40% reduction by 2020, (when compared to 2010) in its environmental footprints, as it relates to water and carbon emission, through its water and energy consumption reduction initiatives”.
In addition, NBC, together with its partners, Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited, is taking the lead, in collaboration with other social enterprises, in the collection and recovery of post-consumer packaging materials as part of their extended producer responsibility initiative. Employees have also not been left out of these sustainability initiatives. Occasionally, employees of the Company take part in voluntary initiatives such as tree planting and other clean-up exercises, during work time. One of which was when NBC employees, collaborated with various state governments and other stakeholders to plant trees, as was witnessed during the 2017 World Environment Day”, she said.

It would be recalled that NBC was incorporated in 1951 and is the bedrock of global bottlers, Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company. Over the last 65 years, NBC has established itself as a key player in the Nigerian non-alcoholic beverage industry and remains strong and committed to manufacturing, marketing and distributing market leading Coca-Cola brands. The Company is making huge investments to drive world-class operations to better satisfy its customers and consumers, while adding value to its stakeholders.