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

19 Feb 2019 08:34 PM

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.

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