Coca-Cola in the Netherlands on its way to climate neutral 2040
It Energy in Industry event turns out big. On June 5, the Basilica in Veenendaal will be the stage where sustainability, energy optimization and efficiency are central. Energy is not only an operational cost for industrial facilities, but also has ecological implications. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) Netherlands opens the event with the plenary lecture.
The Coca-Cola factory in Dongen has been running day and night for almost 70 years to meet the Dutch demand for soft drinks. The continuous production provides the Netherlands with 180 to 280 trucks of soft drinks per day, depending on the weather, among other things.
Eva Amsterdam, Senior Manager Sustainability Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Netherlands, explains that, based on Coca-Cola's broad sustainability agenda, she wants to focus the presentation for Energy in Industry on the enormous transition that the Coca-Cola factory in Dongen is going through. During her presentation she answers the question: where are the CO2 emissions from Coca-Cola in the Netherlands? Based on the knowledge provided by the answer to this question, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners focuses on various solutions and methods to reduce CO2 emissions.
Coca-Cola's climate ambition in the Netherlands
CCEP wants to be climate neutral by 2040. CCEP has had this objective verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). The SBTi is an independent organization that assesses and approves the climate objectives of companies.[1] They checked whether CCEP has formulated an ambitious objective that focuses on reduction. CCEP has committed to a 90 percent reduction in total CO2 emissions by 2040.
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CCEP wants to become climate neutral across scope 1, 2 and 3. [2] This actually means CO2 neutral across the entire value chain: both direct emissions and indirect emissions. Indirect emissions are a very broad range of all emissions released in the entire production process. From the packaging to the emissions released during the production of sugar. Scope 1 is direct emissions. Scope 2 is the energy consumed, which can be green or gray energy. Eva emphasizes that in the case of the factory in Dongen, this concerns green, or renewable, electricity. And scope 3: everything else. And for most companies, 90 percent of their emissions lie here, in scope 3.
The Coca-Cola factory in Dongen
The CCEP factory in Dongen has a CO2 neutral certification. Eva emphatically explains that this certification is specific to this factory. This “CO2 neutral certification” is not a protected term. CCEP works with the PAS2060[3] standardization. CCEP has chosen to conform to an international standard for the factory in Dongen in order to certify CO2 neutral. With this certification, CCEP shows that the Coca-Cola factory in Dongen remains committed to reducing CO2 emissions. If it turns out that the factory is no longer reducing its CO2 emissions, they will lose this certification.
The gasless factory
The largest reduction step the factory could take at once was to disconnect the factory from gas. The forklift trucks now run on electricity and the gas boilers have been replaced by electric boilers. They also focused on the residual heat that the factory normally generated continuously and disappeared through the roof. The factory now actively uses this residual heat by using heat pumps, supplemented by electric boilers and stratification towers (hot water towers).
The factory is now in the final phase of the transition. The factory is now no longer powered by steam, but by hot water. That is why there are two stratification towers that store hot water and act as a battery for the entire factory. These towers ensure that the continuous production process is not interrupted. First, the factory is completely cut off from gas. And secondly, the factory optimizes the use of residual heat.
The factory is in the final transition phase. The almost 70-year-old Coca-Cola factory is being prepared for the future. A CO2 neutral future.
Do you want to know more? Eva Amsterdam and Kris Moortgat, Director Customer Service & Supply Chain CCEP NL, open the Energy in Industry event. Visit the website for more information and sign up for a free visit.
[1] Ambitious corporate climate action – Science Based Targets
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