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Coca-Cola bags Gawad Sinop 2021 award for green initiatives

EIREENE JAIREE GOMEZ

COCA-COLA Beverages Philippines Inc. (CCBPI), the bottling arm of Coca-Cola in the country, won the prestigious 2021 Gawad Sinop Awards for Excellence in Supply Management, in recognition of its operational achievements with one of the most complex supply chains in the region.

CCBPI was cited for its sustainability and clean energy initiatives, for the optimization of its sprawling operations and for its holistic outreach and relief programs that utilize the strengths of its extensive supply chain.

Ruth Genota, CCBPI Logistics director, also earned the Supply Management Professional of the Year award for her leadership contributions, particularly to CCBPI’s extensive logistics operations. CCBPI operates one of the biggest truck fleets in the country, with almost 3,000 trucks and over 2,000 sales service vehicles. Approximately 2,500 shipments per day are undertaken, transporting to 20,000 doors across the country.

“Gawad Sinop’s recognition of CCBPI is testament to its commitment to quality service, integrating best-in-class practices and innovations to an extensive and complex supply chain that caters to millions,” the beverage firm said in a statement.

Currently, CCBPI operates 20 plants and over 70 distribution centers across the Philippines. Of the company’s 10,000 associates, 6,000 are part of its supply chain — spanning manufacturing, quality and safety, and logistics and warehousing.

Gawad Sinop also cited CCBPI’s sustainability initiatives across its operations.

To date, as much as 65 percent of Coca-Cola’s total energy consumption is sourced from renewable and clean energy. CCBPI has also launched multiphased solar power projects, with the first completed in 2021 via 14,000 solar panels installed in three plants. Four more sites are being prepared for the next phase, toward the company’s goal of a 24,000 solar panel project.

Coca-Cola has also been delivering significantly on reducing overall energy consumption.

The company uses a metric called Energy Use Ratio, which is the amount of energy used for every liter of product produced. The suite of energy savings initiatives has so far improved Coca-Cola’s energy use ratio from 2014 to 2021 by as much as 30 percent, which means that Coca-Cola is utilizing less power even as it produces more beverages.

Frank Garcia, CCBPI Manufacturing director, said, “Coca-Cola shares the vision of PISM (Philippine Institute for Supply Management) to grow the Filipino supply chain management profession. It’s an affirmation that our supply chain management initiatives at CCBPI are helping pave the way in leading the industry toward the future.”

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