Action on climate: ambition, reduction, collaboration

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Coca-Cola European Partners' vice president for sustainability, Joe Franses, sets out the firm's plans to become a net zero business by 2040 across its value chain

Over the last decade, Coca-Cola European Partners has been on a carbon reduction journey. We've made good progress, reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our entire value chain by 30.5 per cent...

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