Coca-Cola to install solar rooftop in two manufacturing facilities

Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines Inc. is installing solar rooftop in two manufacturing sites this year as part of its goal of being Southeast Asia’s most energy efficient and green company by 2023.

The company wants to be the best in class in energy use ratio and clean energy use in Southeast Asia by 2023, CocaCola Beverages Philippines corporate and regulatory affairs director Juan Lorenzo Tañada said during Powertrends 2019.

“As part of our Clean Energy 2.0 project, we are continuously investing in our processes and systems to make sure that we are responsibly managing our environmental footprint. This 2019, we will be installing solar panels in our manufacturing sites – starting with our Misamis Oriental and Bacolod plants,” he said.

Moving forward, the company is working to get all of its plants running on renewable energy.

“One day, we want to move into that, to make as much of our manufacturing facilities renewable,” Tañada said.

To date, Coca-Cola’s seven out of 19 plants in the country are using renewable energy for their operations.

It started integrating renewable energy into its operations in its Sta. Rosa and Canlubang Plants in February last year.

It also has a power supply deal with First Gen Energy Solutions Inc. (FGES) and BacMan Geothermal Inc. (BGI) for the supply of electricity from renewable energy sources for its bottling facilities in Ilocos, Pangasinan, Pampanga and Cebu.

Its Meycauyan plant has also started using renewable energy from First Gen in February this year.

“With the shift to 100 percent geothermal energy usage of these plants that started in December 2018, over 60 percent of Coca-Cola’s energy requirements in the Philippines are being sourced from renewables,” Tañada said.

Coca-Cola has been working to manage its environmental footprint in all of its operations across the globe, toward sustainable development and operational systems that champion environmental welfare.