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CCEP Australia to achieve 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2025

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) will meet its target to use 100 per cent renewable electricity across its Australian operations by 1 January 2025, one year ahead of schedule.

The achievement will be made possible thanks to the signing of a new Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) provided by global renewable energy player, ENGIE.

CCEP joined the global RE100 initiative in 2021 and made a commitment to power its Australian operations with 100 per cent renewable electricity by the end of 2025.

The company has since supercharged its efforts, investing in rooftop solar panels at its production sites around Australia and securing several key power purchase agreements.

This latest 10-year agreement with ENGIE will enable CCEP to secure the remaining energy needed to fulfil its RE100 commitment.

“As the maker and distributor of some of the world’s most popular beverages, we have set a series of ambitious targets to reduce our carbon footprint and environmental impact,” said Orlando Rodriguez, managing director at CCEP Australia.

“To reach our renewable electricity goal in Australia, we have engaged in strategic power purchase agreements and made the most of our rooftop real estate with solar panels at many of our facilities across the country.

“Our partnership with ENGIE and the signing of the VPPA agreement has accelerated our transition to reach our RE100 target in Australia a full year early.

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“This will make CCEP one of the first FMCG players in the country to achieve the RE100 commitment and is an important milestone for our business,” he added.

Under the PPA with ENGIE, CCEP will purchase a percentage of renewable energy and associated Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from the newly built Wellington North Solar Farm, owned by Lightsource bp, located  in the Orana region of New South Wales.

The site spans over approximately 970 hectares, over three times the size of Sydney’s CBD, utilising more than 1.2 million solar panels and has the capacity to generate 925,000-Megawatt hours (MWh) of renewable electricity per year.

It has also provided economic benefits to the local community, including the creation of up to 400 local construction jobs.

CCEP’s commitment to RE100 forms part of its broader ambitions to achieve net zero in Australia by 2040, as outlined in the company’s sustainability action plan, This Is Forward.

The plan sits at the heart of CCEP’s long-term business strategy and sets out the actions it is taking across key social and environmental topics, including climate, packaging, water, wellbeing, and society.

For more information on CCEP’s sustainability commitments visit: https://www.cocacolaep.com/au/sustainability/

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