2006 Sustainability Report - Coca-Cola Amatil

Message from
Group Managing Director
Terry Davis
Group Managing Director
Coca-Cola Amatil
The plans for change and expansion
I developed when I joined CCA in
2001 accelerated in 2006. On the
business front we finished 2006 with a
very strong performance in the second
half, thanks to the commitment of our
people, an excellent acceptance of new
products like Coca-Cola Zero and
pricing improvements which resulted
in significant market share gains,
particularly in Australia.
Products
The success of Coca-Cola Zero, as well
as the success of other new products
like Goulburn Valley fruit juices and
Pumped, a lightly flavoured water,
have been driven by consumers’ desire
for healthier products. Consumers also
responded well to our smaller portion
sizes for our Coca-Cola trademark
products – slimline cans and 250ml
glass bottles.
I am looking forward to the new phase
in our growth in the premium alcoholic
beverages market. CCA is fully
committed to being a wholly responsible
corporate citizen in all aspects of the
manufacture, sales and distribution of
alcoholic beverages products.
We have made our business more
sustainable, maximising the efficiency
of our water use and using less raw
materials for packaging. We have
saved significant volumes of water
across many of our operations and
ensured our sources of spring water
for bottled water are strictly monitored
and protected. We will install state-ofthe-art
energy and water saving
technologies, including rainwater
harvesting tanks, in our two new
distribution centres in western Sydney.
We are asking governments to
introduce incentives such as accelerated
depreciation for these industrial tanks,
so that all new industrial buildings can
be made more sustainable.
After good efforts with water savings
and reductions in packaging materials,
we have now turned our attention to
energy savings.
A focus on Occupational Health and
Safety across the Group resulted in
CCA becoming a safer place to work.
There were significant reductions in
lost time injuries, particularly in
Australia and SPCA.
Community
As you will see from this report, CCA
is putting back into the community.
I was particularly pleased with the
Mount Franklin “pink lids”campaign
to raise awareness of breast cancer.
We have pledged $100,000 each year
for the next three years to the
National Breast Cancer Foundation in
Australia for research into this disease.
I have also seen first-hand the great
work of the Rugby Youth Foundation,
which we helped fund through our
Coca-Cola Australia Foundation.
I am looking forward to the outcome
of Dr Dick Telford’s medical research
project into the effects of sedentary
living on children, again funded by
our Foundation. In so many other
areas in our communities I believe
we are making a real difference.
Future
Sustainability, defined in the business
context, means delivering good
returns to our company’s owners and
doing the right and decent thing by all
our stakeholders. We will continue to
be an efficient and profitable business,
and we are committed to making the
business more sustainable in every
area in which we operate.
Terry Davis
Group Managing Director
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