Swire Coca-Cola Jiangxi was awarded the title of "National Green Factory" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China in March. It is the seventh Swire Coca-Cola bottling plant in China to receive this honour, which affirms Swire Coca-Cola's unremitting efforts in promoting sustainable development. The six bottling plants previously received this honour include Huizhou, Guangxi, Luohe, Jiangsu, Yunnan and Henan.
The assessment for becoming a "National Green Factory" is rigorous and comprehensive. The whole review process took over eight months and included a broad look at the plant’s infrastructure, management system, resource input, products, and carbon emissions, etc., as well as an on-site inspection and expert verification.
Swire Coca-Cola Jiangxi has been achieving remarkable results by actively implementing various energy-saving and consumption-reducing measures in its plant. The newly-added canning production line, for example, has adopted advanced technology to fill beverages at room temperature, which effectively saves energy. Actions such as switching to LED energy-saving lamps and solar lamps have also successfully reduced annual electricity consumption by 1.18 million kWh, which is equivalent to 1,020 tons of carbon emissions. Apart from that, water treatment systems have been upgraded to effectively improve the water cycle, with the reused water consumption exceeding 100,000 tons annually. This translates into a water reuse rate of over 21%, which is higher than the industry standard.
