Ludhiana Beverages Pvt Ltd Commissions 100 KW Solar Power Plant: To Further Reduce Manufacturing Carbon Footprints

By Tricitynews Reporter

Ludhiana 02^nd May:- Reaffirming its commitment towards environmental protection and sustainable manufacturing,-Ludhiana Beverages Private Limited, an authorized franchise bottler of The Coca-Cola Company in India today announced the commissioning of a 100 KW Solar Power Plant. The plant with an annual power generation capability of 1, 32,000 KW will further reduce its the carbon footprint by over 2 percent.

Setting up a solar power plant demonstrates company’s long term commitment of improving energy efficiency in its manufacturing processes. It also supports Coca-Cola System’s goal to improve the environmental performance by reducing CO2 emissions across its value chain.

On the occasion, Kailash Kumar Goenka, Managing Director, Ludhiana Beverages Private Limited, said that India has an immense potential for power generation from renewable energy sources, particularly solar. We wanted to leverage this at our manufacturing location and make it as energy self-reliant as possible. It is of a great satisfaction to us to add a new alternative energy platform at our manufacturing plant which will help us to further drive sustainable manufacturing. Through this initiative we aim to reduce our CO2 emissions by 105.6 Ton.

Shubha Sekhar, Director and Head CSR & Sustainability, Coca-Cola India & South West Asia, said that we, at Coca-Cola India are working to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions across our entire value chain by making comprehensive changes in our manufacturing processes. By using best-in-class technology and upgradation of infrastructure we have been able to reduce our Energy Use Ratio (EUR) – amount of energy used for producing a liter of beverage, by 18% between 2012 and 2015. Commissioning of solar power plant at Ludhiana Beverages is a testament to our commitment of growing our business in India without increasing greenhouse gas emission.

The Coca-Cola System and its bottling partners are working towards a vision of reducing the carbon footprint by 25 percent by 2020 across its entire value chain of manufacturing, packaging, distribution and sourcing.