Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has unveiled its plans to invest £66m into its operations this year, surpassing the £1m a week it injected in 2014 and bringing total investment by the business to nearly £300m over the last five years.
CCE’s latest investment will go towards a range of efficiency and operational upgrades across all of the company’s GB sites this year, in areas such as automation and water treatment.
The group has also launched a new industry research partnership with Cranfield University entitled Sustainable Manufacturing for the Future.
The study will investigate the current sustainability landscape across the supply chain, investigating topics such as resource security, the circular economy, sustainable technologies and waste management.
The study, which will take place over the next six months, will also look to the future, forming a vision of what a sustainable factory will look like in 2050.