Date:01/06/2004 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/06/01/stories/2004060100690900.htm

Back Coke's Dasna unit bags global environment award

Our Bureau

New Delhi , May 31

HINDUSTAN Coca-Cola Beverages said on Monday that its Dasna unit near Ghaziabad had won the prestigious `Golden Peacock Environment Management Award - 2004' for excellent environment practices and effective control of environmental impact.

The award will be presented to the company by the Institute of Directors, an independent body that recognises the achievements of manufacturing units under the categories of Environment, Quality and Corporate Governance, in association with the World Environment Foundation next month during the sixth World Congress on Environment Management, Coke said in a statement here.

"We are proud to win this coveted award. We will continue to further improve our systems and are confident of making a significant positive impact on our environment in times to come," the President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, Mr Sanjiv Gupta, said.

The statement said Coke's Dasna plant achieved this distinction by adhering to the Coca-Cola Company's internal global quality programme called the Coca-Cola Quality System, which covers environment management while taking into account safety and loss prevention, product quality, packaging quality, process capability improvement and customer satisfaction.