CCEP Australia on target for 100% renewable electricity by start of 2025

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) is set to meet its target to use 100% renewable electricity across its Australian operations by 1 January 2025, one year ahead of schedule. This achievement will be made possible thanks to a 10-year Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with ENGIE.

CCEP joined the global RE100 initiative back in 2021 when it made a commitment to power its Australian operations with 100% renewable electricity by the end of 2025. The company has since stepped up its efforts, investing in rooftop solar panels at its production sites around Australia and securing several key power purchase agreements.

Orlando Rodriguez, Managing Director at CCEP Australia, said: “Our partnership with ENGIE and the signing of the VPPA agreement has accelerated our transition to reach our RE100 target in Australia a full year early. This will make CCEP one of the first FMCG players in the country to achieve the RE100 commitment and is an important milestone for our business.”

Under the PPA with ENGIE, CCEP will purchase a percentage of renewable energy and associated Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from the newly built Wellington North Solar Farm, owned by Lightsource bp, located north-east of Wellington and south-east of Dubbo in the Orana region of New South Wales. The site spans over approximately 970 ha, using more than 1.2 million solar panels and has the capacity to generate 925,000 MWh of renewable electricity per year.

Managing Director, ENGIE Global Energy Management and Sales (GEMS), Australia, Jules Dufournier, said: “We are excited to support Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, a leading manufacturer in Australia, on its journey towards net zero. ENGIE GEMS is a global leader in this space, connecting the renewable energy industry to like-minded businesses with the aim of accelerating the energy transition. This agreement is a great demonstration of cross-sector collaboration to achieve a shared goal.”

CCEP’s commitment to RE100 forms part of its broader ambitions to achieve net zero in Australia by 2040, as outlined in the company’s sustainability action plan, This Is Forward. The plan sits at the heart of CCEP’s long-term business strategy and sets out the actions it is taking across key social and environmental topics, including climate, packaging, water, wellbeing, and society.

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