Quality
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited,
Dasna unit, bags the “Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2004”
The Dasna unit near Delhi in Ghaziabad has been awarded the prestigious
“Golden Peacock Environment Management Award – 2004 (GPEMA- 2004)”
for excellent environment practices and effective control of environmental
impact.
The Dasna unit won this award in the Food & Beverage Industry category
for its environment practices among hundreds of entries received from across
the country. The annual award winner is decided on the basis of a rigorous
assessment procedure, which includes a visit to the facility by a team of
experts.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjiv Gupta,
Division President and CEO, Coca-Cola India said, “We are proud to
win this coveted award. At Coca-Cola we are committed to preserve, protect
and enhance the environment and this simple belief guides us in everything
that we do. 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 award will be formally presented to the company shortly by Institute
of Directors, an independent body that recognizes the achievements of manufacturing
units under the categories of Environment, Quality and Corporate Governance,
in association with World Environment Foundation (WEF), at an official function
during the 6th World Congress on Environment Management.
The Dasna plant achieved this distinction by adhering to The Coca-Cola Company’s
internal global quality program called The Coca-Cola Quality System (TCCQS).
TCCQS not only covers environment management, but also takes into consideration
other business aspects such as safety and loss Prevention (SLP), product
quality, packaging quality, process capability improvement and customer
satisfaction. Strict compliance with TCCQS, often rated as a programme equivalent
to the internationally reputed ISO 14001 System, has also enabled all the
company-owned bottling plants in the country to successfully get the coveted
ISO 14001 Certification from Det Norske Veritas (DNV).
The award has been granted after a thorough evaluation of Dasna plant’s
compliance with a WEF prescribed program assessment format over a period
of 1 year from 1st April 2003 to 31st Mach 2004 during which several environmental
performance indicators were monitored and evaluated according to WEF’s
stringent parameters: energy use, water use, wastewater discharge, compliance
with Government regulations and resource utilization.
GPEMA has been instituted by the Institute of Directors in association with
World Environment Foundation (WEF) and is designed to encourage and recognize
effective implementation of environment management system. The award is
given both in manufacturing and service sectors.
All India Division COBO’s are now ISO 14001
certified
All 25 of the India Division’s Company-owned bottling plants have gained
the international standard ISO 14001 Environment Management System certificate.
The ISO 14001 certificate is the internationally recognized standard of
Environmental Management.
A company must demonstrate management commitment, the total involvement
of all employees and a compliance with applicable regulatory and internal
company standards.
The Company started its compliance effort in February, 2002 and the Bidadi
plant near Bangalore in the southern State of Karnataka was the first plant
to receive this prestigious accreditation in January 2003.
Strict division compliance with the eKO system ensured that the bottling
plants were ready to meet the tough evaluation criteria and standards of
the ISO auditors.
After only 15 months, when certifying agency Det Norske Veritas completed
its audit and granted the ISO certification to the Patna plant in eastern
State of Bihar, every plant in the Company owned bottling system held the
coveted certificate.
"We have been able to achieve this due the unwavering commitment and
belief demonstrated by all our associates in protecting, preserving and
enhancing the environment," says India Division President Sanjiv Gupta.
The India Division Environment Resource Management team guided the plant
teams in implementing systems that helped fulfill the requirements of the
ISO Certifying system. Strict division compliance with the eKO system ensured
that the bottling plants were ready to meet the tough evaluation criteria
and standards of the ISO auditors.
The environment management system has resulted in other significant business
benefits, including conservation of resources, increased productivity and
reduction of overall wastages.
The Division is now working hard to extend the ISO footprint across the
entire franchisee owned bottling system as well.
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| Atmakuru unit has won the Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2003 . The award was presented at a gala function in Bangalore on Jan 24th,2004 by the Industries Minister, Karnataka. | |
Vijayawada, March 13, 2004: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Private Limited (HCCBPL) announced that its Atmakuru unit in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh has been awarded the prestigious "Golden Peacock National Quality Award 2003" for excellent quality standards, high productivity and Community relationships. The award was given to the company by The Institute of Directors, (IOD) Delhi, an independent body constituted by eminent industrialists, bureaucrats among others and recognises the achievements of manufacturing units under the categories of Environment, Quality and Corporate Governance.
The Atmakuru unit has been judged as the best plant in the Medium Manufacturing category for Food and Beverage Industry encompassing under Quality processes, among 272 entries received from across the country. The annual award winner is decided using a long assessment procedure, which also includes a visit to the facility by a team of experts from IOD.
Commenting on the Award Mr.Ashok Namboodiri – Area General Manager, HCCBPL, said "We are proud to have received this coveted award. At Coca-Cola, Quality is more than just something we taste or see or measure. It shows in our every action. We relentlessly strive to exceed the world's ever-changing expectations because keeping our Quality promise in the marketplace is our highest business objective and our enduring obligation."
The unit has received many awards and recognitions for its achievements and performance. The Pollution Control Board and Government of Andhra Pradesh awarded "Excellence in Water Conservation and Pollution Control" to the Atmakuru unit in 2003.
The unit certified for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and is in the final stages of getting certified for Food Safety Management System (HACCP) from accredited Certification agency DNV.
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