Soft Drinks Europe

We have the perfect read for you to find out why #OurSectorMatters to Europe! All in just three key facts: 1.Our sector is a key driver of jobs and economic growth. Discover the stories of local #SoftDrinks companies across Europe. 2. Our sector innovates. In fact, we are the most innovative in the food and drink industry 3. Our sector takes ambitious actions that drive meaningful progress across Europe 🔎 Discover more in our NEW article in @euronews 👇 euronews.com/business/2025/…

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📣 The Close the Glass Loop Annual Event is almost here! ♻️ The glass packaging value chain and EU policymakers will come together to discuss how Europe can advance a circular economy for glass packaging, while maintaining the competitiveness of the glass packaging industry. ♻️ Discussions will largely focus on the implementation of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the upcoming Circular Economy Act and the EU Clean Industrial Act. 🔎 The event will also include project updates from the national platforms of Close the Glass Loop and an interactive session to explore future Close the Glass Loop initiatives to improve and increase the collection and recycling of glass packaging. Don’t miss it! 🗓️ 4 June 🕣 -16:00 📍Town Hall Europe, Brussels🇧🇪 ✍️ Register now: closetheglassloop.eu/register-for-c… ✨ UNESDA is a member of Close the Glass Loop, a platform created with the glass packaging value chain to achieve a 90% glass packaging collection rate for recycling in the EU by 2030.

Know Sanmy🇪🇸? It is Spain’s oldest soft drinks company, employing more than 176,000 people and generating over €10.7 billion in revenue. A strong example of our sector’s local roots. ⬇️ Discover how Sanmy supports Spain’s economy and communities. → Our sector plays an important role in making Europe more competitive and innovative. With 500+ plants across the continent, we produce more than 97% of our soft drinks here in Europe, supporting over 1.8 million jobs and generating €242bn in revenue across our European supply chain. → Boosting competitiveness depends on clear, coherent and evidence-based policies that do not discriminate against any food, drink or ingredient, and that drive innovation. 🔎 Explore our sector’s socio-economic footprint across Europe 👉unesda.eu/our-industry/s… #OurSectorMatters

💧 Several of our members are participating in the Global Water Summit this week in Madrid. Water is a priority for our sector. It is an essential ingredient in our soft drinks, making up over 90% of their content. It is also vital for the communities we serve. As a sector, we recognise our responsibility to help address water stress, protect local watersheds, and promote water stewardship. We have been making significant investments to address water challenges by: 💧 improving water efficiency 💧 replenishing the water used in our beverages and returning clean water to nature and communities 💧 improving the health of watersheds and ecosystems 💧 ensuring the sustainable sourcing of ingredients 💧 supporting nature-based solutions to build resilience to floods and droughts 🔔 Water is a local issue, so solutions to water challenges should be context-specific too. Actions should therefore be tailored to local and regional challenges and needs, and responsibility should be shared across all relevant actors through collective efforts and partnerships. 🔎 Discover more about our sector’s water-related actions 👉 unesda.eu/our-priorities…

🎤🔄 Much of what makes next week exciting is the inaugural conference of the European Deposit Return Systems Association (EDRSA) entitled ‘Deposit Return Systems and a Competitive European Union: From Collection to Circular Economy’. 🎤 Our Director General, Nicholas Hodac, is pleased to join this conference to share the soft drinks sector’s insights into the crucial role that Deposit Return Systems (DRS) play in advancing circularity of beverage containers. Nicholas will also highlight the key enablers that our sector needs the upcoming EU Circular Economy Act to deliver to help us accelerate the circularity transition. These include: ♻️ Prioritising high-quality and closed-loop recycling to scale circular models across industries and materials by, for example, supporting the fair access principle introduced in the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) to ensure a sufficient and affordable supply of rPET ♻️ Addressing market failures that hinder sectoral targets, eg tackling the cost disadvantages of recycled materials ♻️ Fostering an EU market for secondary raw materials The #EDRSAconference will bring together policymakers, DRS operators, beverage producers, recyclers, and industry experts to discuss the future of DRS and the circular economy in Europe. 🗓️ 28 May 📍 NH Bratislava Gate One Hotel, Slovakia🇸🇰 👉 Please note that the conference is a targeted stakeholder event intended for invited participants from member countries, European institutions, industry and relevant organisations. 🔎 Check out the event programme 👉 edrsaconference.eu

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🌄 Our sector works closely with farmers to help build a more sustainable and resilient EU agri-food system. 🌱 Did you know that several of our members are scaling regenerative agriculture across Europe? PepsiCo Europe, a longstanding farmer partner, shares its key learnings: 1️⃣ Put farmers first: Farmers know their land better than anyone. Translating regenerative principles into practice depends on trust, practical support and respect for their expertise. Clear, on-farm advice and simple ways to measure success help make outcomes tangible. 2️⃣ Make the economics work: Transformative investment is required to match the pace of climate change - farmers cannot be expected to shoulder the cost alone. 3️⃣ Collaborate across the value chain: Effective collaboration is needed to maximise the value of public and private investment, to share data and lessons learnt, and to agree on consistent ways to measure impact. 🔎 Find out more in this article by Archana Jagannathan, chief sustainability officer at PepsiCo Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Chuck de Liedekerke, CEO of Soil Capital 👉edie.net/scaling-regene…

🏠📍 It all happens close to home. Our sector invests, innovates and produces over 97% of our soft drinks locally across more than 500 manufacturing plants in Europe. 🌍 A strong example of this deep local presence is Sumol Compal, a Portuguese🇵🇹 beverage company producing its soft drinks in Portugal and employing nearly 1,100 people, while also supporting over 2,000 indirect jobs. ⬇️ Find out how Sumol Compal is driving Portugal’s competitiveness. 🔔 Europe can help our sector remain competitive by ensuring simple, clear and coherent policies grounded in robust evidence that foster innovation. 🔎 Explore our sector’s socio-economic footprint across Europe 👉 unesda.eu/our-industry/s… #OurSectorMatters

♻️ Make closed-loop recycling for glass packaging a success through effective collection for recycling! 🔎 Check out the ‘’Principles for Good Bottle Bank Collection of Glass Packaging’’, the new publication by Close The Glass Loop providing the main principles for good collection of glass packaging based on the predominant collection system used in Europe: the monomaterial municipal bring-back system, otherwise known as the “bottle bank”. This reference document offers practical, evidence-based guidance for: 📍 Collection: Optimising bin accessibility, ensuring proper cleaning and regular maintenance of collection points and providing clear labelling to minimise contamination. 🚛 Transportation: Minimising breakage through skilled handling and suitable vehicle selection and maintaining collection trucks clean to avoid contamination. 🏢 Storage: Using adequate and properly sized bays and appropriate equipment. 🔎 Explore the guidance document 👉closetheglassloop.eu/wp-content/upl…

⭐️ Happy Europe Day! ⭐️ Celebrating Europe is also celebrating the industries that produce, invest, and innovate across the continent, including the soft drinks sector. 🧐 Did you know our soft drinks are made in Europe? ➡️ Over 97% of our soft drinks are produced here in Europe, from the globally known beverages to the one you can only find in your hometown. 🏢 We do that at our production sites across Europe – more than 500 plants. And we strongly support Europe’s agriculture, sourcing over 85% of our ingredients from European farmers. 👩‍🦱👨‍🦰Our soft drinks are also about people: the farmers growing our ingredients, the plant workers monitoring our production lines, the café owners serving you our soft drinks. That means we support over 1.8 million jobs and generate €242bn in revenues across our European supply chain. ➡️ We are Europe’s strength, and we can make Europe even stronger, more competitive, and more innovative with clear, evidence-based policies promoting fairness across the food supply chain and driving innovation. 📽️ Watch our video ⤵️ @EU_Commission | @EUparliament | @EUCouncil

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