Our strategy regarding water impacts is company-wide; our HQ is based in The United Kingdom and all of our operations and the majority of our sourcing is undertaken in Europe. Water consumption and scarcity are assessed throughout the value chain and by multiple water footprint studies which has revealed that approximately 80% of the total water footprint of our value chain comes from our agricultural ingredients, including beet and cane sugars, fruit juices, coffee, and pulp and paper products. We have therefore committed to sustainably source 100% of our key agricultural ingredients by 2020 and have established a set of Sustainable Agriculture Guiding Principles (SAGPs), in conjunction with The Coca-Cola Company, which we expect our key agricultural suppliers to adhere to; 100% of our sugar suppliers have agreed to adhere by 2020. In 2017, 80% of our spend was with suppliers who agreed to comply with our SAGPs. We are working with our suppliers and with partners like the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI), Bonsucro and Rainforest Alliance to develop ways of monitoring compliance. Our water replenishment programmes are also a key part of our value chain water strategy, as they help to replenish the water used in our beverages, where it is sourced from areas of water stress. Through these projects, we have replenished 7.045 million m3 of water in 2017.

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Water efficiency