In 2019, Britvic announced new carbon emissions reduction targets to help tackle climate change. Britvic has committed to reducing emissions (2017 baseline) from its own operations by 50% and upstream and downstream emissions by 35% by 2025 (36% reduction overall). It has a further ambitious target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
These targets make Britvic one of nearly 300 companies worldwide committed to reducing emissions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. This announcement makes Britvic the first UK soft drinks company to have an approved “gold standard” 1.5°C target.
Britvic’s targets were independently verified by the Science Based Target initiatives (SBTi), showing that they are in line with what the latest climate science says is needed to prevent a global temperature rise of 1.5°C and the worst impacts of climate change. The SBTi is a collaboration between CDP (formerly Carbon Disclosure Project), the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), World Resources Institute (WRI), and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and one of the We Mean Business Coalition commitments.
To reach our 2025 science-based target, Britvic is making strategic and meaningful changes to its operations. Britvic recognises that its carbon impact includes every aspect of a product’s life-cycle – that absolutely includes our packaging.
Britvic's Mission 2025 Packaging Pledges
- We have committed to reducing our direct carbon emissions by 50% by 2025, and to be carbon neutral by 2050. We were the first UK soft drinks company to sign up to best practice Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTI) – a collaboration including the UN and the WWF
- Our packaging is already 100% recyclable but we will move to >50% rPET by 2025
- We will reduce packaging per serve by 20%
