- The company finalizes the agreement signed last March with SACMEX to donate part of the water supply from two concession wells.
Mexico City, May 19, 2023 – Coca-Cola FEMSA officially connected one of its water wells to the public network of Mexico City’s Water System (SACMEX) to provide water to 15,000 residents of the Atlampa neighborhood in Mexico City. The connection of a new well will be carried out next week, and it be added to the current one so that each one will carry 20 liters per second to the population, 24 hours a day.
To formalize the water contribution, Rafael Bernardo Carmona Paredes, General Coordinator of SACMEX, Victor Bourguett Ortiz, from the National Water Commission, and Catherine Reuben Hatounian, Director of Corporate Affairs of Coca-Cola FEMSA México, met at the well located in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office to open the water outlet for the benefit of the population.
“We are committed to actions in favor of the community, especially to contributing to the water security of Mexico City and bringing a vital resource to the population. Next week we will connect a second well, reinforcing this contribution, and we know that it will bring important benefits to the population”, said Catherine Reuben.
This initiative is the result of the agreement signed with SACMEX last March when they began to connect both wells with the public drinking water network, being one of the 150 community actions that are part of Coca-Cola FEMA’s comprehensive sustainability strategy.
With the mission of generating economic and social value, Coca-Cola FEMSA endorses its commitment to protect water resources, supported by three pillars: promoting the efficient use of water in bottling plants, collaborating so that communities have access to water and sanitation, and drive replenishment.
For additional information or questions, please contact:
- Hanako Taniguchi | taniguchi@kof.com.mx
About Coca-Cola FEMSA
Coca-Cola FEMSA, S.A.B. de C.V. is the largest franchise bottler in the world by sales volume. The company produces and distributes trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company, offering a wide portfolio of 134 brands to more than 270 million consumers daily. With over 83 thousand employees, the company markets and sells approximately 3.8 billion unit cases through 2 million points of sale a year. Operating 56 manufacturing plants and 249 distribution centers, Coca-Cola FEMSA is committed to generating economic, social, and environmental value for all of its stakeholders across the value chain. The company is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Emerging Markets Index, Dow Jones Sustainability MILA Pacific Alliance Index, FTSE4Good Emerging Index, and the Mexican IPC Index and the Social Responsibility and Sustainability Index of the Mexican Stock Exchange, among others. Its operations encompass franchise territories in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentina, and, nationwide, in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela through its investment in KOF Venezuela. For more information, please visit www.coca-colafemsa.com
About FEMSA
FEMSA is a leading company that creates economic and social value through companies and institutions and seeks to be the best employer and neighbor of the communities where it has a presence. It participates in retail trade through its Proximity Division, which includes OXXO, a chain of small-format stores, OXXO Gas, a chain of service stations, and Valora, our European retail unit that operates convenience and food service stores. In retail trade, FEMSA also participates through a Health Division, which includes pharmacies and related activities; and the Digital@FEMSA Division, which includes Spin by OXXO and OXXO Premia, as well as other loyalty initiatives and digital financial services. In the beverage industry, it participates by operating Coca-Cola FEMSA, the world’s largest bottler of Coca-Cola products by sales volume; and in the beer sector, as the second largest shareholder of Heineken, one of the world’s leading beer companies with a presence in more than 70 countries. FEMSA also participates in the logistics and distribution industry through FEMSA Strategic Business, which additionally provides refrigeration solutions at the point of sale and plastic solutions to its companies and external clients. Through its Business Units, it employs more than 350,000 employees in 18 countries. FEMSA is a member of the Dow Jones MILA Pacific Alliance Sustainability Index, the FTSE4Good Emerging Index and the S&P/BMV Total México ESG Index, among other indices that assess its sustainability performance.