In its bid to contribute significantly to sustainable manufacturing, the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) limited says all its industrial plants will be powered partly through solar energy by December 2022.
Managing Director of NBC, Matthieu Seguin, said this during a recent media tour of the company’s plant at Agidingbi in Ikeja, Lagos.
Seguin said as part of the Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company Group (CCHBC), NBC has an uncompromising commitment to minimise its environmental footprint while enriching the communities in which it operates.
His words: “In line with this, CCHBC has integrated a set of sustainability commitments ahead of 2025 that address six major areas including reduction of emissions, water use, and stewardship, work ing towards a world without waste ingredients sourcing, nutrition people and communities, The Trumpet gathered.
“Advancing towards these commitments, NBC has mainstreamed sustainability into every aspect of our operations.” He said NBC was committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2024 and had so far reduced 3,600 tons from its yearly carbon footprints.
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Seguin disclosed that the NBC plants in Challawa, Maiduguri, Abuja and Asijere were being powered in part by solar energy and we have delivered up to 3,640 Kilowatt Peak (KWP) power output to the facilities.
He said the Ikeja, Benin, Owerri and Port Harcourt plants would be powered by solar energy by December 2022, adding that the company was targeting to increase its solar generation capacity to 15,947kwp.
