UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe

For instance, protecting and restoring #watersheds is just one example of how we can strengthen resilience to climate impacts.

Wondering what a ‘watershed’ is? 🤔

📽 Get the answer in our short explainer video
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnR...

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe What is a watershed?

🌎 Starting today in Belém (Brazil): #COP30 is a crucial moment for policymakers, industry and civil society to cooperate and drive faster #ClimateAction.

💧 #Water will be high on the agenda as a key dimension for #climate adaptation and resilience.

💡 UNESDA #FridayTip

There is something unique about Poznań (Poland): St. Martin’s Day on 11 November. It comes with parades, local festivities and even a special traditional pastry. Curious to learn more?
👉 keytopoland.com/post/celebra...

Moderator:
🔹 Laurent Oger, Director General, ISA

Speakers:
🔹 Professor Jason Halford, University of Leeds, UK
🔹 Professor Jo Harrold, University of Liverpool, UK
🔹 Professor Ellen Blaak, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

The SWEET research is a one-year randomised controlled trial demonstrating that incorporating low/no calorie sweeteners into a balanced diet can help people with overweight or obesity maintain weight loss over one year.

📢 IT’S TODAY! Want to engage in a discussion on the latest robust science around low/no-calorie #sweeteners & their role in weight management?

Join the International Sweeteners Association’s virtual roundtable to discuss the recent SWEET research:
www.linkedin.com/events/73848...

🕒 3-4pm CET (LK)

There will be a particular focus on water management and water security.

Heard the term ‘water security’ before but not entirely sure what it means?

📽 We unpack it for you
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rtc...

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe What is water security all about?

Next week’s #COP30 in Belém (Brazil) is not to be missed. 🌎

Political and industry leaders, together with civil society, will come together to explore ways to accelerate #ClimateAction and strengthen multilateral cooperation.

One key topic on the agenda will be #water.

What’s one sector in Spain that creates more than 200,000 #jobs and generates €11.6bn for the national economy across its value chain?

The Spanish #SoftDrinks sector, represented by our member ANFABRA.

🔎 Check out the full report (in ES)
👉 www.refrescantes.es/publicacione...

#OurSectorMatters

Global Conference of Experts: upcoming deposit return system in Spain Retorna, Zero Waste Europe, and Reloop are organising the Global Conference of Experts bringing together leading national and international experts and professionals in deposit return systems (DRS).

We look forward to participating in this discussion and engaging with leading international and Spanish experts, policymakers and industry professionals.

👉 View full programme and register today: www.reloopplatform.org/events/globa...

📢 JOIN US! UNESDA will be speaking at an event on #DepositReturnSystems (DRS) in Madrid, hosted by NGOs @reloop.bsky.social, @retorna.org & @zerowasteeurope.eu

♻️ Our DG Nicholas Hodac will share insights on what makes DRS work efficiently.

🗓 18 Nov
📌 NH Zurbano Hotel, Madrid
📍 In-person & online

🔍 Check out this summary of the study by the International Sweeteners Association (ISA)
👉 sweeteners.org/latest-scien...

Curious about what we will share in November? Stay tuned! 😉

The results from the one-year SWEET randomised controlled trial have been published and demonstrate that incorporating low/no calorie sweeteners into a balanced diet can help people with overweight or obesity maintain weight loss over one year.

🔔 𝐍𝐞𝐰, 𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐰/𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞 #𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭:

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe Voluntary commitments deliver progress in the European soft drinks sector

🎥 𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 #𝐄𝐔𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐎𝐟𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬:
Watch it all in one short video
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=8X8N...

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe How do we define water stewardship?

💧 𝐍𝐞𝐰 #𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝!
Find out what ‘#WaterStewardship’ is in this short video 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=HGs2...

And watch our latest video to understand what ‘#NatureBasedSolutions’ mean
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=eUZH...

#packaging #circularity #recycling #circulareconomy #depositreturnsystems #drs #recycledpet #ppwr #circulareconomyact | UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe ♻️ Indeed, this is good news for Europe’s #packaging #circularity! It can also serve as a good starting point for tomorrow’s roundtable discussion on the state of plastic #recycling in Europe, hosted ...

🔄 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 #𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐤𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥:
UNESDA joined other stakeholders to discuss together practical policy measures that can strengthen Europe’s #CircularEconomy. See our post 👇 linkedin.com/feed/update/...

♻️ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐔 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧?
That’s what our Senior Public Affairs Manager, Delphine Close, explains in her latest article
👉 unesda.eu/newsroom/blo...

And check out our previous ‘We Matter’ videos to see how other local soft drinks companies across Europe are contributing to the continent’s economy and society 👉 unesda.eu/our-industry...

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe Our Sector Matters: Get to know Sumol Compal, a beverage company driving jobs and growth in Portugal

The video shows how Sumol Compal, a Portuguese beverage company, drives #jobs and economic #growth in Portugal. Watch, or re-watch, now
👉 youtube.com/watch?v=OWMd...

October is coming to a close, but don’t worry if you missed any of our updates. We’ve got the highlights for you!

🎥 𝐍𝐞𝐰 ‘𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫’ 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
We released a new video highlighting how #OurSectorMatters to help Europe thrive and grow.

💡 UNESDA #FridayTip

Ready for some spooky experiences this Halloween? 🎃

Explore the legends and local traditions that have inspired this season’s celebrations from Romania to Iceland:
👉 www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...

🔎 Explore our latest progress report to find out more about our achievements
👉 unesda.eu/wp-content/u...

#DoingOurPart

➡️ To continue our circularity efforts, we expect the EU #CircularEconomyAct to foster a well-functioning secondary raw materials market, ensuring fair access to sufficient food-grade feedstock for recycling and addressing the current pricing imbalance between
virgin and recycled materials.

Thanks to this, more #BeveragePackaging is collected for #recycling.

This exceeds the EU’s mandatory recycled content targets and our own ambitious 2025 target of 50% rPET. 👏

🔄 What made this possible? The expansion of efficient collection and waste management systems across Europe, like #DepositReturnSystems (#DRS).

What’s the one environmental #sustainability achievement that comes to mind on this #SustainabilityDay?

♻️ For us, our latest achievement on #PackagingCircularity is an important milestone: in 2024, 51.7% of the PET used by UNESDA corporate members was recycled PET (#rPET).

School Policies - UNESDA Schools play a pivotal role in children's learning experiences and exposure to various influences, including food and beverages choices.Our sector has a longstanding voluntary commitment to act respon...

✅ We are fulfilling our commitments, as shown by the latest monitoring conducted by third-party auditor BVA-BDRC in three EU countries where a voluntary school commitment is in place.

🔎 Find out more
👉 unesda.eu/our-prioriti...

#DoingOurPart

🔹 The only soft drinks we sell at EU secondary schools are no/low-calorie (through direct distribution) - and only in non-branded vending machines, without logos or commercial communications

It is autumn break for many schools across Europe, but our work to continue delivering on our school commitments does not take a holiday:

🔹 We do not sell our #SoftDrinks in EU primary schools (through direct distribution)