At Coca-Cola Enterprises, we work every day to earn the respect and trust of our employees, our customers, our consumers and our communities. Each day, millions of consumers purchase our beverages…an act of simple refreshment shared by people around the world. Our job is to ensure that you have a quality product and that you can believe in the company that brought it to you. We believe that profitability and responsibility are not mutually exclusive. This corporate responsibility and sustainability publication is our first attempt to document how we manufacture, sell and distribute 42 billion bottles and cans of beverages every year while managing the impacts we have on our marketplace, workplace, community and environment.

Our history is one of growth and change. Since our initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 1986, we have quadrupled the number of consumers we serve and expanded our territories throughout much of the United States, Canada and western Europe. As we approach our 20th anniversary on November 21, 2006, we feel that now is the time to take a holistic approach to our corporate responsibility and sustainability journey, and more clearly share with you who we are and what we do.

Although Coca-Cola Enterprises is a relatively new company, the local Coca-Cola bottling companies that comprise our business have been active members of our communities for decades. We’re proud of the way we’ve managed our business and the support we have given our communities. We also know that in order to grow, we must create a future that our customers, consumers and employees can trust.

An open and honest dialogue with our stakeholders is important in assessing our strengths and weaknesses. You’ve already told us two areas of critical importance for you and our business: health and wellness and the environment. We agree. What you will find in this publication is a comprehensive review of our impacts in these areas and how we manage them. It also gives us an important benchmark as we continue to assess the broad range of impacts – both good and bad – that Coca-Cola Enterprises has on our communities and the environment. It is often said that you can only lose your trust in someone once. Ultimately, our legacy will be built on the trust that our stakeholders already have in us…and we must ensure we are creating a future that they believe in and can support.

We have given our best effort in creating this publication and, through listening and learning, we will address areas for improvement in our reporting and our performance. We welcome your comments, so please let us know what you think.

Lowry F. Kline
Chairman
Coca-Cola Enterprises