About This Report

This is Coca-Cola Enterprises’ fourth Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report, which covers the 2008 calendar year and some forward-looking initiatives for 2009. This year, our Report is aligned with our five strategic CRS focus areas: Energy Conservation/Climate Change, Water Stewardship, Sustainable Packaging/Recycling, Product Portfolio/Well-Being, and Diverse and Inclusive Culture.

As we strengthen our approach to measuring and reporting our impacts, we are adopting leading methodologies. In 2008, we calculated our global carbon footprint for the first time using the World Resources Institute Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and measured the carbon footprint of a few of our products using the final version of the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2050 methodology.

Unless otherwise indicated, the data in this Report covers all operations that we own or control, including production, sales/ distribution, combination sales/production facilities, administrative offices, and fleet. The water use data in this Report refers to production and combination sales and production facilities only, as these facilities have the greatest impact. Currently, data in this Report covers the distribution impacts of beverages that we distribute but do not produce, such as Evian water.

All information in this Report is subject to internal data management systems and controls. We do not yet seek external verification of our reporting; however, we continue to enhance our approach based on the feedback and guidance we receive through listening sessions and stakeholder engagement. For the second year, our CRS Report has been reviewed in draft form by MBA students at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.

Based on this and other feedback, we focus on the issues that are material to our business and our stakeholders. We tailor our reporting to different audiences by offering a suite of materials to help detail our CRS efforts. This CRS Report is aimed primarily at those who want to read about our efforts in full detail. However, we publish a shorter CRS Narrative and a one-page document for audiences that require less detailed information. We also publish Country CRS Reports for Canada, Great Britain, France, and the Netherlands, and a joint Report for Belgium and Luxembourg.

We follow the Reporting Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and assess our application to be at level B. As a participant in the United Nations Global Compact, we publish this Report as our Communication on Progress. Throughout the Report, we cite online sources for further information, including our company’s website, www.cokecce.com, and that of The Coca-Cola Company, www.thecoca-colacompany.com. Any questions or comments on our CRS initiatives may be sent to us at crs@cokecce.com.