Government authorities in India have declared the groundwater around Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Mehdiganj as “over-exploited” – a category indicating the highest level of stress on water resources, according to the India Resource Centre.
Ibstock Bricks Ltd, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire has been fined £27,000 and ordered to pay £6,501.25 in costs, along with a £120 victim surcharge, for polluting a local brook.
Companies should invest in partnerships to secure water availability and quality and protect both the environment and long-term profitability, according to Karl Lippert, President, of global brewer SABMiller’s Latin America business.
Nestlé has this morning been named the winner of the Stockholm Industry Water Award for its leadership and performance to improve water management in its internal operations and throughout its supply chain.
Download the case study. A Co Tyrone Company has been fined £12,500 at Omagh Magistrates’ Court for a water pollution offence.