UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe

From all of us at UNESDA, we wish you a happy holiday season, and a fantastic start to the new year!   We will be taking a small break to recharge and enjoy the festive season. 🎄   Thank you for being part of our journey this year. We look forward to reconnecting with you in 2025. 🙂

Getting festive with all the Christmas #food planning and shopping? Buy just enough and make sure to understand #DateMarking to enjoy food safely and avoid #FoodWaste.   Need help?   🔹#BestBefore: products are safe to consume after this date   🔹#UseBy: products can be consumed until this date, NOT after   👉 https://lnkd.in/dCvTQQ52

As part of our commitment to giving back to our #community, we are proud to support a project promoting social inclusion, led by the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation in collaboration with the international MUS-E® Network.   This initiative, developed in Belgium, Portugal, Italy and Cyprus, brings children from different nationalities together in a choir to sing the beautiful ‘Ode to Joy’.   The aim is to help children experience the joy of #diversity and #unity through #music.   We will share more updates next year. Stay tuned! 🎥 Watch the video 👉 https://lnkd.in/dr9C9S_B   🔎 Find out more about the Foundation 👉 https://lnkd.in/dyYQVx2U #UNESDAsupports

As 2024 draws to a close, we have reflected on the key milestones for our sector this year and identified some headline policy aspirations for the year ahead. On behalf of our colleagues Nicholas Hodac, Helen Benson and Delphine Close, here are our thoughts 👉 https://lnkd.in/dKvPvR5w 🙌 We want to take this opportunity to extend a special thank-you to our members for their ongoing engagement, support, and expertise in driving our actions forward. Their commitment to UNESDA is instrumental in ensuring we remain constructive and impactful. Together, we are strengthening UNESDA as an ever more united and forward-thinking network, committed to fostering positive change. Thank you also to all the stakeholders we have worked with. We look forward to reinforcing these partnerships. Let’s continue to work closely together to drive meaningful progress in 2025! 🤝

Today, the Council of the European Union has formally adopted the #EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (#PPWR), following the European Parliament’s validation at the end of November.   This is a significant milestone in the EU’s efforts to accelerate the transition towards a #CircularEconomy.   Yet, this is not the end of the process and the European Commission now needs to invest energy and resources in the next, even more crucial phase: developing the necessary implementation measures that enable the industry to prepare for compliance. To succeed, the industry needs sufficient preparation time and clear rules.   We are committed to working with policymakers to ensure the smooth and qualitative development of the secondary legislation necessary to the proper implementation of the text.   🔎 Discover more about our #CircularPackaging commitments 👉 https://lnkd.in/dV6QSeV5

Catching up on some policy reading? You will definitely want to read the latest op-ed by our Director General, Nicholas Hodac, where he explains why our sector is key to driving Europe’s #competitiveness.   🔎 Give it a read now! 👉 https://lnkd.in/dVkyWRsc      #OurSectorMatters

Spreading kindness is always a force for good. ♥️ This week, UNESDA was thrilled to join FoodDrinkEurope's event to raise funds for the #BrusselsFoodBank to support those in need.   It was wonderful to reunite with our colleagues from the food and #drink industry for such a noble cause. Plus, we had lots of fun!   Kudos to FoodDrinkEurope for this incredible opportunity to #giveback to our community. 👏

Excited to follow the #EUAgriFoodDays, a great initiative from the European Commission to discuss and co-create the future of #EU #agriculture and #food.   Looking forward to engaging in discussions and contributing to shaping the EU’s #agrifood future around a vision that:   🔹 ensures evidence-based and non-discriminatory #food policies, supporting safe ingredients, such as low/no-calorie #sweeteners, and enabling food #innovation, especially in relation to #SugarReduction   🔹 provides up-to-date and reliable EU food and #drink consumption data to better understand what Europeans consume and what interventions can be effective   🔹 recognises voluntary initiatives, such as those taken under the #EUCodeOfConduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, as effective tools for driving broader positive change   🔎 Find out more in our Manifesto 👉 https://lnkd.in/dc9FhJgU 🎥 Watch the event live (10-12 December 2024) here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dkg_xHZG Christophe Hansen

📣 BREAKING: We are excited to announce that UNESDA has expanded its membership. 🙌 This increase in members demonstrates the importance of the #SoftDrinks sector in Europe, and the crucial role that UNESDA plays in strengthening industry collaboration to advocate for sound and stable policies. A warm welcome to our new five members: 🔹 Carlsberg Group 🔹 Monster Energy 🔹 Royal Unibrew 🔹 The Hungarian Soft Drinks Association (MAGYÜSZ) 🔹 The Polish Federation of Food Industry (PFPZ) We look forward to working closely together. 🔎 More details in our press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/dqpHshmC

How much do you know about the contribution that the #SoftDrinks sector makes to the Portuguese #economy and #society?   Time to dive into these key facts and figures:   ✅ The sector supports 10k #jobs across its value chain   ✅ It generates €104.1m in gross value added   ✅ It achieves €83.1m in exports   Eager to know more?   Explore this data to see how our sector fosters #jobs and drives economic growth across Europe 👉 https://lnkd.in/d9uvjjcZ     #OurSectorMatters